Naspers/Prosus
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Asili Africa
Where it all began.
Long-form origin documentaries on Africa’s most important companies.
The series
The definitive documentary series on how Africa’s greatest companies were built. Long-form (15–25 min), bi-weekly. Storytelling, cinematic, reverent — and honest.
Asili is Swahili for origin — the root of something. Every episode is a story with an arc: the founding moment, the build, the crisis the company almost didn’t survive, the turn, and where they are now.
Episodes
EP01 — Equity Bank
The Bank the Poor Built
In 1984, a tiny building society in Nairobi was on the verge of collapse. Today, Equity Bank serves over 19 million customers across 6 African countries.
Uchumi — Kenya’s First Supermarket, Two Collapses, One Brand Still Standing
The Uchumi Story: Kenya’s first supermarket, two collapses inside a decade, one brand still standing On the second of June,...
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Nakumatt — The Mattress Shop That Ate East Africa
The Nakumatt Story: How a Nakuru mattress shop grew, in twenty five years, into East Africa’s biggest supermarket chain, and...
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Shop2Shop — The Man Who Sold Pepkor an Informal Market Twice
The Shop2Shop Story: How a Cape Town founder built two informal-market fintechs for the same buyer, and turned South Africa’s...
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Fuzu — The Finnish Thesis, the African Bet
The Fuzu Story: How two Finns turned one Nairobi driver hire into fifteen hundred CVs, outlasted a decade of African...
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Tugende — Let’s Go
The Tugende Story: How a boda-boda lender in Kampala took Silicon Valley crypto money, defaulted live on the internet, and...
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