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Welcome to The Bold New Normal, the podcast where bold ideas meet transformative action. I’m your host, Lucy Quist, and I’m here to challenge mindsets, ignite conversations, and inspire you to create the future you deserve.In each episode, we’ll explore the strategies,…
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S2 Ep 8. Africa Has the Ideas. So Why Aren’t We Building Bigger Businesses? | Gideon Brefo (opens the original)
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What does it actually take to build sustainable businesses in Africa? In this episode of The Bold New Normal Podcast , Lucy Quist sits down with Gideon Brefo, CEO of HapaSpace , for a wide-ranging conversation about entrepreneurship, innovation and the ecosystem Africa needs to turn ideas into enterprises that create jobs, solve real problems and scale. Gideon’s entrepreneurial education began long before he entered the formal innovation ecosystem. Growing up around Suame Magazine and Kejetia Ma
S2 Ep 7. The Business of Believing in Africa with Awura Abena Agyeman (opens the original)
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What will it take for Africans to build globally competitive businesses, create meaningful jobs and transform the continent into a place where prosperity is expected rather than imagined? In this episode of The Bold New Normal Podcast, Lucy Quist sits down with Awura Abena Agyeman, founder of Wear Ghana and Republic of Africa, for a wide-ranging conversation about entrepreneurship, African identity, productivity, ambition and the economic power of believing in what Africa can become. Awura Abena
S2 Ep 6. From Raw Materials to Intellectual Property: Africa’s Next Frontier (opens the original)
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What if Africa's next economic transformation isn't hiding beneath the ground, but inside our laboratories, universities and 1.4 billion minds? In Episode 6 of The Bold New Normal Podcast, Lucy Quist sits down with Dr Yaw Bediako, immunologist, entrepreneur, Co-founder and CEO of Yemaachi Biotech, and Dean for Research and Innovation at Ashesi University, for a powerful conversation about science, entrepreneurship, intellectual property and the future of Africa. Yaw's journey takes us from helpi
S2 Ep 5. The Biggest Mistake We're Making About African Entrepreneurship (opens the original)
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What if the biggest obstacle to African innovation isn't talent…...but the way we've been taught to think about entrepreneurship?In this fascinating episode of The Bold New Normal Podcast, Jewel Thompson joins Lucy Quist to challenge many of the assumptions shaping entrepreneurship across the continent.Together they explore why Africa cannot simply copy Silicon Valley, why culture is an often-overlooked driver of innovation, and why entrepreneurship must be rooted in context if African businesse
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