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You’ve heard the headlines. This is the part they erased. This podcast reclaims Africa’s truth, one story, one country, one bold episode at a time.Host Ndoumbe unpacks erased history, silenced voices, and the narratives we’ve all been complicit in.
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Is It Actually Easier to Build a Business in Africa? | Kanessa Muluneh (opens the original)
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What if building a business in Africa isn’t harder than building in the West, but in some cases, actually easier? In this episode of They Lied About Africa , I sit down with Ethiopian-Dutch entrepreneur and investor Kanessa Muluneh to talk about her journey from building businesses in Europe to identifying opportunities and investing across African markets. We get into what makes Africa attractive for entrepreneurs, why Western business knowledge can’t simply be copied and pasted onto African ma
The Reality of Moving From America to Senegal | Aalia Reeves (Content Creator) (opens the original)
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Aalia Reeves moved from Texas to Senegal knowing almost nothing about the country and with no family roots or established connections of her own there beyond her husband and his family. She reveals what it actually took to build a life in Dakar, why Senegal was more expensive than she expected, the realities foreigners often miss, and why she eventually left for Texas—only to return. Aalia Reeves is an American content creator and model based in Dakar, Senegal. After converting to Islam and marr
She Left the American Dream to Build a Business in Senegal | Aminata Mbaye, Founder & CEO of PYNK (opens the original)
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Aminata “Ami” Mbaye had a path that looked familiar to many young people in the diaspora: build a life in the United States, find a stable career, and keep moving forward. But after returning to Senegal, she began questioning what success and freedom actually looked like for her—and whether the future she wanted could include building something back home. In this episode of They Lied About Africa, I sit down with Ami, Founder & CEO of PYNK, a women’s wellness brand being built between New York a
He Turned the African Diaspora's Biggest Fear Into a Business - Imran Bakaluba (Homelink Uganda) (opens the original)
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At just 20 years old, Imran Bakaluba is building the kind of company many Africans in the diaspora have been waiting for. Growing up in the UK before moving to Uganda, Imran founded HomeLink Uganda to solve one of the biggest challenges facing Africans abroad: how do you safely build, invest, and manage property back home when you're thousands of miles away? In this episode, we discuss what it takes to build a business in Africa as a young entrepreneur, why trust has become one of the biggest ba
How Europe Built a Football Empire Using African Talent (opens the original)
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European football is filled with some of the best players in the world—but have you ever stopped to ask why so many of them have African roots, or why Europe's biggest clubs invest so heavily in scouting talent across the continent? In this episode of They Lied About Africa , we explore the history, economics, and global systems that helped shape today's football landscape. From colonial history and migration to youth academies and talent pipelines, we look beyond the game itself to understand h
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