"Ambition is often loud and fast"

Limitless Africa host Claude Grunitzky is in the hot seat this episode. Claude has founded, built and sold businesses you will have heard of - he founded Trace, a global hip hop magazine. Trace eventually became the TV channel and he then raised $15million in funding from the investment bank Goldman Sachs in 2003. Now he spends his time as an investor and teaching entrepreneurship in his home country of Togo and across the continent. In this episode Claude will be talking about what Africans can learn from the American mindset - and what he learnt from the American mindset, he built Trace in the US after all.

Plus: What permissionless ambition means

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

1:38 Trace's origin story

8:08 From Alicia Keys to Rihanna

12:11 Three principles for success

17:04 The story of Dick Parsons

19:46 The African entrepreneur

24:37 Permissionless ambition

26:07 Why Africans need to ask for permission less

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

“Failure wasn’t the opposite of success. It was the tuition that I paid.”

"It's hard like solving a puzzle and it's hard like lifting weights."

"We Africans have very strong values and we have really strong identities, but we do not support each other as much as we should."

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

The podcast that asks how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity

Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

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What can African entrepreneurs learn from the American mindset? https://trueafrica.co/article/limitless/what-can-africans-learn-from-the-american-mindset/

How the American mindset built Africa's most funded crypto platform https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/i-got-exactly-what-i-wanted-which-was-my-dms-full-of-nigerian-men/

"Vision without execution is hallucination" - Adam Grant on the skills that African entrepreneurs need to succeed https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/adam-grant-on-the-skills-that-african-entrepreneurs-need-to-succeed/

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"Every Clark Kent can become Superman, every Diana Price can become Wonder Woman."

The American mindset has produced some of the greatest entrepreneurs the world has ever seen… from Henry Ford to Oprah Winfrey. What can Africans learn from their success? Our host Claude Grunitzky talks to entrepreneurs from all over the continent.

Plus: Why Ubuntu is global

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

3:24 Silicon Valley, Mecca for entrepreneurs

4:51 The can-do attitude

7:36 The trait Americans and Africans share

10:13 Why Francophone Africa is welcoming the USA

11:59 Ubuntu is global

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"The U.S. has also attracted some of the best talent globally."

"Silicon Valley has the most concentration of people that want to make a difference in the world and have a global impact."

"You want to see resilience, go to Nigeria."

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

The podcast that asks how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity

Every Monday: 15 minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interviews with people unlocking Africa’s limitless potential

➕ WANT MORE?

Adam Grant on the skills African entrepreneurs need to succeed https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/adam-grant-on-the-skills-that-african-entrepreneurs-need-to-succeed/

How to make money from your creativity in Africa https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/how-can-african-creatives-make-money-from-their-art/

How I made it: the entrepreneur bringing refrigeration to Africa https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/how-i-made-it-the-entrepreneur-bringing-refrigeration-to-africa/

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“Africa has an opportunity over the next half a generation to really rise as an industrial superpower.”

Ben Kincaid spent the first half of his career as a US diplomat. Much of his time was spent in Africa, specializing in national security issues. Today, and that's why we're so keen to speak with him, he's the CEO of ReElement Technologies Africa, One of their missions is to help African nations process their rare minerals on the continent so they don't simply export them. Their project should create more jobs and keep value in Africa. They've just secured a South African investment firm as an anchor investor in their private capital raise worth $150 million dollars.

Plus: How the low-chemical, energy-efficient refining technology works

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

1:45 Why rare earth minerals matters

4:36 How the tech works

12:29 The status-quo

15:26 Owning the value chain

20:29 From diplomat to entrepreneur

26:17 Why the DRC symbolizes hope

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"The objective is audacious. The objective is historic"

"Africa is a great friend to the United States but it's also a neutral party based off of where it sits"

"Once you're able to process these minerals into manufacturing grade material, you're going to invite more manufacturers to come to Africa"

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

The podcast that asks how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity

Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

➕ WANT MORE?

“Foreign aid has fuelled corruption, dependence, weak governance” Maya Horgan Famodu doesn't hold back https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/foreign-aid-has-fuelled-corruption-dependence-weak-governance/

The next generation of mines bringing value to Africa https://trueafrica.co/article/limitless/the-next-generation-of-mines-bringing-value-to-africa/

Is venture capital the right choice for African start-ups? https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/is-venture-capital-the-right-choice-for-african-start-ups/

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Limitless Africa is sponsored by the US Department of State and the Seenfire Foundation.

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