Previous Episodes

Dec 22, 2021
Season 2, Episode 8: The Case for Diversity with Soula Proxenos
In the final episode of Season 2 of Creating Markets, we talk to professional board member Soula Proxenos about what it means to lead both from inside and outside of a company.

Dec 8, 2021
Season 2, Episode 7: Creating Digital Safe Spaces for Women featuring Sairee Chahal
IFC speaks with Sairee Chahal, the CEO and founder of Sheroes, a women’s only social network.

Nov 24, 2021
Season 2, Episode 6: Funding “hidden gems” in Africa featuring AECF’s Victoria Sabula
IFC speaks with Sabula about what it means to support local businesses across Africa, what investment can do for a community and how to get more African businesses “investor ready.”

Nov 10, 2021
Season 2, Episode 5: Connecting brands to buyers in Latin America with Santiago Sosa of Nuvemshop
IFC speaks with Santiago Sosa, co-founder of the online commerce platform Nuvemshop about what it takes to start an online business and how to scale it.

Oct 27, 2021
Season 2, Episode 4: How Creative Financing can Connect Africa - featuring Andile Ngcaba
IFC speaks with Andile Ngcaba, the chairman of Convergence Partners, a private equity fund that specializes in information and communications technology (ICT).

Oct 13, 2021
Season 2, Episode 3: A bank for women in India featuring Chetna Sinha
IFC speaks to Chetna Sinha, founder of Mann Deshi Mahila Cooperative Bank, a bank in India aimed at rural women.

Sep 29, 2021
Season 2, Episode 02: Decentralizing Health Care in Ghana - Featuring Redbird’s Patrick Beattie
IFC speaks with Patrick Beattie, the co-founder and CEO of health tech company Redbird.

Sep 15, 2021
Season 2, Episode 01: Designing Green Buildings for Better Livelihoods
IFC talks to Sarah El Battouty, the founder of one of Egypt’s leading environmental design and auditing companies, ECOnsult.