A chat with Chijioke Dozie, CEO of Carbon on his Journey so far
Vložit
- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Chijioke Dozie is the CEO and co-Founder of a $15.8 million VC-backed company, Carbon. Carbon is a leading African Mobile-First Consumer Lending Business and a digital bank. They empower individuals with credit, simple payments solutions, high-yield investment opportunities, and easy-to-use tools for personal financial management.
In this video, Chijioke shared his story - how Carbon started as One credit in 2012, pivoted to One fi in 2015 then paylater and now Carbon. He also talked about growing up, schooling abroad and starting a business with his immediate elder brother and more.
1:40 5 things about Chijioke that is not Carbon-related
2:23 5 of Chijioke’s favourite things
3:37 Chijioke talks about his fondest memory growing up
5:14 He talks about his educational background in relations to early life career plans
6:43 He talks about defining moments for his life and career
8:58 He talks about How & Why Carbon started
11:17 He talks about the pivot from OneCredit, to OneFi, to PayLater, to Carbon.
13:12 He talks about the biggest challenge with the company so far
16:11 How he feels about hitting $240 million in processing and the biggest win so far
17:27 What Carbon has done so well that has been able to keep them for almost a decade in this ecosystem
18:59 He talks about the Carbon Disrupt fund
22:00 He talks about how it feels like to have his blood brother as a Co-Founder
24:30 How it feels like being the son of Pascal Dozie
26:22 The three people that have made the most impact in his life
29:27 He talks about the ideal people to hire, manage and keep at Carbon.
32:01 He shares three biggest business lessons
33:32 Why you need to get on Carbon
34:30 One piece of advice for first-time tech founders
36:06 Top three favourite cities in the world, Favourite food & colour
Learn more about Carbon - ng.getcarbon.co/
Being using carbon since they started, carbon is the best digital bank in Nigeria.
Chijioke found something in books that made him lost looking at them. Thanks for all you do Peace!
Thank you for watching.
Just watching it. Very insightful!
Subscribed to your channel too :)
Thank you for watching and subscribing! 💫💫
Nice interview @peace
Thank you for watching.
Actually, Milk before cereal is weird but I guess host's terms and conditions apply 😂
Another interview filled with lessons. Thanks 💛
Hahahha
Thank you for watching. ✨
Awesome product and great guys behind it.
Great interview. I've used Carbon for over 2 years now and have enjoyed it.
Awww! That's great! Thank you for watching.
Awesome product
He is so chilled answering those questions.
This is a superb interview as usual, Peace, thanks for bringing this to our stables.
Chijioke, you're doing well.
PS: Peace, your mic is so loud and nice. I love it
ahahah! Thank you.
Solving problems is key!
Very inspiring Chijioke
Learnt alot.
Thanks Peace.
Glad you did 🎉
Very insightful chat! Didn’t even know they were this many fintech startups in Naija 10yrs ago🤦🏾
Now you know!😁😊🥳
Greet interview, but the sound please
Thank you for watching.
Thanks for the consistency Peace.!! 🔥
Great interview as always
Thank you for watching Isaac
Brilliant interview. Learnt a lot 👍
Glad you did! Thank you for watching.
@@PeaceItimiofficial Most interesting part is i'm a Carbon user.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Any good tech blogs or communities to stay up to date with Naija tech scene and connect with innovators/founders?
Techcabal
@@MrBamigboye thanks boss. Good source
4:34 this literally just showed my age 😂😂
😂😁
If the company is like 10yrs. It is no more of a startup
First to comment 🤸🤸🙌🙌
Yayyyy🎉✨