Quote - “Afropolitan means remembering who we were in the lastthousand years at scale”The Afropolitan Podcast spotlights Afropolitans who aren’t afraid tostep into the unknown and walk in purpose. With this podcast we hopeto empower Africans in the Diaspora to harness their full potentialand contribute to the development of a bold and progressive blackcommunity.Our guests will share their working formulas, the hard facts aboutleaving familiar terrain, embracing the unknown, and staying relevantafterwards.This episode features Ibi Cookey, Co-Founder of Fitted; a fashion-techcompany revolutionising scalable custom fashion.Ibi is an international business management graduate and a formerinvestment banker. He is passionate about simplifying the customfashion supply chain for all stakeholders.Listen and enjoy as Ibi Cookey talks to us about entrepreneurship,Fitted and transitioning from investment banking to tech.Show Notes1:10 Background and transition from investment banking to tech3:33 Insights gained from private equity4:46 Transition to Fitted6:22 What does Fitted solve8:18 Utilising data from Fitted to solve international measurementchallenges at scale11:11 Fitted’s role in the supply chain ecosystem13:47 Fundraising challenges and insights18:11 First encounter with failure and experience learnt19:56 Title of the book about your life21:53 What does being Afropolitan mean to youThe Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan.Listen and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, orwherever you get your podcasts.Want to learn more about Afropolitan?Twitter - https://twitter.com/afropolitanWebsite - https://www.afropolitan.io/

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