Sound Minds With Tolu Afilaka
Sound Minds is a podcast for people who want to think clearly. It connects Africa’s sharpest and most honest voices to a generation that refuses to stay shallow.Tolu Afilaka sits across from founders, pastors, creatives, policymakers, and people who have actually lived the questions faith, leadership, business, culture, pressure, purpose. You get the stories behind the titles, the doubts behind the certainty, and the kind of conversations that leave you with language for your own life.Sound Minds has become a place where Africa comes to think out loud. And where the next generation comes to learn how to...
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#48 - MOROMOLUWATIKETIKE: I’ve Always Been This Happy
<p>In this episode of Sound Mind Podcast, Tolu Afilaka sits with Moromoluwa Atiketi — ordained pastor, creator, wife and mother.</p><p>The conversation starts where people still whisper. Her manager impregnated her. Don’t mix business and pleasure. She said it happened twice. Then she talks about loving her husband, raising brilliant children, and why home is peace.</p><p>She also opens up about becoming “Arsenal wife,” the season her content exploded, and why she treats joy like an assignment. Bad days exist. Exhaustion exists. But the devil can take money and opportunity. The moment he takes your joy and...
#47- Daniel Etim Effiong: How I Handle Kissing Scenes as a Christian Actor
<p>Christians keep asking Daniel Etim Effiong how he does kissing scenes.</p><p>In this episode of Sound Mind Podcast, he answers it directly.</p><p>He talks about why he says there is no clean split between sacred and secular, the condition of the heart, and the question he asked a young actress in church: would you ask a gynecologist that?</p><p>He also shares what he told her about fear, the industry, and staying submitted if God is the one who sent you there.</p><p>The full conversation also covers his childhood, the accusation that...
#46 - Anthony Azekwoh: What Covenant University Did to Me — And Why I Still Said No
<p>In this episode of Sound Mind Podcast, Tolu Afilaka sits with artist and sculptor Anthony Azekwoh.</p><p>They go back to Covenant University — the viral essay, the disciplinary hearing, the relegation, and the years that followed. Anthony shares how speaking up almost destroyed his life, how he watched friends graduate from an Airbnb, and why high blood pressure at 18 became part of the story.</p><p>He also talks about leaving chemical engineering for art, why graphic design was only a gateway, and why he refused when the same school later invited him back after he became successful.</p>...
#45 - BABATUNDE DADA: I Left the UK to Build a Finance Company for the Underserved in Nigeria
<p>Most people leave Nigeria looking for a better life.</p><p>Babatunde Dada did the opposite.</p><p>After studying and working abroad, he returned to build Nolt Finance — a company focused on the “underserved.”</p><p>In this conversation, he shares:</p><p><br></p>Why he always planned to come back to NigeriaHow long it took to get a CBN licenseWhy his first customers were familyWhy trust is the real product in financeWhat young people get wrong about building businessesThe discipline required to stay consistent<p>A calm, practical, and insightful conversation about building in Nigeria.</p><br><p>...
#44 - Dog Breeders Expose the Scams, Risks & Real Money in the Industry
<p>Most people only see dogs as pets or security. Very few understand the real industry behind them.</p><p>In this episode, I sat with two of Nigeria’s respected dog breeders — Shigo (Preble Kennel) and Timo (Watchers Kennel) — for a raw conversation about:</p><p>• The emotional side of owning and breeding dogs</p><p>• The deadly risk of Parvo that can wipe out a whole kennel</p><p>• Scams involving fake bloodlines and dyed dogs</p><p>• Why breeding is more science than luck</p><p>• The difference between pet, breeding and show quality dogs</p><p>• Why raw feeding pr...
#43- DR. DAMOLA ADEGBOYE: From MC to Doctorate – Lessons on Growth, Diplomacy & Nation Building
<p>In this episode of Sound Mind Podcast, Tolu Afilaka sits with his mentor, Dr. Damola Adegboye — seasoned MC, comedian, and newly minted doctorate holder.</p><p>Dr. Damola shares the focus of his PhD research on the complex relationship between Nigeria and South Africa — the competition, the cooperation, the historical context, and why tension continues to exist despite deep ties.</p><p>He also breaks down a powerful framework for national development, what he calls the four legs every serious nation must stand on:</p><p><br></p>Strong institutions that are bigger than individualsClear consequences for actions and inac...
#42 - IDY Archibong: Faith, Campus, the UK & Staying on Fire for God | Sound Mind Podcast
<p>In this soul-lifting conversation, IDY Archibong sits with Tolu Afilaka to share her journey of faith — from Covenant University and the Methodist church, to moving alone to the UK, and learning how to stay spiritually alive in a new environment.</p><p>She opens up about:</p><p><br></p>What campus life and COVID were really like for herHow she found a deeper hunger for GodPractical ways she stayed consistent with prayer and community in the UKWhy she never planned to build a large followingThe Bible characters that have shaped her walkHonest advice for anyone who feels lost or...
#41 - Love Abolade: What It Really Means to Live for God
<p>Millions know Love Abolade for her voice, but few know the story behind it.</p><p>In this episode of the Sound Minds Podcast, Tolu Afilaka sits down with worship minister Love Abolade for an honest conversation about faith, purpose, discipline, and the unseen journey behind public ministry.</p><p>Love shares how she encountered God at university, why she spent hours in prayer, what shaped her approach to worship, and why she believes excellence is an act of worship.</p><p>She also discusses why she doesn't listen to Afrobeats for entertainment, the lessons she learnt from studying...
#40 - How Iyin Aboyeji Built Andela & Flutterwave: Faith, Leadership & Billion-Dollar Companies
<p>What does it take to build companies that transform an entire continent?</p><p>In this episode of Sound Minds Podcast, Tolu Afilaka sits down with Iyin Aboyeji—Co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave, Founding Partner at Future Africa, and one of Africa's most influential entrepreneurs.</p><p>From growing up in a modest home to helping build two billion-dollar companies, Iyin shares the principles that have shaped his life, leadership and entrepreneurial journey.</p><p>He explains why ideas are worthless without execution, how he identifies billion-dollar opportunities, why he walked away from companies he helped build, the future of...
#39 - Why Debt Is A Strategy, Not A Problem | Waris Amuzat Omotolani
<p>Most people see luxury.</p><p>Very few understand the journey behind it.</p><p>In this episode of Sound Minds Podcast, Tolu Afilaka sits down with Waris Amuzat Omotolani, Founder and CEO of Pawnshop by Blue Radish, to discuss one of the most inspiring entrepreneurial stories you'll hear.</p><p>Born inside a danfo bus because his family couldn't afford a hospital, Waris began his career as an apprentice in Computer Village before building one of Africa's leading luxury asset-backed lending companies.</p><p>He shares how he started with just ₦15,000, failed in more than eleven businesses, discovered th...
