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Ismael Belkhayat: The Moroccan Tech Entrepreneur Building Africa’s Retail and Fintech Future

Ismael Belkhayat left BCG consulting to build startups in Morocco’s untapped digital market. As CEO of Chari—a B2B e-commerce and fintech platform for Africa’s retailers—he’s solving fragmented supply chains and driving financial inclusion. Co-founding with his wife, he shares lessons on trust, distribution over innovation, bootstrapping discipline, and balancing Ironman training with entrepreneurship in Morocco’s evolving tech ecosystem.

Carina Kohli: Building Humm Care and Rethinking Women’s Healthcare in India

In this interview, Carina Kohli, Founder & CEO of Humm Care, shares how her pandemic-era conversations with 1,000+ women revealed India’s massive postpartum mental health gap. She discusses building India’s first women’s health-focused B2B platform, tackling maternal attrition, breaking stigma around postpartum anxiety, and why femtech’s future demands clinical depth over surface-level content for half of India’s population.

How Sachin Pabreja Helped Transform India’s Dining-Out Economy with EazyDiner

From luxury hoteliers to tech disruptors, EazyDiner Co-Founder and CEO Sachin Pabreja shares how he bridge-built 15 years of five-star operational intuition with scalable digital strategy. In this candid conversation, he breaks down the delicate balance of building a two-sided marketplace, navigating the friction of discounting, and why long-term restaurant survival hinges on consistency over social media hype.

Brett Adcock: Pioneering the Robotic Revolution with Figure AI

Brett Adcock founded Figure AI in 2022 to pioneer humanoid robots tackling labor shortages. After Vettery’s $110M Adecco sale and Archer Aviation’s eVTOL push, he assembled talent from Tesla and DeepMind. Securing $675M from OpenAI, Bezos, and Nvidia, Figure 02 advances commercial deployment at BMW, eyeing home tasks.