On Saturday 13th September, 2025 The Star NetworkPodcast (“TSNP”) launched the first edition of its Business Meet & Greet series. The platform, Founded & Hosted by Zephia
Ovia-Ikem, is a Podcast and Business community thatshowcases the Entrepreneurial Journey of African Founders.From industry experts to startups and creatives, the platformshares what the African blueprint to business looks like.
Beyond story-telling, The Star Network Podcast is expanding its offerings to focused group engagements between industryexperts with over 30 years of corporate experience and young African Founders.
The first edition of the Business Meet & Greet series featured Mrs Munira Shonibare (CEO & Founder IO Furniture) Nigeria’s leading Furniture manufacturing company and interior design service. As the Business expert of the day, she shared valuablelessons with 16 young founders from The Star Network Podcast community, sharing on how to problem solve in various startup scenarios. The audience left the session enriched on amasterclass on leadership and business tools as well as connecting with other Founders
“My vision is to support the next generation of Founders in theirentrepreneurial journey through direct access to expert-led communities, mentorship, startup tools, and avenues for funding by providing access to seasoned business leaders.Given this is the first edition, I’m excited to see how the initiative grows into different dimensions while maintaining the core goal – access for young entrepreneurs ” says Zephia Ovia-Ikem.
The Star Network Podcast currently has 6,000k+ subscribers onYouTube and is available on all major platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Instagram, LinkedIn etc
For more information and to join the community,follow @thestarnetworkpod For partnerships email: thestarnetworkpod@gmail.com
