Founders Rant X 2.0 Draws Lagos Business Leaders, Sets Sept. 27 Abuja Stop
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Updated · Business Insider Africa · Sep 2
Founders Rant X 2.0 Draws Lagos Business Leaders, Sets Sept. 27 Abuja Stop
1 articles · Updated · Business Insider Africa · Sep 2
Summary
Founders Rant X 2.0 convened founders and business leaders at Alliance Française in Ikoyi, Lagos, for a day of candid discussions on building, leading and sustaining companies.
Chude Jideonwo’s keynote framed the event around leadership and team quality, arguing founders must fix people issues before strategy because markets, products and plans keep changing.
Panels then drilled into creation, long-term building, and risk discipline, with Wakanow CEO Bayo Adedeji warning against seeking validation and Peerless Software’s Joachim Adenusi distinguishing calculated risk from recklessness.
Networking sessions pushed a practical message that relationships should be built through giving before asking, while audience questions turned the program into an exchange tied to founders’ own businesses.
The event, a YellowLyfe initiative focused on unfiltered entrepreneurship conversations in Nigeria, is scheduled to continue in Abuja on Sept. 27, 2026.