Build To Thrive: The Alina Truhina Story is a three-part podcast series focused on the intriguing life story of Alina Truhina, the co-founder of Founders Factory Africa. 702’s Refiloe Mpakanyane speaks to this visionary to understand how Alina’s journey shaped her and how it drives the work she and FFA do across Africa.

In Part 1, Refiloe peels back the layers of this successful venture builder to reveal a little refugee girl who, through immense pain and loss, found hope, courage, and inspiration to grow into a woman of substance.

Written and produced by Refiloe Mpakanyane, Brendan "Spike" Ballantine and Andile Masuku. Copy-editing by Adam Wakefield. Interview moderation and narration by Refiloe Mpakanyane. Studio recording by Gibbon Room, Johannesburg (South Africa); EQHO, Bangkok (Thailand); and Coda, London (UK). Booking management by Alesimo Mwanga. Edit, mix and sound design by Brendan "Spike" Ballantine.

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Read more: https://www.702.co.za/features/577/build-to-thrive-the-alina-truhina-story

Build To Thrive: The Alina Truhina Story is a three-part podcast series focused on the intriguing life story of Alina Truhina, the co-founder of Founders Factory Africa. 702’s Refiloe Mpakanyane speaks to this visionary to understand how Alina’s journey shaped her and how it drives the work she and FFA do across Africa.
In Part 1, Refiloe peels back the layers of this successful venture builder to reveal a little refugee girl who, through immense pain and loss, found hope, courage, and inspiration to grow into a woman of substance.
Written and produced by Refiloe Mpakanyane, Brendan "Spike" Ballantine and Andile Masuku. Copy-editing by Adam Wakefield. Interview moderation and narration by Refiloe Mpakanyane. Studio recording by Gibbon Room, Johannesburg (South Africa); EQHO, Bangkok (Thailand); and Coda, London (UK). Booking management by Alesimo Mwanga. Edit, mix and sound design by Brendan "Spike" Ballantine.
Engage using #BuildToThrivePodcast  Read more: https://www.702.co.za/features/577/build-to-thrive-the-alina-truhina-story

A three-part story of a little Latvian girl and refugee who grew up to become a global citizen with audacious, entrepreneurial ambitions to change the world. 

A three-part story of a little Latvian girl and refugee who grew up to become a global citizen with audacious, entrepreneurial ambitions to change the world.

Build To Thrive: The Alina Truhina Story

Alina Truhina is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Founders Factory Africa (FFA), a Pan-African venture builder, investor, and accelerator. As FFA’s CSO, Alina spends weeks in the air and on road trips, crisscrossing the world to drive FFA’s growth so that it can support Africa’s brightest tech founders.

Yet, behind Alina’s daily reality as a highly successful businessperson and venture builder is a story of loss, dislocation, and struggle that begins in Latvia during the collapse of the Soviet Union, with this epoch-defining event changing Alina’s life in ways she did not expect. It would take Alina to places ranging from Australia to Nepal, the United States to Nigeria. Over time, the little Latvian girl who lost it all would become a global citizen with audacious, entrepreneurial ambitions to change the world.

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alinatruhina/">Alina Truhina</a> is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at<a href="https://www.foundersfactory.africa/"> Founders Factory Africa</a> (FFA), a Pan-African venture builder, investor, and accelerator. As FFA’s CSO, Alina spends weeks in the air and on road trips, crisscrossing the world to drive FFA’s growth so that it can support Africa’s brightest tech founders.
Yet, behind Alina’s daily reality as a highly successful businessperson and venture builder is a story of loss, dislocation, and struggle that begins in Latvia during the collapse of the Soviet Union, with this epoch-defining event changing Alina’s life in ways she did not expect. It would take Alina to places ranging from Australia to Nepal, the United States to Nigeria. Over time, the little Latvian girl who lost it all would become a global citizen with audacious, entrepreneurial ambitions to change the world.

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