A podcast by Kevin Mutiso

Let The Cake
Bake.

Long-form conversations with the people behind the work. Single guest, single take, no rush — operators, artists, and public servants on what they've actually learned.

Now streaming · New episodes Fridays, 6PM EAT
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The premise

Builders are curious people. We want to know how the people who've actually moved things — built the companies, shaped the culture, sat in the rooms — think about the big ideas and a world that won't sit still. Where it's going, what's changing, what they'd bet on next.

Let The Cake Bake gives them the room to say it. One guest, one unhurried conversation — long enough to get past the headline and into the real thinking. No segments, no sound bites, no rush. Let it bake.

First look

The trailer.

In the can

The first conversations.

Nzioka Waita on Let The Cake Bake
EP 01▶ Watch

Nzioka Waita

Former State House Chief of Staff

On power, public service, and what the corner office actually teaches you.

Addis Alemayehou on Let The Cake Bake
EP 02▶ Watch

Addis Alemayehou

Chairman, Kazana Group (Ethiopia)

Ethiopia and its economy, how it compares to Kenya, and building businesses across the continent.

Annstella Mumbi on Let The Cake Bake
EP 03▶ Watch

Annstella Mumbi

General Manager, Tala Kenya

Is Kenya's potential limited by its challenges? Scaling consumer credit, and what it would take to unlock the market.

Bien on Let The Cake Bake
EP 04▶ Watch

Bien

Sauti Sol vocalist & solo artist

The making of an African superstar, the business behind the music, and what comes after the band that defined a generation.

Sajid Vayani on Let The Cake Bake
EP 05▶ Watch

Sajid Vayani

Sales Director, iColo (Digital Realty)

At what point do your opinions become too expensive to keep? The man behind the internet's home in Kenya on data centres, AI, and saying what he thinks.

Filmed in Nairobi · single take · no rush · new episodes every Friday, 6PM EAT

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