Calvin Collett (Melon Mobile): Reinventing South Africa’s Mobile Network Experience.

The Startup Club Podcast

In this episode, we're thrilled to sit down with Calvin Collett, Founder and CEO of Melon Mobile - Africa’s first truly digital telco, offering consumers a fully customisable mobile network experience.

Founded in 2022, Melon is disrupting a sector that's long been controlled by a handful of industry incumbents, by combining digital eSim technology, a slick app-first proposition, hyper-customisation and unprecedented pricing - to create an exciting "do-it-yourself" mobile network experience. Coupled with their recently-launched (and highly popular) national billboard campaign, they're fast becoming a hit with consumers and SMEs across the country.
With more than 2 decades of telco experience behind him, a world-class team alongside, and armed with a truly innovative proposition, Melon Mobile are pioneering the next generation of telecoms disruption.

We talk about:
• Calvin's upbringing and early career.
• What makes a great entrepreneur.
• Moving from corporate executive, to intrapreneur, to founder.
• Raising capital and the right team.
• Finding competitive edge in a crowded sector.
• What's next for Calvin and Melon Mobile.
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Connect with Calvin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-collett/
Connect with Mathew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathewmarsden/
This episode was brought to you in partnership with Injini - Africa's only EdTech specialised accelerator, established on the belief that innovation and technology can help solve the continent’s most pressing education challenges. Injini supports edtech founders through a bespoke acceleration program, they lead education research and advisory support through their ThinkTank and host the country’s annual Edtech week. Visit injini.africa to learn more.

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1. Calvin Collett (Melon Mobile): Reinventing South Africa’s Mobile Network Experience. (00:00:00)

2. A word from today's episode partners, Injini. (00:31:25)