Visionary Life - Career| Inspired Living | Entrepreneurship

What happens when three friends sitting on a coffee shop bench during a pandemic decide to reimagine what a coffee brand can be?On this episode of the Visionary Life Podcast, Kelsey sits down with Sandrine Somé, Co-Founder of Nile Coffee, a black-owned coffee company that’s reshaping the industry by infusing every aspect of their brand with art and culture into everything they do! Sandrine’s entrepreneurial spark didn’t ignite in a boardroom or brainstorm session. It happened way off the grid visiting her family in Burkina Faso, completely cut off from WIFI. What could have been an entrepreneur’s nightmare became her creative breakthrough. The idea for Nile Coffee was born on a bench outside SAm James Coffee in Toronto, where Sandrina and her friends spent countless hours talking about life, work and their dreams. They recognized the gap in the coffee space and an opportunity to build something that spoke directly to their creative community. Rather than sell coffee as fuel for the 9-to-5 grind they positione