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African Tech Roundup
Africa-focused technology, digital and innovation ecosystem insight and commentary.
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April Long of Pyxis: Why serving bulk traders beats saving SMEs in Africa-China trade
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April Long spent two years fighting reality. The co-founder and CEO of "Afro-Asia Cross-border payment infrastructure" startup...
Andrew Hall of Paratus Namibia: Building Networks Serving Small Populations Across Vast Distances
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Andrew Hall faces a unique challenge: building profitable telecommunications infrastructure across one of Africa's largest cou...
East Meets Africa: Bernard Laurendeau on Curating African Opportunity For Japanese Investors
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Bernard Laurendeau has a mission: to stop African business leaders from asking for "patient capital." The Ethiopian-French man...
World-class Design: Guidione Machava on Why 'African Designer' Is a Limiting Label
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Guidione Machava has a confession: he's tired of being called an "African designer." The Mozambican product designer, now base...
Strategy Diaries: Wabo Majavu on Balancing Commercial Success with Digital Inclusion
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In this conversation, South African strategist Wabo Majavu, executive strategy and business operations leader at Africa Data...
Ola Oyetayo of Verto: Building a Profitable Cross-Border Fintech for Emerging Markets
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In this conversation, Verto co-founder and CEO Ola Oyetayo shares the journey of building a cross-border payments platform tha...
Innovating Venture Building Support: David Ogundeko on Funema’s Vision for Backing African Ventures
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In this conversation, David Ogundeko shares the journey of Funema, an impact-focused alternative investment firm operating for...
Adapt or Be Left Behind: Marie Lora-Mungai on AI and the Future of African Filmmaking
Meet Marie Lora-Mungai, expert advisor in African creative industries and sports business and founder of Restless Global - whose 20-year journey from...
From Policy to Independent Media: Fatu Ogwuche on Creative Storytelling in Tech
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In this conversation, Fatu Ogwuche shares insights into her transition from working at Meta and consulting for Nigeria's Elec...
Carrier Neutral: How Unicorn Factory Aims to Open Up Africa’s Internet Infrastructure
This episode features an engaging conversation with Rob Bergman, Chief Investment Officer at Unicorn Factory, exploring the nuanced intersection of di...
Inside Money & Moves: Tinashe Mukogo On Merging Corporate Expertise With Independent Media
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This episode features a relaxed, peer-to-peer conversation between two media entrepreneurs—African Tech Roundup co-founder an...
Joshua Bicknell On How Balloon Ventures' 'Boring Business' Portfolio Drives 0.5% Of Uganda's GDP
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This episode features a deep conversation with Joshua Bicknell, co-founder of Balloon Ventures, exploring how the organisatio...
Ochuko Ogra On Backbone Connectivity Network's (BCN) Nigeria Growth Strategy
This episode features a brief check-in with Ochuko Ogra, Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer at Backbone Connectivity Network (BCN), sketching N...
Alan Knott-Craig Jr On Life After Mxit's Royal Fail (2016)
Listen in as Alan Knott-Craig Jr, son of Alan Sr, the pioneering co-founder and first CEO of Vodacom, one of South Africa's leading mobile network ope...
Building Bridges: Maya Horgan Famodu's Silicon Valley-Africa Crossing Playbook (2017)
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This unfiltered 2017 archive dialogue captures Maya Horgan Famodu (Founder and Partner, Ingressive Capital) before she became k...
Talent Tales: Ethiopia's Quiet Tech Rise vs Nigeria's Developer Gold Rush (2018)
As we wind down 2024, we're diving into our archives to serve up some memorable throwback conversations.
Whether you're a long-time liste...
Why Carbon CEO Chijioke Dozie Is Ditching Nigeria's Free Banking Playbook
Meet Chijioke Dozie, the co-founder steering Carbon through Nigeria's increasingly noisy neobank scene. In this candid chat with Andile Masuku, Dozie...
Ambar Van Der Wath Unpacks Baobab Network's $20K Toe-Dipping Investment Proposition
Ambar van der Wath—who leads investor relations at one of Africa's leading accelerator slash VC firms, Baobab Network—discusses with Andile Masuku how...
Koltronics Nigeria's Lanre Kolade and the inside story of Google's Equiano cable landing in Togo
This episode features an illuminating dialogue with Lanre Kolade, Chairman of ConnectedCompute, CEO of Koltronics Nigeria and former CEO of CSquared,...
This Is Connectivity a la VC With Accion Venture Lab's Jasiel Martin-Odoom
This episode features a candid conversation with Jasiel Martin-Odoom, Africa Investment Officer at Accion Venture Lab, exploring the intersection of v...
Victor Mapunga On Building From First Principles In Africa's 'Tech Graveyard'
In a landscape where African tech startups often chase buzzwords and quick wins, some founders are taking a more fundamental approach to innovation. T...
Britam Director Shares Strategy on Modernising Insurance for Africa's Digital Age
In a rapidly evolving financial services landscape, traditional African insurers are racing to modernise their operations and product offerings to mee...
Safaricom Ethiopia's Network Chief on Building Network Infrastructure From Scratch
In October 2022, Safaricom launched its telecommunications services in Ethiopia, marking a major milestone as the first private operator to enter the...
Future in the Humanities EP 3/3: Slave Ride
In the third and final episode of the Future in the Humanities podcast mini-series, titled "The Gig Economy's Hidden Costs", Wits social scientist and...
Future in the Humanities EP 2/3: Everybody Gets a Conspiracy
In this episode, Wits University media researchers Samuel Olaniran and Iginio Gagliardone guide an audio tour into the complex world of conspiracy the...
Future in the Humanities EP 1/3: Touching Brains
In the opening episode of the Future in the Humanities podcast mini-series, titled "Touching Brains", Wits University research collaborators Sahba Bes...
Digital Transformation Pulse Check: Undersea Cable, Remote Power Supply & Terrestrial Fibre Optic
In this special edition of the African Tech Roundup podcast, taped at the fringes of the inaugural Africa Digital Transformation Strategy Summit (conv...
ATRUC S2 EP4: Can AI be trusted? with Jania Okwechime & Wessel Oosthuizen
In this African Tech Conversations episode, guest host Kate Bryne chats with avid AI proponents Jania Okwechime (Partner at Deloitte - West Africa Dat...
UNAJUA S13 EP3: Is the "play-to-earn" trend over-hyped? feat. Kate Byrne
In this UNAJUA episode, Kate Byrne parses through majorly-hyped trends like "play-to-earn" to pinpoint the true potential of the extraordinary new lev...
UNAJUA S13 EP2: How is the world taking to the crypto meltdown? feat. Kate Byrne
In this UNAJUA episode, Kate Byrne gauges the ongoing fallout of the current global meltdown in crypto markets and speaks on the current international...
UNAJUA S13 EP1: Are NFTs over? feat. Kate Byrne
This is the first episode of a UNAJUA Series focused on distilling a handful of global Web3 buzz trends like crypto, NFTs, the metaverse and even AI—...
UNAJUA S12 EP3: What is 'Delegated Proof of Stake'? feat. Jordan Muthemba
This is the final episode of the three-part UNAJUA Series focused on what sets blockchains apart. Seasoned Kenyan blockchain developer and Web3 enthus...
UNAJUA S12 EP2: What are 'Proof of Work' and 'Proof of Stake'? feat. Jordan Muthemba
This is Part 2 of a three-part UNAJUA Series focused on what sets blockchains apart from each other. Seasoned Kenyan blockchain developer and Web3 ent...
UNAJUA S12 EP1: Are all blockchains the same? feat. Jordan Muthemba
This is Part 1 of a three-part UNAJUA Series focused on what distinguishes different types of blockchains from each other. Seasoned Kenyan blockchain...
Gqom: The Babusi Nyoni Story
This special piece of podcast storytelling offers a compelling glimpse into the heart and mind of one of Africa's most gifted multi-hyphenate technolo...
ATRUC S2 EP3: Journey Into The Cryptoverse With Hope Ditlhakanyane & Nzwisisa Chidembo
Standing in for Musa Kalenga on this African Tech Conversations instalment is Andile Masuku, whose day job is serving as Head of Community at Founders...
UNAJUA S11 EP3: How do you vet the investment worthiness of blockchain startups?
This is the final episode of a three-part UNAJUA Series focused on the Blockchain Africa investment opportunity, featuring venture capitalist Hope Dit...
UNAJUA S11 EP2: Crypto as a personal investment opportunity? ft. Hope Ditlhakanyane & Nzwi Chidembo
This is the second episode of a three-part UNAJUA Series focused on the Blockchain Africa investment opportunity, featuring the passionate South Afric...
UNAJUA S11 EP1: Is African VC into blockchain tech? ft. Hope Ditlhakanyane & Nzwisisa Chidembo
This is the first episode of a three-part UNAJUA Series dealing with investing in African blockchain tech. And we're stoked because it's the first to...
BONUS: Can PAXFUL deliver on being Africa's 'Uber for money'? feat. Ray Youssef
This throwback bonus episode features a chat with Ray Youssef taped in 2019. Ray is Co-founder and CEO of Paxful, a US-headquartered peer-to-peer Bitc...