Nikolai Barnwell: Why PawaPay bet on mobile money over cards, and stayed out of the fintech boom
Episode overview: Nikolai Barnwell has been resident in Kenya since 2009, and he watched the African mobile money story arrive in real time....
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Russell Southwood: An outsider's take on 25 years of Africa's digital story
Episode overview: Russell Southwood has been watching Africa's digital story unfold since 2000, when the number of people involved in the co...
Seyi Ebenezer of Payaza: Bookkeeping is the new black
Episode overview: Seyi Ebenezer didn't come to fintech from a hackathon or an accelerator. He came from KPMG's audit desks and Access Bank's...
Natasha Blycha of Stirling & Rose / Nooriam / LexChip: Why AI without law is just code without conscience
Episode overview: Natasha Blycha's path into emerging technology law started in an unlikely place. As a gap-year volunteer teaching English...
Prince Nwadeyi of SAG Ventures: Building solutions corporates need but won't execute themselves
Episode overview: Prince Nwadeyi spent years providing market research that unlocked South Africa's R600 billion (~USD 34.4 billion) informa...
April Long of Pyxis: Why serving bulk traders beats saving SMEs in Africa-China trade
Episode overview: April Long spent two years fighting reality. The co-founder and CEO of "Afro-Asia Cross-border payment infrastructure" sta...
Andrew Hall of Paratus Namibia: Building Networks Serving Small Populations Across Vast Distances
Episode overview: Andrew Hall faces a unique challenge: building profitable telecommunications infrastructure across one of Africa's largest...
East Meets Africa: Bernard Laurendeau on Curating African Opportunity For Japanese Investors
Episode overview: Bernard Laurendeau has a mission: to stop African business leaders from asking for "patient capital." The Ethiopian-French...
World-class Design: Guidione Machava on Why 'African Designer' Is a Limiting Label
Episode overview: Guidione Machava has a confession: he's tired of being called an "African designer." The Mozambican product designer, now...
Strategy Diaries: Wabo Majavu on Balancing Commercial Success with Digital Inclusion
Episode overview: In this conversation, South African strategist Wabo Majavu, executive strategy and business operations leader at Africa Da...
Ola Oyetayo of Verto: Building a Profitable Cross-Border Fintech for Emerging Markets
Episode overview: In this conversation, Verto co-founder and CEO Ola Oyetayo shares the journey of building a cross-border payments platform...
Innovating Venture Building Support: David Ogundeko on Funema’s Vision for Backing African Ventures
Episode overview: In this conversation, David Ogundeko shares the journey of Funema, an impact-focused alternative investment firm operating...
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 jou...
From Policy to Independent Media: Fatu Ogwuche on Creative Storytelling in Tech
Episode overview: In this conversation, Fatu Ogwuche shares insights into her transition from working at Meta and consulting for Nigeria's E...
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 intersec...
Inside Money & Moves: Tinashe Mukogo On Merging Corporate Expertise With Independent Media
Episode Overview: This episode features a relaxed, peer-to-peer conversation between two media entrepreneurs—African Tech Roundup co-founder...
Joshua Bicknell On How Balloon Ventures' 'Boring Business' Portfolio Drives 0.5% Of Uganda's GDP
Episode Overview: This episode features a deep conversation with Joshua Bicknell, co-founder of Balloon Ventures, exploring how the organisa...
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), s...
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 n...
Building Bridges: Maya Horgan Famodu's Silicon Valley-Africa Crossing Playbook (2017)
Episode overview This unfiltered 2017 archive dialogue captures Maya Horgan Famodu (Founder and Partner, Ingressive Capital) before she beca...