London Village Diaries With Dayo Akinrinade of Africlick Part 2 - Pan-African dating solutions
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second instalment of a 2-part conversation with Africlick founder Dayo Akinrinade, which...
London Village Diaries With Dayo Akinrinade of Africlick Part 1 - Working in tech while black
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dayo Akinrinade is the Founder of Africlick, "a new dating/networking app for professionals and crea...
Conservation Meets Conscious Capitalism With The Desert Date Company's Lauren Servin
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus podcast miniseries episode features Lauren Servin, the American Founder and "Chief Tree O...
Kahawa 1893's Margaret Nyamumbo on disrupting fair trade in the global coffee industry
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kenyan Margaret "Maggie" Nyamumbo is the Founder and CEO of Kahawa 1893, a San Francisco-based coffe...
Heidi Lovett of Swerve Robotics on plans to ignite enthusiasm for STEM in Botswana's youth
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Former live theatre production specialist Heidi Lovett is the Executive Director of Swerve Robotics,...
Simanga Madhlabuta of Zimbabwe Investment Tours & Wisdom Gakaka of Cyrex on thriving in Zimbabwe
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mere days before 2018 came to a close, Andile Masuku sat down two bright, young Zimbabwean entrepren...
Wajenzi's Alain Nkurukiye on Galvanising Diasporans to Back Economic Growth in Africa
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alain Nkurukiye is a Corporate Strategy and Economic Policy MBA who hails from Burundi, but has live...
The Joy of Missing Out - Should African Founders Reject Hypergrowth VC Doctrine?
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder and Co-MD of Secha Capital Rushil Vallabh joins Andile Masuku and Musa Kalenga for the ve...
Talking Successful Social Enterprise with Jordanian Raneem Muqbel of TEENAH
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jordanian Raneem Muqbel is the co-founder of a social manufacturing enterprise called TEENAH that wo...
Development Finance Diaries with Musa Sillah and Mohamed Alhadi of the Islamic Development Bank
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast features two separate conversations Andile Masuku had with senior executives working fo...
WeThinkCode's Dylan Richts on developing South African coding talent and pursuing regional growth
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
South African Dylan Richts is Head of Partnerships at WeThinkCode, a Cape Town-headquartered non-pro...
Shaqodoon's Mustafa Othman on the State of Somalia & Somaliland's Entrepreneurship Support Ecosystem
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Andile Masuku chats with Mustafa Othman. Mustafa is the Somali Co-founder and Commu...
Gutsy Entrepreneurial Moves With Morris Dougba of Green Gold Liberia and Ayham Maksoud of Al-Maksoud
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This candid conversation - led by Andile Masuku - features two remarkable entrepreneurs. The first i...
Dotun Olowoporoku of Starta on identifying billion-dollar startup potential in Africa
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Academic turned startup founder and investor, Dotun Olowoporoku, is the Managing Partner at Starta, ...
University of Oxford's Alexander Betts & SPARK's Yannick Du Pont on Innovative Foreign Aid Strategy
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this relaxed three-way conversation, Alexander Betts, Professor of Forced Migration and Internati...
The African Fintech 2018 Retrospective with Viola Llewellyn of Ovamba Part 2
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
2018's last in-studio taping of the African Tech Roundup podcast is a two-part affair which guest fe...
The African Fintech 2018 Retrospective with Viola Llewellyn of Ovamba Part 1
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
2018's last in-studio taping of the African Tech Roundup podcast is a two-part affair which guest fe...
TransUnion Africa's Lee Naik on embracing collaboration and harnessing democratised technologies
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Naik is the CEO of TransUnion Africa, a subsidiary of the giant American consumer credit reporti...
Ovamba's Viola Llewellyn on encoding African IP and the need for Pan-African digital standards
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The third and last episode of African Tech Roundup's (https://africantechroundup.com) miniseries (ht...
MzansiSat's Bernard Greyling can't wait to launch African geostationary broadband satellites
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation with the Chief Technical Officer at MzansiSat, Bernard Greyling, Andile Masuku ...
EOS Nairobi's Felix Macharia and Raise's Marvin Coleby unpack the African Digital Asset Framework
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast - the second episode in African Tech Roundup's (https://africantechroundup.com) thre...
Talking Transsion, Android vs iPhone and Xiaomi's Pocophone F1 with Nendo's Mark Kaigwa
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Following a sunny Johannesburg lunch al fresco, Nendo (https://nendo.co.ke) Founder and CEO Mark Kai...
African IP diaries with UCT's Prof Caroline Ncube and Thomson Reuters' Saidah Nash Carter
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is the first instalment of a three-part miniseries (http://bit.ly/atrudigitalassets) pr...
Is Venture Capital a Ponzi Scheme? feat. Grant Phillips of PhilTech Consulting
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Andile Masuku and guest co-host Rushil Vallabh of Secha Capital on this African Tech Roundup...
Sureswipe's Paul Kent on competing in South Africa's crowded payments startup scene
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Kent is Co-founder and Managing Director of Sureswipe, a South African payments solutions start...
Lyndsey Duff of What3Words on inducting a new global addressing standard
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
South African Lyndsey Duff is the South Africa Country Manager at What3Words— a British startup wh...
Masakhe Foundation's Mpilo Ngcukana & Thulani Fesi on why KwaLanga Cape Town needs a youth tech hub
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this podcast, Andile Masuku chats with two exceptional, Cape Townian entrepreneurs who are both a...
Gig economy diaries with SweepSouth's Aisha Pandor and LULA's Velani Mboweni
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast features two South African startup founders working the trenches of the emerging gig ec...
Cachet Consulting's Anita Mendiratta on how Africa's tourism industry has progressed since the 90's
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anita Mendiratta is the Canadian Founder and Managing Director of Cachet Consulting, a firm which se...
Google South Africa's Mich Atagana on reflecting everyday Africans online
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This super-chill conversation, taped at the fringes of Africa Tech Summit 2018, features Google Sout...
Kenya's Tourism and Wildlife Minister Najib Balala on progressive policy frameworks
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Honourable Najib Balala is Kenya’s Minister of Tourism and Wildlife. After previously serving in t...
Travelstart's Stephan Ekbergh on startup success in Africa's online travel booking industry
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephan Ekbergh is the Founder and CEO of Travelstart. He is a Swedish entrepreneur who is probably ...
The Sunday Times' Pearl Boshomane Tsotetsi on lifestyle journalism politics & travelling while black
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pearl Boshomane Tsotetsi is the Lifestyle Editor at the Sunday Times (South Africa). Pearl was voted...
Airbnb's Chris Lehane on growing the sharing economy and democratising travel and tourism
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Lehane is Airbnb’s Head of Global Policy, Public Affairs and Communications. Chris engages w...
Pesapal's Mark Mwongela talks fintech's impact on Africa's travel and tourism industry
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Mwongela is the Co-founder and CEO of Pesapal, a leading Kenyan mobile, online and point-of-sal...
Hacking Remittances and Other Stories feat. Herbert Banhire of AMA.ZING (Zing Holdings)
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
According to a recent World Bank report, it's more costly to send money to Africa than to anywhere e...
Tonjé Bakang of African Leadership Academy on Afrostream's demise and failing forward
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You might recall that in September 2017 the Cameroonian former Founder & CEO of Afrostream and curre...
Konnect Africa's Jean-Claude Tshipama on Eutelsat's African satellite broadband strategy
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Congolese Jean-Claude Tshipama is the CEO of Eutelsat's Konnect Africa subsidiary which delivers sat...
Uber crypto-geek Simon Dingle unpacks his book In Math We Trust: The Future of Money
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
South African Simon Dingle has worked with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies since 2011, designing ...
Ìmísí 3D's Judith Okonkwo is bullish on VR and AR tech adoption in Africa
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the fringes of Afrobytes Tech Marketplace 2018, Andile Masuku caught up with virtual reality (VR)...
Thomson Reuters' Sneha Shah on delivering market-relevant data, insight & tech business solutions
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As Managing Director of Thomson Reuters Africa, Kenyan-born Sneha Shah oversees the firm's Financial...
aKoma Media's Chidi Afulezi on viable digital media models and backing African content creators
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
aKoma Media Co-founder and COO Chidi Afulezi is "a Naija boy true and true". Chidi is an electrical ...
Gebeya's Amadou Daffe & TechPoint.ng's Adewale Yusuf talk Ethiopian tech swag and taking on Andela
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This year's Afrobytes Tech Marketplace event attracted a large, impressive Ethiopian delegation of t...
BongoHive's Simunza Muyangana on delivering context-relevant tech ecosystem support in Zambia
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
BongoHive Co-Founder and Director of Entrepreneurship, Simunza Muyangana reckons that Lusaka has wha...
#VillageDiariesAmsterdam Pt 2 w/ Augustina Austin, Babusi Nyoni, Danai Musandu & Tania Habimana
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 the international African Tech Roundup LIVE Tour launched with a live pod...
Secha Capital's Rushil Vallabh & Brendan Mullen on proving a hybrid SME investment model
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
South African Rushil Vallabh and American Brenden Mullen are the co-founders and co-managing directo...
Cellulant's Ken Njoroge & Velocity Capital's Allard Luchsinger on 2018's biggest fintech deal so far
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A couple of hours before the recent #VillageDiariesAmsterdam event went down, Andile Masuku managed ...
#VillageDiariesAmsterdam Pt 1 - A fireside chat with HYBR Founder & CEO Charles Ojei
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 the international African Tech Roundup LIVE Tour launched with a live eve...
HEADS UP: Andile and Musa are going to Amsterdam and Paris
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Look out, Amsterdam! We're coming!
Joel Macharia of Abacus on creating access to African financial markets via micro investments
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Macharia is the Founder and CEO of Abacus (https://abacus.co.ke), a Kenyan fintech firm that bu...
Edmund Olotu of TechAdvance on building out digital payments infrastructure in Nigeria
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation with Andile Masuku, TechAdvance CEO, Edmund Olotu, sketches Nigeria's digital p...
Interoperability, Data Ownership & Steward Ownership feat. Oliver Sauter of WorldBrain
13 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the African Tech Roundup podcast, Oliver Sauter— Co-founder and Head of Strateg...
Boomplay Music's Chinasa Udeala on delivering Africa-relevant music streaming services
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chinasa Udeala is Regional Director for East Africa at Boomplay Music. The music streaming platform ...
Helen Anatogu of Nigeria's iDEA incubator on how African founders should position to land funding
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Anatogu is the Chief Executive and Programme Director of the Information Technology Developer ...
YegoMoto's Karanvir Singh on surfing the mobility wave to launch an ambitious platform play
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kigali-based Singaporean, Karanvir Singh, is the CEO and MD of Yego Innovision Ltd— a company whic...
Facebook's Breach of Trust + Blockchain Straight Talk feat. Marvin Coleby of Raise Impact
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's fair to say that Facebook is the elephant in pretty much every room at the moment. In this mont...
NISK Capital's Sara Oon on providing turnkey startup and SME advisory in East Africa
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Kigali-based Sara Oon is Co-Founder and Partner at NISK Capital, a Nairobi-head quartered boutiq...
RapidLion Film Festival's Eric Miyeni on African cinema asserting itself on the global stage
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The runaway global success of the Marvel blockbuster sensation, Black Panther, has ignited debate ab...
Caine Wanjau of Twiga Foods on the challenges of scaling an actual business and why not to ICO
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Caine Wanjau is the Chief Technology Officer of Twiga Foods, a Nairobi-based distributor of fresh fr...
Insight Publicis Nigeria's Feyi Olubodun on his book The Villager: How Africans Consume Brands
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Feyi Olubudun’s new book, The Villager: How Africans Consume Brands, puts forward a lens for helpi...
Lagos Angel Network's Collins Onuegbu on traditional angel efforts vs. business angel investment
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Collins Onuegbu is the Nigerian Founder of Signal Alliance as well as a Director of the Lagos Angel ...
A Peek Under the Hood Of South Africa's Mobility Scene feat. Obakeng Morapeli Matlhoko
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Back on the show for the first time since contributing his fair share of involuntary hot takes on Ep...
Andela's Wambui Kinya unpacks Andela's gig economy strategy and addresses common misconceptions
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wambui Kinya is the Chief Strategy Officer at Andela-- a startup helping companies overcome tech tal...
Karabo Songo and Musa Kalenga of House of Brave on evolving creative agency models
25 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Karabo Songo and Musa Kalenga are the savvy business minds behind FastGro-- the 100% black-owned inv...
Venture Garden's Bunmi Akinyemiju on Sure Remit's ICO success and executing smart platform plays
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bunmi Akinyemiju is Co-founder and CEO of Nigeria's Venture Garden Group-- a global technology firm...
What's Trending at #ATRULive Meetup Kigali (Feb 13, 2018)
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
So, we invited friends of the African Tech Roundup podcast to join us for drinks at the Kigali Marri...
The Fake News Episode feat. Anim Van Wyk of Africa Check
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We aren't even halfway through the first quarter of 2018 but already, we've seen a fair amount of qu...
Lidya's Tunde Kehinde on addressing Nigeria's $30 billion small business credit gap
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tunde Kehinde is the co-founder of Lidya, a branchless internet bank that aims to ease Nigeria's est...
Kola Aina of Ventures Platform reckons African capital and local context are underrated
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kola Aina is the Founder and CEO of the Nigerian-based pan-African seed-stage fund and accelerator, ...
On Your Marks for 2018: Is the Lean Startup Approach Legit?
15 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the first full African Tech Roundup podcast of 2018, Andile Masuku mulls over Gefira Solutions Fo...
Bert Bruggeman of Gefira Solutions on why hardware development is key for Africa
12 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bert Bruggeman is the Belgian Founder and CEO of the Silicon Valley-based technology advisory firm, ...
mSurvey's Kenfield Griffith on why he's bullish on 2018 and why data analytics is a gamechanger
04 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Montserrat native Kenfield Griffith is co-founder and CEO of mSurvey-- a data analytics SaaS startup...
Rich Tanksley of NeuBridges on the massive growth potential of commercial digital media in Nigeria
01 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Tanksley is the Senior Vice President of Special Projects at the Nigerian-American consultancy,...
Alec Fokapu of FiftyFor on bridging the cultural divide between big business and African SMEs
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
French-born Cameroonian Alec Fokapu is the founder and CEO of FiftyFor, a B2B rating platform for Af...
The 2017 Year-end Rundown + African Venture Capital Done Right feat. Rushil Vallabh
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
By this time last year, Africa's tech and innovation media community had started to go into hibernat...
Maya Horgan Famodu of Ingressive Capital on becoming a venture capitalist in 2017
11 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
2017 has seen Maya Horgan Famodu transition from overseeing efforts to assist corporations and inves...
Co-Creation Hub Nigeria's Femi Longe factors in on the #NotOurManifesto farce
05 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This Medium blog entitled, "Startups4Africa: This is NOT OUR MANIFESTO" by Co-Creation Hub Nigeria C...
Khaled Ismail on how KI Angel and HIM Angel funds pursue inter-Africa startup growth
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Khaled Ismail is the Chairman and Founder of two Cairo-based angel funds— KI Angel and HIM Angel. ...
Ido Sum explains how TLcom Capital got in on Andela's $40M Series C
28 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Israeli investor Ido Sum is a Partner at TLcom Capital— a venture capital firm with a presence in ...
Kenyan post election reflections with PesaCheck.org Managing Editor Eric Mugendi
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Andile Masuku asks PesaCheck.org Managing Editor, Eric Mugendi, to reflect on ...
Should Africa-focused Investors Hunt Gorillas, Gazelles Or Unicorns?
20 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Africa’s early stage investor community came together for the 4th annual African Early ...
Timothy Kotin on how SuperFluid Labs delivers business value via data analytics solutions
10 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Timothy Kotin was born and bred in Ghana. He is the co-founder and chief executive of Super...
Do African Startup Pitch Competitions Offer Anything More Than Pre-allocated Peanuts?
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Facebook-sponsored TechCrunch Startup Battlefield competition which took place in Nairobi recent...
Yannick Lefang of Kasi Insight reckons reliable market research is key to business success in Africa
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Electrical engineer, Yannick Lefang, is the Founder and CEO of Kasi Insight-- a research and advisor...
Divercity's Sean Godoy says proptech could help Africa overcome post-colonial property challenges
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Godoy is the Founder and Executive Director of Divercity Property Solutions. He has cross-secto...
Adebayo Alonge explains how RxAll's AI-driven spectrometer authenticates medicines
13 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adebayo “Ade” Alonge is the Nigerian co-founder of RxAll, a platform which provides patients in ...
The Great Bitcoin Surge And Cryptocurency Mining feat. Simon Dingle
03 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
South Korea has reportedly become the latest notable nation to follow the likes of Nigeria and China...
Bertil van Vugt on how VC4Africa's new startup academy is boosting aspiring founders
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bertil van Vugt is Business Development Lead at the Amsterdam-based organisation, VC4Africa. In th...
Internet Society's Michuki Mwangi separates hype from reality regarding Africa and the internet
25 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michuki Mwangi is the Regional Development Manager for Africa at the Internet Society where he has w...
African Billionaire Watch And Other Political Conversations feat. Sinclair Skinner
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A few weeks ago, Africa's richest man, Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, baffled many pro-African investment ...
Adedana Ashebir on Village Capital's investor bias report + do expats & repats care about Africa?
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
**Apologies for the poor sound quality** Adedana Ashebir has recently been tasked with heading up V...
George Asamani on how DooWapp music messaging could become as ubiquitous as emojis
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George Asamani is an exceedingly well-traveled 39-year-old Ghanaian who currently calls Addis Ababa ...
Kenya's Twiga Foods Closes $10.3M Series A Investment Round Led By Wamda Capital
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The last few weeks have seen three promising African tech startups land significant investments-- na...
Charlene Chen reckons Bitpesa is well-positioned to surf the blockchain wave
20 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Charlene Chen is the Chief Operating Officer of BitPesa-- an online payment platform founded in Keny...
Eunice Baguma Ball explains why the Africa Technology Business Network is backing #FoundingWomen
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Eunice Baguma Ball is the Ugandan Founder and Executive Director of the Africa Technology Business N...
Kenya General Election 2017: The fake news factor with Eric Mugendi of PesaCheck.org
13 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Mugendi is the Managing Editor at PesaCheck.org. In this chat with Andile Masuku, taped on Mond...
Investor Bias Debate 2.0 + Should Africa Embrace Uberisation? feat. Vije Vijendranath
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A couple of weeks ago, a think piece by Andile Masuku entitled "We simply must not allow investor bi...
Barbro Ciakudia on how Invest Africa is stoking enthusiasm for African investment in London
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Barbro Mutombo Ciakudia is VP for Business Development at Invest Africa. Invest Africa is a private ...
Jean-Paul Melaga went from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi exec to co-founding Smart Phorce
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jean-Paul Melaga is a recovering finance professional who's had a successful career in top-tier inte...
Arthur Musah's documentary Naija Beta highlights the untold potential of Lagosian youth
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Naija Beta is a documentary that follows a team of Nigerian and Nigerian-American MIT students who d...