African Tech Roundup Podcast

Investment Diaries With Dr Nigel Chanakira Part 2 - Patient Capital & Savvy Commercialisation

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second and final part of an insight-filled conversation Andile Masuku had with one of Zimbabwe’s most well-known and well-respected busi...

Investment Diaries With Dr Nigel Chanakira Part 1 - Worst investment decision in Zimbabwean history?

12 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast is the first instalment of a two-part conversation Andile Masuku had with one of Zimbabwe’s most well-known and widely-respected busine...

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 was taped at the fringes of the London stop of Af...

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 creatives of African and Caribbean heritage". Dayo ho...

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 Officer" of the Desert Date Company. The Desert Dat...

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 coffee company intent on revolutionising the global cof...

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, a Washington-based organisation which uses applie...

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 entrepreneurs to learn what it takes to engineer business s...

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 lived and worked in the Netherlands for the better par...

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 very first in-studio taping of 2019. Andile, Musa an...

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 works with Syrian refugees and their host communitie...

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 for the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). Both exchan...

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-profit organisation which works with public and priva...

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 Communications and Technology Manager of an organisatio...

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 is Morris Dougba, a second-generation Liberian coco...

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, a platform that "makes it easier to build, discove...

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 International Affairs and William Golding Senior Fellow in ...

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 features the force of nature that is Viola Llewellyn...

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 features the force of nature that is Viola Llewellyn...

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 reporting agency, TransUnion, that’s listed on the New ...

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 (http://bit.ly/atrudigitalassets) on digital assets f...

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 learns about the South African geostationary broad...

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) three-part miniseries on digital assets (http://bit.ly...

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 Kaigwa and Andile Masuku chat about a few consumer te...

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) produced by African Tech Roundup (https://africantec...

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 podcast is Grant Phillips. Grant is the Founder a...

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 startup dedicated to making card payment acceptance eas...

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 which provides a precise physical location solution ...

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 actively involved in a youth-focused tech hub initi...

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 economy. Human geneticist-turned-entrepreneur Aish...

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 services governments, multinational corporations and...

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 South Africa’s Head of Communications and Public Aff...

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 that cabinet position once before, from 2008 to 201...

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 best known for growing Travelstart from a provocat...

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 one of Mail and Guardian's Top 200 Young South Af...

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 with policymakers around the world to safeguard the...

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-sale (POS) payment platform operating in seven Africa...

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 else in the world. On average, a 12% remittance fee...

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 current Chief Brand Officer of African Leadership Acade...

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 satellite broadband connectivity services in Africa. ...

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 products that make it easier to engage in an incre...

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) and augmented reality (AR) evangelist, founder of...

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, Risk, Tax and Legal businesses across the contin...

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 engineer with product-development experience earne...

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 tech innovators sporting some serious swag. Ethiopi...

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 what it takes to become one of Africa's choicest tech...

#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 podcast event in The Netherlands dubbed #VillageDiari...

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 directors of a Johannesburg-based, venture capital outfit...

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 to land a sit-down with Cellulant Founder and CEO,...

#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 event in The Netherlands dubbed #VillageDiariesAmster...

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 builds web and mobile software designed to help peop...

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 payments infrastructure landscape and explains why ...

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 Strategy, Product & Operations at https://WorldBrain.io, ...

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 is a subsidiary of the Chinese firm Transsnet Ltd ...

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 Entrepreneurship Accelerator (IDEA) in Nigeria. I...

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 which has launched a cashless transport service called...

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 month's instalment of the African Tech Roundup podcast...

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 boutique advisory and investment outfit serving Kenya, R...

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 about the influence and business potential of Africa...

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 fruit produce that's leveraging tech to introduce bu...

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 helping Africa-focussed brands and businesses achieve c...

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 Network. In this conversation with Andile Masuku ...

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 Episode 109 entitled "Investor Bias Debate 2.0 + Sho...

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 talent shortages by delivering high performing distri...

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 investment firm which just acquired a 25.1% share of ...

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 which owns several fully-developed SaaS intellect...

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 Marriott's Iriba Bar between 4:30 PM and 6:00 PM on Feb...

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 questionable 'factual' content do the rounds on soci...

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 estimated $30 billion small business credit gap. Tund...

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, Ventures Platform. The firm's portfolio includes w...

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 Founder and CEO Bert Bruggeman's assertion that we c...

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, Gefira Solutions. Bert has an impressive 25-year t...

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 based in Nairobi Kenya. In 2012, Kenfield partner...

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, NeuBridges. Formerly the CEO of Pulse.ng, Rich ...

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 African companies. FiftyFor uses an algorithm to co...

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 hibernation for the Festive Season. But this year’s diff...

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 investors integrate into the African tech ecosystem via...

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 Co-founder Femi Longe has caused quite a stir on so...

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. He also serves as advisor to Algebra Ventures, Egy...

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 Nairobi, Lagos and London. Since 1999, the firm ha...

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 the unprecedented leveraging of digital technologi...

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 Stage Investor Summit (#AAIS2017). At this exclusi...

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 SuperFluid Labs​--​ an ambitious African data analy...

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 recently brought together fifteen African startups for a...

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 advisory firm that provides African consumer data and act...

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-sector experience in the property industry in both Sout...

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 developing world with authenticated and verifi...

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 by outlawing the use of cryptocurrency. Given the...

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 this quiet chat with Andile Masuku, taped at Afrobyt...

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 worked in the African Regional Bureau to promote In...

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 proponents by telling Bloomberg that if things go ...

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 Village Capital's business on the continent. In t...

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 home. He is the co-founder of a music and messagin...

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-- namely, the Nigerian digital payments firm, Flutterw...

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 Kenya that leverages Blockchain settlement to lower th...

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 Network (ATBN). For over 10 years, Eunice has worke...

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 Monday, August 7th, 2017 - a day before Kenya's Genera...

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 bias to persist" - featured in African Independent a...

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 members club based in Mayfair, London and was foun...