On Your Marks For 2018: Is The Lean Startup Approach Legit? 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 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 can't just "app our way" to solving all of Africa&
The 2017 Year-end Rundown + African Venture Capital Done Right feat. Rushil Vallabh 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 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 different… Bitcoin is doing the thing, America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is
Should Africa-focused Investors Hunt Gorillas, Gazelles Or Unicorns? 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Last week, Africa’s early stage investor community came together for the 4th Annual African Early Stage Investor Summit (#AAIS2017). At this exclusive investor-only event, hosted at Workshop17 in Cape Town, South Africa, key stakeholders in the ecosystem exchanged insights
Do African Startup Pitch Competitions Offer Anything More Than Pre-allocated Peanuts? 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 The Facebook-sponsored TechCrunch Startup Battlefield competition which took place in Nairobi recently brought together fifteen African startups for a glitzy pitch session that offered entrants the chance to win $25,000, as well as the opportunity to go on and
The Great Bitcoin Surge And Cryptocurrency Mining feat. Simon Dingle Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] South Korea has reportedly become the latest country of note to follow the likes of Nigeria, China, Kenya and even Namibia by outlawing the use of cryptocurrency.Given these developments, policymakers all across the
African Billionaire Watch And Other Political Conversations feat. Sinclair Skinner 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 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 the way he plans, come 2020, a significant chunk of his wealth will be
Kenya's Twiga Foods Closes $10.3M Series A Investment Round Led By Wamda Capital 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 The last few weeks have seen three promising African tech startups land significant investments-- namely, the Nigerian digital payments firm, Flutterwave ($10 million), the Kenyan mobile-driven food supply platform, Twiga Foods ($10.3 million), and the South African fractional investments
Investor Bias Debate 2.0 + Should Africa Embrace Uberisation? feat. Vije Vijendranath 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 A couple of weeks ago, a think piece by Andile Masuku featured in African Independent and Business Report caused a bit of a stir on Twitter. The hubbub surrounds the article's tackling of the sensitive issue of investor
Uber Drivers In South Africa Are Now Considered Employees Of The Ride-hailing Service 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 According to a ruling made by South Africa's Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), an employer-employee relationship does, in fact, exist between Uber and driver-partners. This follows Uber being dragged to the CCMA several months ago by
Naspers CEO Bob Van Dijk Accused Of Blowing Roughly $25.6 Billion Of Shareholder Value 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 It's no secret, Africa's largest tech company by market cap, Naspers, has been buckling under the pressure to perform for some years now. The fact is, the company hasn't scored any big wins in
Malawi Secures $72.4 Million Credit Line From The World Bank To Advance National Digitisation 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 The Sub-Saharan Africa heads of the likes of Huawei, Oracle, Cisco, IBM and perhaps even Amazon, Facebook and Google, have no doubt already booked first class tickets to Lilongwe to advise the Malawian government on what to do with the
Africa-focussed Insights From IoT World Forum 2017 London 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 This week's African Tech Round-up is dedicated to sharing insights gleaned from the recent Internet of Things World Forum hosted in London. The global IT and networking giant, Cisco, convened the invite-only gathering to facilitate dialogue among key
The Expat Founder Debate And A Busload Of Accidental Hot Takes Feat. Mark Kaigwa 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Kenya's finest digital-head, Mark Kaigwa, joins Musa Kalenga and Andile Masuku on this week's African Tech Round-up for two glorious hours of straight-talk. Using the biggest tech and innovation headlines from the past couple of weeks
Nigeria's Cars45.com Riding High After Landing $5 Million Investment 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Etop Ikpe and his team at the Nigerian vehicle marketplace, Cars45.com, are no doubt feeling great following the successful close of the company's $5 million Series A funding round a couple of weeks ago. Given the tough
Scientists Successfully Remove HIV Virus From Mouse Cells Using CRISPR 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Scientists have found a way to remove the HIV virus from the DNA in mouse cells using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. According to the journal, Molecular Therapy, use of the technique has led to the complete elimination of infection in mouse
African Tech Conversations Electronic Warfare With Cobus Van Der Merwe 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Cobus van der Merwe is a former army man who has managed to carve out an impressive second career in defence technology. He’s an experienced negotiation team leader in both partnership establishment and contract closure in land warfare and
Talking Ladders and Trampolines With Musa Kalenga 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 We’re still in celebration mode for crossing 100 weekly podcasts in a row. And so as promised, this week, we’re sharing more awesomeness from the African Tech Round-up LIVE: State of the Startup event we hosted recently. Enjoy
African Tech Conversations Ladders and Trampolines With Musa Kalenga 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Back in 2012, Musa Kalenga was voted as one of the Top 200 Young South Africans by the Mail & Guardian, and for good reason. Musa is a talented digital specialist, marketing maven, author, former Group Head of Digital Marketing
The Big 100: State of the Startup LIVE 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 This is our 100th episode! To everyone who's ever listened in to the show, interacted with us via social media, recommended the podcast to other people, made an audio contribution, emailed a comment or question, been featured as
Talking Access To Higher Education With Bola Lawal Of ScholarX 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 It's been barely a week since we hosted the African Tech Round-up LIVE: State of the Startup event in Johannesburg, and believe it or not, next week will mark the 100th podcast we'll have published in
Etisalat Nigeria's Creditors Call In Massive Debt + Simon Dingle On Bitcoin And Blockchain Tech 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Mobile telcos on the continent are certainly having a rough time of it on the continent. In the same week that MTN South Africa CEO, Mteto Nyati, announced his resignation, a consortium of banks including Guaranty Trust Bank, Access Bank
Nokia's New Dumbphone Dominates Headlines + The Kalenga Conundrum 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Whatever you think of Nokia's re-introduction of the legendary 3310 device, you've got to hand it to HMD Global for completely owning Mobile World Congress 2017 in terms of capturing headlines. In fact, you'd
Business Angels, Blackberry and Tech Bubbles 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 We're often asked what informs our opinionated take on the biggest tech and innovation headlines each week. Our secret is having five to ten times as many conversations per week than most people we know. From established tech
The South African Reserve Bank Is Warming Up To Blockchain Technology 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 The continent's two most prominent central banks-- the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), have decidedly different attitudes towards the notion of adopting virtual currencies. While the CBN has recently warned the
Internet Blackout Persists In Anglophone Cameroon 🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are probably still celebrating their win against The Pharaohs of Egypt in the AFCON final. How ironic that roughly 20% of the Central African country’s population was unable to celebrate their national team’s
