Talking Successful Social Enterprise with Raneem Muqbel of TEENAH

Jordanian Raneem Muqbel, co-founder of the social manufacturing enterprise, TEENAH, offers insight into how entrepreneurship is being used to deliver social and economic gains in a country grappling with one of the world’s most severe refugee crises.

Development Finance Diaries with Musa Sillah and Mohamed Alhadi of the Islamic Development Bank

Andile Masuku chats with the Director of the Africa and Latin America Department at the IsDB, Musa Sillah, and the IsDB's Lead Fragility & Resilience Specialist, Mohamed Alhadi, about the nuances of delivering Islamic development finance.

WeThinkCode's Dylan Richts on developing South African coding talent and cautiously pursuing regional growth

Dylan Richts explains how WeThinkCode's business model differs markedly from its more well-publicised peers, Gebeya and Andela. He also talks a little bit about the organisation's Pan-African growth aspirations and about the challenges of scaling their model.

Mustafa Othman of Shaqodoon on the State of Somalia and Somaliland's Entrepreneurship Support Ecosystem

Shaqodoon Co-founder Mustafa Othman sheds light on the state of Somalia and Somaliland's growing entrepreneurship support ecosystems and shares his sense of what interventions are working and why.

Gutsy Entrepreneurial Moves in Difficult Places with Morris Dougba of Green Gold Liberia and Ayham Maksoud of Al-Maksoud for Steel Constructions

Morris Dougba of Green Gold Liberia and Syrian Ayham Maksoud of Al-Maksoud for Steel Constructions offer fascinating first-hand insights about what it takes to realise entrepreneurial success in difficult places.

Dotun Olowoporoku of Starta on identifying billion-dollar startup potential in Africa

Academic turned startup founder and investor, Dotun Olowoporoku, talks about his fascinating journey from postdoctoral research fellow to founder and investor, and unpacks his thesis for identifying and backing billion-dollar startup potential in Africa.

Talking Innovative Foreign Aid Strategy and Constructive Refugee Interventions with University of Oxford's Alexander Betts and SPARK's Yannick Du Pont

Alexander Betts, Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at the University of Oxford's Brasenose College, and Yannick Du Pont, the Co-founder and Director of the Dutch NGO SPARK, join Andile Masuku to discuss the awkward state-of-play within the global foreign aid industry.

The African Fintech 2018 Retrospective with Viola Llewellyn of Ovamba - Part 2

In Part 2 of this “hype vs. reality” themed conversation, Ovamba President Viola Llewellyn explains why she is sick and tired of the on-going continent-wide obsession of fintech startups looking to build "last-mile" solutions.

The African Fintech 2018 Retrospective with Viola Llewellyn of Ovamba - Part 1

Viola Llewellyn of Ovamba joins Andile Masuku and Musa Kalenga to factor in on a “hype vs. reality” themed conversation about the development of Africa’s fintech landscape in 2018.

TransUnion Africa's Lee Naik on embracing open source collaboration and harnessing democratised technologies

TransUnion Africa CEO Lee Naik offers insight into how data-led legacy corporates on the continent are grappling with the prospect of a future led by democratised technologies and open source collaboration.

Ovamba's Viola Llewellyn on encoding African IP and the need for Pan-African digital standards

Ovamba Co-founder and President Viola Llewellyn speaks on the importance of finding smart ways to ensure that Africa secures its unique and invaluable IP and on the overlooked advantages of adopting Pan-African digital standards.

MzansiSat's Bernard Greyling can't wait to launch African geostationary broadband satellites

MzansiSat Chief Technical Officer at Bernard Greyling talks about the South African geostationary broadband satellite startup's mission to partner with African states in deploying and operating space hardware that would significantly improve public access to low-cost internet access.

EOS Nairobi's Felix Macharia and Raise's Marvin Coleby unpack the African Digital Asset Framework

The African Digital Assets Framework (ADAF) is the first open-source software platform to create transnational standards for digital assets and distributed ledger technologies— in line with pan-African development objectives.

Talking Transsion, Android vs iPhone and Xiaomi's Pocophone F1 with Nendo's Mark Kaigwa

Nendo Founder and CEO Mark Kaigwa explains why the music streaming service Boomplay is thriving in Africa and how Transsion's African digital domination strategy seems to be coming together nicely.

African IP diaries with University of Cape Town's Caroline Ncube and Thomson Reuters Africa's Saidah Nash Carter

University of Capetown IP Law Professor Caroline Ncube and Thomson Reuters Africa Executive Saidah Nash Carter Gain unpack historical approaches to dealing with intellectual property as Africa undertakes to construct legal frameworks and set standards for the use of digital assets.

Is Venture Capital a Ponzi Scheme? feat. Grant Phillips of PhilTech Consulting

Given media reports regarding Rocket Internet's puzzling Jumia exit plans, Africa's early-stage investment ecosystem might do well to soberly reflect on Chamath Palihapitiya's controversial aversion to the VC model largely popularised by Silicon Valley.

Sureswipe's Paul Kent on competing in South Africa's crowded payments startup scene

Sureswipe Co-founder and MD Paul Kent sheds light on his company's growth strategy and provides pragmatic insight into the market intelligence and business partnerships required to succeed in South Africa's competitive payments industry.

Lyndsey Duff of What3Words on inducting a new global addressing standard

What3Words South Africa Country Manager Lyndsey Duff outlines the British startup's ambition to better tech heavies like Google by ushering in the "next global addressing standard".

Masakhe Foundation's Mpilo Ngcukana & Thulani Fesi on why KwaLanga Cape Town needs a youth tech hub

Capetownian entrepreneurs Mpilo Ngcukana and Thulani Fesi let us into the grassroots struggle to bring disadvantaged youth in KwaLanga township up to speed with advances in tech and digital.

Gig economy diaries with SweepSouth's Aisha Pandor and LULA's Velani Mboweni

SweepSouth Co-founder and CEO Aisha Pandor and Lula Co-founder and CEO Velani Mboweni talk about forgoing cushy professional paths in favour of launching startups operating within highly-politicised service industries.

Cachet Consulting's Anita Mendiratta on how Africa's tourism industry has progressed since the 90's

Tourism and economic development consultant Anita Mendiratta reflects on the progress Africa's tourism industry has made since she first arrived on the continent in the 90's and factors in on the challenges and opportunities that remain.

Google South Africa's Mich Atagana on reflecting everyday Africans online

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 This super-chill conversation, taped at the fringes of Africa Tech Summit 2018, features Google South Africa’s Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Mich Atagana. Mich is an exceedingly well-travelled former-journalist who, as Editor of Memeburn and

Kenya's Tourism and Wildlife Minister Najib Balala on progressive travel and tourism policy frameworks

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢  Honourable Najib Balala is Kenya’s Minister of Tourism and Wildlife. After previously serving in that cabinet position once before, from 2008 to 2012, and subsequently serving as Chairman of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Hon. Balala was re-

Travelstart's Stephan Ekbergh on startup success in Africa's online travel booking industry

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Stephan Ekbergh is the Founder and CEO of Travelstart. He is a Swedish entrepreneur who is probably best known for growing Travelstart from a provocative online travel startup in Scandinavia to one of the world’s largest online travel agencies

Pearl Boshomane Tsotetsi of the Sunday Times (South Africa) on the politics of lifestyle journalism and travelling while black

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 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 Africans in 2015 and assumed her current role in 2017. She previously served