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UNAJUA S4 EP3: Can Africa's agri-supply chain be fixed? feat. Karidas Tshintsholo

South African agri-tech founder, Karidas Tshintsholo, believes that backing broad-based inclusion in Africa's agriculture industry will be a socio-economic game-changer for the continent.

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UNAJUA S4 EP2: What effect does access to certified inputs have on overall farmer success? feat. Karidas Tshintsholo

Karidas Tshintsholo delves into the production challenges African farmers experience.

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UNAJUA S4 EP1: What lies are frequently told about Africa's agriculture sector? feat. Karidas Tshintsholo

Agritech startup founder Karidas Tshintsholo factors in on how Africa's agriculture sector needs to be revamped in order to unleash untold commercial potential and broad-based socio-economic participation.

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UNAJUA S3 EP2: Does Brachiaria trump Napier grass? feat. Mwihaki Mundia

Kenyan climate advocate Mwihaki Mundia offers views on which climates and soil types Brachiaria grasses are well-suited for.

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UNAJUA S3 EP1: Could the adoption of Brachiaria grass be a game-changer for livestock farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa? feat. Mwihaki Mundia

Kenyan environment advocate and comms specialist Mwihaki Mundia reckons brachiaria grass could help farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa combat the negative impacts of climate change.

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BONUS EPISODE: Unpacking The $ATRU Social Token With Andrew Berkowitz Part 2 - How To Earn $ATRU Token

Andile Masuku and Andrew Berkowitz explain how you can earn $ATRU token and be part of African Tech Roundup's revolutionary community engagement and governance paradigm.

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BONUS EPISODE: Unpacking the $ATRU Social Token with Andrew Berkowitz Part 1 - Re-imagining Media Ownership

Lo, the $ATRU token cometh...

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UNAJUA S2: Why would anyone launch a research insights business in Uganda? feat. Peter Kisadha

Peter Kisadha is bullish on the need to address the dearth of actionable insight into Africa's tech and innovation scene with robust, home-grown research efforts.

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UNAJUA S1 EP3 - What is driving the increase in capital flowing into Africa's tech ecosystem? feat. Derin Adebayo

Derin Adebayo reflects on the factors influencing the capital boom in Africa's tech ecosystem.

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UNAJUA S1 EP2: What have founders learned from Africa's early internet startups? feat. Derin Adebayo

Derin Adebayo shares what he reckons the ecosystem has learned from Africa’s first generation of internet startups and suggests what lessons might be gleaned from other emerging markets.

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Introducing the $ATRU social token, "Proof of Play" on the Celo blockchain

African Tech Roundup is partnering with Socialstack to launch a social token on the Celo blockchain to drive community engagement.

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UNAJUA S1 EP1: How significant is the opportunity for tech companies in Africa? feat. Derin Adebayo

For this Unajua Series opener, Derin Adebayo factors in on the size of the commercial opportunity for tech companies in Africa and offers a take on whether the apparent lack of exits should cause worry.

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Is Development Finance Really Better Than Foreign Aid? with Jean Bosco Iyacu

Banker-turned-development financier Jean Basco Iyacu factors in on everything from the challenge of selling local financial services incumbents on innovative development finance approaches to the need to induct open banking policy.

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Contemplating COVID-19's Impact on Africa's Economic Outlook with Landry Signé and Iginio Gagliardone

Landry Signé and Iginio Gagliardone explain why they are optimistic about Africa's socio-economic prospects despite the havoc being wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Three Arab Women Innovators Factor in on the Economic Benefits of Backing Female Entrepreneurship

Libyan Hala Bugaighis and Palestinian nationals Jumana Salous and Lamia Tarabiah unpack why they believe that supporting women entrepreneurs in their parts of the world is not only the politically correct thing to do but also economically sensible.

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Ozow's Mitchan Adams On COVID-19: Well-positioned South African digital payments players are coining it right now

South African Mitchan Adams, Ozow Co-founder & Head of R&D, explains why the COVID-19 pandemic is yielding some rather lucrative business opportunities for some fintech startups operating on his home turf.

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Creative Entrepreneurial Moves & Relevant Investment Support With Regis Umugiraneza & Roy Budjhawan

Rwandan agro-processing entrepreneur Regis Umugiraneza sheds light on the resilience and business savvy required to launch a company while young in one of East Africa’s most promising economies.

Is The Super-Platform Hype Surrounding Africa's Mobile Gaming Industry Real? feat. Lucy Hoffman

Co-founder and VP, Operations of mobile gaming startup Carry1st Lucy Hoffman explains the business fundamentals of Africa's mobile gaming industry and sheds light on the sector's unique super-platform potential.

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Vietnamese-style Africa-focused Fintech Innovation With Quan Le of Binkabi

Binkabi CEO Quan Le unpacks how blockchain tech and Vietnamese smarts could usher in a profitable era of increased international trade participation for African farmers.

Shift The Power: Challenging Development Cooperation Power Dynamics Between The Global North & South

Joining Andile Masuku for a provocatively-themed live conversation dubbed #ShiftThePower is the Dutch Ambassador for Youth, Education and Work, Tijmen Rooseboom, Evelijne Bruning of The Hunger Project and Samar Dani of INJAZ Lebanon.

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Accion's Michael Schlein on Financial Inclusion, Fintech & Impact Investment Sceptics

Accion CEO Michael Schlein explains why he's bullish on fintech startups and shares how his organisation is leveraging investments in tech-led microfinance innovation to reach the more than two billion people who are currently invisible to and/or poorly served by the global financial system.

Unpacking Arab Identity & Socio-economic Dynamics with Arab Economies Researcher Salam Said

In this helpful introduction to the dynamics of Arab economies, Dr Salam Said of the University of Bremen sheds light on some of the ways Arab identity and geopolitical dynamics (past and present) inform the socio-economic policies of Arab nations in Africa and the Middle East.

South Sudan: Micro-finance Diaries with Yengi Lokule of Rural Finance Initiative (RUFI)

This relaxed diary session with South Sudanese Yengi Lokule, Co-founder and CEO of micro-finance and cross-border remittance firm Rural Finance Initiative (RUFI), addresses oversimplifications related to promoting the financial inclusion of displaced people living in post-conflict environments.

African Fintech Signal Check 2019: What Can Africa Learn From India? (Part 2) feat. Arunjay Katakam

Indian tech founder Arunjay Katakam joins Andile Masuku and Osarumen Osamuyi to factor in on what African markets could learn from India's tech and innovation experience in order to capitalise on the current hype surrounding the continent's fintech scene.

African Fintech Signal Check 2019: Nigeria's Killing It! (Part 1) feat. Wiza Jalakasi

Malawian mobile tech entrepreneur Wiza Jalakasi joins Andile Masuku and Osarumen Osamuyi to discuss the implications of the unprecedented venture capital investment that has flowed into Africa's fintech scene in the last quarter of 2019.