Market Intelligence OP-ED: Embedded Insurance—How routine township shopping in South Africa now buys you 'invisible' funeral cover SAG Ventures’ Purchase Pal, underwritten by Sanlam, tucks funeral insurance into everyday grocery purchases. No forms, no intermediaries, no premiums. Prince Nwadeyi shows what happens when deep consumer research drives product design.
Career POD: Wabo Majavu on Early AI, Strategic Foresight, and Digital Activism South African strategist Wabo Majavu traces her technical roots at CSIR, MTN, and Intelsat to reveal how they've informed her executive strategy work—balancing digital inclusion, AI innovation, and commercial success.
Fintech OP-ED: Stablecoins and Africa’s Fintech Future—Efficiency, exclusion, and the price of progress As stablecoins promise fast, cheap transfers, African businesses must weigh efficiency against surveillance risks and shifting gatekeepers in a new digital financial order.
Digital Transformation OP-ED: Can Fibre Optic Manufacturing Joint Ventures Like YOA Cable Drive Africa’s Next Industrial Wave? Pieter E. Viljoen, a physicist-turned-optic cable manufacturing boss, is betting that rethinking fibre from first principles could help restart Africa’s stalled industrial ambitions.
Ecosystem OP-ED: Funding Plus—Alesimo Mwanga on why strategic partnerships are the secret to scaling African innovation Ecosystem strategist Alesimo Mwanga explains how strategic partnerships unlock cross-border venture growth where funding alone falls short.
Artificial Intelligence OP-ED: Claude, Deepfakes, and the Death of ‘Real’—A wake-up call for the digital age As AI blurs the line between truth and fiction, our collective indifference to reality could prove more dangerous than the technologies reshaping our world.
Artificial Intelligence OP-ED: Meta’s AI Strategy—Smart investment or reckless high-stakes gamble? Following the Meta-verse misfire, will Meta’s AI ambitions prove to be a masterstroke or another costly detour? Tinashe Mukogo slides the abacus beads and analyses what they mean for Africa.
Infrastructure POD: Carrier Neutrality—Rob Bergman on Unicorn Factory's vision for digital infrastructure investment Dutch investor Rob Bergman and his partners at Unicorn Factory are driving a carrier-neutral strategy to deploy capital and scale digital infrastructure across Africa.
Digital Transformation POD: Ten Minutes on Nigeria's Digital Infrastructure—BCN's Ochuko Ogra shares strategic vision for growth Executive strategist Ochuko Ogra explains why Backbone Connectivity Network (BCN) favours collaboration over competition in driving commercial success.
Digital Transformation OP-ED: Cameron John Walker Asks—Is Checkers sacrificing CX for efficiency? In Checkers’ aisles, online fulfilment staff hustle, but at what cost? Cameron John Walker unpacks South African retail’s commercial optimisation vs. customer experience dilemma.
Infrastructure OP-ED: Inside Safaricom Ethiopia—Overcoming terrain, 5G rollout and regulatory hurdles Andile Masuku distils key insights from Safaricom's $8 billion venture in Ethiopia, highlighting the challenges of building a new network, meeting unexpectedly high demand, and navigating complex regulatory landscapes.
Telecoms POD: Yahya Banafa on tackling challenges in Safaricom Ethiopia's $8 billion telecom bet In this podcast conversation, Yahya Banafa, head of network planning and engineering at Safaricom Ethiopia, discusses what it takes to build a nationwide mobile network in Africa’s second-most populous country.
Digital Transformation OP-ED: Empathy-Driven Innovation—Design with me, not for me feat. Marcus Welby Rance Digital transformation specialist Marcus Welby Rance advocates for African governments to embrace citizen-centric design, emphasising empathy and co-creation to meet genuine needs and foster trust.
Digital Transformation OP-ED: Patience and Progress—The elephant path to digital transformation Africa’s digital transformation mirrors the patient wisdom of African forest elephants. Andile Masuku unpacks lessons on long-term progress, sustainability and reshaping ecosystems meaningfully.
Telecoms POD: Digital Economy Pulse Check—Refiloe Mpakanyane mines the fringes of Africa Digital Transformation Strategy Summit 2023 Our Associate Producer, Refiloe Mpakanyane, curates a digital transformation immersion featuring insights from C-suite leaders from Africa's telecommunications industry.
