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African Tech Roundup
African Tech Roundup
African Tech Roundup

Africa-focused technology, digital and innovation ecosystem insight and commentary.

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Episodes

Inside Money & Moves: Tinashe Mukogo On Merging Corporate Expertise With Independent Media

Episode Overview: This episode features a relaxed, peer-to-peer conversation between two media entrepreneurs—African Tech Roundup co-founder and executive producer Andile... more

07 Feb 2025 · 57 minutes
Joshua Bicknell On How Balloon Ventures' 'Boring Business' Portfolio Drives 0.5% Of Uganda's GDP

Episode Overview: This episode features a deep conversation with Joshua Bicknell, co-founder of Balloon Ventures, exploring how the organisation evolved... more

25 Jan 2025 · 41 minutes
Ochuko Ogra On Backbone Connectivity Network's (BCN) Nigeria Growth Strategy

This episode features a brief check-in with Ochuko Ogra, Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer at Backbone Connectivity Network (BCN), sketching... more

17 Jan 2025 · 10 minutes
Alan Knott-Craig Jr On Life After Mxit's Royal Fail (2016)

Listen in as Alan Knott-Craig Jr, son of Alan Sr, the pioneering co-founder and first CEO of Vodacom, one of... more

09 Jan 2025 · 51 minutes
Building Bridges: Maya Horgan Famodu's Silicon Valley-Africa Crossing Playbook (2017)

Episode overview This unfiltered 2017 archive dialogue captures Maya Horgan Famodu (Founder and Partner, Ingressive Capital) before she became known for... more

26 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Talent Tales: Ethiopia's Quiet Tech Rise vs Nigeria's Developer Gold Rush (2018)

As we wind down 2024, we're diving into our archives to serve up some memorable throwback conversations. Whether you're a long-time... more

12 Dec 2024 · 27 minutes
Why Carbon CEO Chijioke Dozie Is Ditching Nigeria's Free Banking Playbook

Meet Chijioke Dozie, the co-founder steering Carbon through Nigeria's increasingly noisy neobank scene. In this candid chat with Andile Masuku,... more

05 Dec 2024 · 19 minutes
Ambar Van Der Wath Unpacks Baobab Network's $20K Toe-Dipping Investment Proposition

Ambar van der Wath—who leads investor relations at one of Africa's leading accelerator slash VC firms, Baobab Network—discusses with Andile... more

28 Nov 2024 · 15 minutes
Koltronics Nigeria's Lanre Kolade and the inside story of Google's Equiano cable landing in Togo

This episode features an illuminating dialogue with Lanre Kolade, Chairman of ConnectedCompute, CEO of Koltronics Nigeria and former CEO of... more

21 Nov 2024 · 19 minutes
This Is Connectivity a la VC With Accion Venture Lab's Jasiel Martin-Odoom

This episode features a candid conversation with Jasiel Martin-Odoom, Africa Investment Officer at Accion Venture Lab, exploring the intersection of... more

14 Nov 2024 · 33 minutes
Victor Mapunga On Building From First Principles In Africa's 'Tech Graveyard'

In a landscape where African tech startups often chase buzzwords and quick wins, some founders are taking a more fundamental... more

07 Nov 2024 · 1 hour,
Britam Director Shares Strategy on Modernising Insurance for Africa's Digital Age

In a rapidly evolving financial services landscape, traditional African insurers are racing to modernise their operations and product offerings to... more

31 Oct 2024 · 30 minutes
Safaricom Ethiopia's Network Chief on Building Network Infrastructure From Scratch

In October 2022, Safaricom launched its telecommunications services in Ethiopia, marking a major milestone as the first private operator to... more

17 Oct 2024 · 18 minutes
Future in the Humanities EP 1/3: Touching Brains

In the opening episode of the Future in the Humanities podcast mini-series, titled "Touching Brains", Wits University research collaborators Sahba... more

26 Sep 2024 · 26 minutes
Future in the Humanities EP 2/3: Everybody Gets a Conspiracy

In this episode, Wits University media researchers Samuel Olaniran and Iginio Gagliardone guide an audio tour into the complex world... more

26 Sep 2024 · 17 minutes
Future in the Humanities EP 3/3: Slave Ride

In the third and final episode of the Future in the Humanities podcast mini-series, titled "The Gig Economy's Hidden Costs",... more

26 Sep 2024 · 25 minutes
Digital Transformation Pulse Check: Undersea Cable, Remote Power Supply & Terrestrial Fibre Optic

In this special edition of the African Tech Roundup podcast, taped at the fringes of the inaugural Africa Digital Transformation... more

02 Oct 2023 · 37 minutes
ATRUC S2 EP4: Can AI be trusted? with Jania Okwechime & Wessel Oosthuizen

In this African Tech Conversations episode, guest host Kate Bryne chats with avid AI proponents Jania Okwechime (Partner at Deloitte... more

03 Oct 2022 · 54 minutes
UNAJUA S13 EP3: Is the "play-to-earn" trend over-hyped? feat. Kate Byrne

In this UNAJUA episode, Kate Byrne parses through majorly-hyped trends like "play-to-earn" to pinpoint the true potential of the extraordinary... more

12 Sep 2022 · 10 minutes
UNAJUA S13 EP2: How is the world taking to the crypto meltdown? feat. Kate Byrne

In this UNAJUA episode, Kate Byrne gauges the ongoing fallout of the current global meltdown in crypto markets and speaks... more

29 Aug 2022 · 18 minutes
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In this special edition of the African Tech Roundup podcast, taped at the fringes of the inaugural Africa Digital Transformation Strategy Summit... more