Africa Tech Summit Podcast
Technology Podcasts
Africa Tech Summit is the leading event series focused on African tech and investment with Summits globally. Africa Tech Summit Podcast continues the conversation with industry leaders, investors, and corporates providing you with insights from across the African tech scene.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Technology Podcasts
Description:
Africa Tech Summit is the leading event series focused on African tech and investment with Summits globally. Africa Tech Summit Podcast continues the conversation with industry leaders, investors, and corporates providing you with insights from across the African tech scene.
Language:
English
Episodes
EP27: Exploring the Nexus Between Energy, Fintech, & Development
4/16/2024
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability Series -
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability podcast series from Africa Tech Summit, supported by Mercy Corps Ventures and in partnership with the SixthD.
With insights from Easy Solar a company distributing and financing solar solutions in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Featuring:
Nthabiseng Mosia, Co-founder & CCO, Easy Solar
Boko Inyundo, Founder The SixthD
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits us in Nairobi and London! More details on www.Africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:50:26
EP26: Future of Web3 in Africa with Founder of Fonbnk, Christian Duffus
2/10/2024
Insights from Chistian Duffus, founder of Fonbnk on Web3, payments and the future across the African continent for micro-payments.
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits in Nairobi and London! More details on www.africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:54:56
EP25: Exploring Bitcoin Mining in Africa
1/17/2024
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability Series -
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability podcast series from Africa Tech Summit, supported by Mercy Corps Ventures and Peercarbon, in partnership with the SixthD.
With insights from Gridless, a sustainable bitcoin mining company leveraging hydro-powered micro grids in Kenya and Malawi
Featuring:
Erik Hersman, CEO of Gridless
Boko Inyundo, Founder The SixthD
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits us in Nairobi and London! More details on www.Africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:49:53
EP24: The Future of Digital Financial Services
1/14/2024
The Future of Digital Financial Services was recorded live at the Africa Money & DeFi Summit - West Africa 2023, an Africa Tech Summit event.
Panel session featuring insights and views from:
Mumbi Annstella, Acting General Manager at Tala
Adoma Owusu, General Manager: Fintech Business Development and Expansion at MTN
Kwame Aduansere, Head Digital Innovation at Fidelity Bank Ghana
Fara Ashiru, Founder and CEO at Okra
Leona Abban, Country Manager at Turaco Ghana
and moderated by Francis Tay, Investment Manager at Founders Factory Africa,
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits us in, Nairobi and London! More details on www.africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:55:17
EP23: Exploring Affordable Clean Cooking Fuel in Africa
1/9/2024
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability Series -
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability podcast series from Africa Tech Summit, supported by Mercy Corps Ventures and Peercarbon, in partnership with the SixthD.
With insights from Koko Networks, a company delivering affordable, clean bioethanol cooking fuel across Kenya
Featuring:
Greg Murray, CEO & Co-Founder, Koko Networks
Boko Inyundo, Founder The SixthD
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits us in Nairobi and London! More details on www.Africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:55:03
EP22: Exploring Direct Air Carbon Capture in Africa
12/26/2023
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability Series -
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability podcast series from Africa Tech Summit, supported by Mercy Corps Ventures and Peercarbon, in partnership with the SixthD.
With insights from Octavia Carbon who are building and deploying Direct Air Carbon Capture (DACC) machines in Kenya
Featuring:
Martin Freimüller, Founder & CEO, Octavia Carbon
Boko Inyundo, Founder The SixthD
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Duration:00:39:44
EP21: Building The Future of Web3 In Africa
12/19/2023
Building The Future of Web3 In Africa, was recorded live at the Africa Money & DeFi Summit - West Africa 2023, an Africa Tech Summit event.
Panel session featuring:
Vicentia Asilevi – IT Project Manager - Ejara
Munachimso Ogueke, CEO - OneLiquidity
Sarah Idahosa, Founder - Women in Defi
Emmanuel Ebanehita, CMO - Fuse
Moderated by Elisha Owusu Akyaw (aka GhCryptoGuy)
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Duration:00:42:13
EP20: Exploring Electric Mobility in Africa
12/15/2023
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability Series -
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability podcast series from Africa Tech Summit, supported by Mercy Corps Ventures and Peercarbon, in partnership with the SixthD.
Insights from Roam, who are making electric transport more accessible in Kenya
Featuring:
Filip Lövström, Co-Founder & CEO, Roam
Boko Inyundo, Founder The SixthD
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits us in Nairobi and London! More details on www.Africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:43:15
EP19: Africa Fintech Investment - Outlook and Insights
12/12/2023
Africa Fintech Investment - Outlook and Insights, was recorded live at the Africa Money & DeFi Summit - West Africa 2023, an Africa Tech Summit event.
Panel session featuring;
Adesoji Solanke - Head of Fintech Investment Banking - ABSA
Jasiel Martin-Odoom - Africa Investment Officer at Accion Ventures
Michael Mutie - Investment Professional at Launch Africa Ventures
Yvonne Okafor - Founder at A&A Collective and moderated by Timame Wanyoike - Partnerships & Ecosystem Manager at Katapult VC
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits us in, Nairobi and London! More details on www.africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:46:58
EP18: Impact Investing To Enhance Climate Resilience For Agriculture In Africa
12/6/2023
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability Series -
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability podcast series from Africa Tech Summit, supported by Mercy Corps Ventures and Peercarbon, in partnership with the SixthD.
Insights from Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund an impact fund supporting pioneering agribusinesses enhancing the climate resilience of smallholder farmers across Africa
Featuring:
Rebecca Mincy, Investment Director, Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund
Boko Inyundo, Founder The SixthD
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits us in Nairobi and London! More details on www.Africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:37:44
EP17: Climate Funding in Africa - Investing In Venture-led Solutions To Increase Resilience
11/29/2023
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability Series
The Climate, Tech & Sustainability podcast series from Africa Tech Summit, supported by Mercy Corps Ventures and Peercarbon, in partnership with the SixthD.
Insights from Mercy Corps Ventures, an investor catalysing venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved individuals and communities across Africa.
Featuring:
Hetal Patel, Director, Investments
Toffene Kama, Principal Investor
Boko Inyundo, Founder The SixthD
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits us in Nairobi and London! More details on www.Africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:48:32
EP16: Capital Raising & IPOs for African Tech Ventures
11/12/2023
Capital Raising & IPOs for African Tech Ventures was recorded live at Africa Tech Summit London 2023 at London Stock Exchange.
Moderated by Yvonne Bajela – Partner at LocalGlobe the podcast features expert views and insights from; Freda Isingoma – Fund Manager at Octopus Investments Simon Olsen – Partner at Deloitte Chuba Ezenwa – MD Investment Banking Sub-Saharan Africa at Bank of America Neil Shah – Senior Business Development Technology at London Stock Exchange Ariel White-Tsimikalis – Partner at Goodwin
Subscribe for updates and join our live Summits us in Ghana, Nairobi and London! More details on www.Africatechsummit.com.
Duration:01:03:11
EP15: The Business of Payments - recorded live at Africa Tech Summit London
9/3/2023
The Business Of Payments episode was recorded live at Africa Tech Summit London 2023 at London Stock Exchange featuring insights and views from payments leaders across Africa. Moderated by Nkiruka Uwaje Founder at Grovvth Advisory, the coversation features;Solomon Amadi – VP Processing Infrastructure at Moniepoint Inc, Elizabeth Rossiello – CEO at AZA FinanceGbenga Ajayi – Partner at QED InvestorsChris Folayan – Head of Global Expansion at Interswitch Africa Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. Subscribe for updates and join us in Ghana, Nairobi and London! More details on Africatechsummit.com.
Duration:00:56:39
EP14: Digital identity - powering open finance across Africa with Esigie Aguele, CEO of VerifyMe
2/6/2022
Africa Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. Subscribe for updates and join us at the fourth Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Feb 23-24th, 2022 or Africa Tech Summit London, September 2022
Featuring: Esigie Aguele Co-founder /CEO of VerifyMe Nigeria and Andrew Fassnidge, Founder of Africa Tech Summit, this episode explores the trust infrastructure and how digital identity and verification services are supporting open finance and ecommerce in Africa.
Aguele also shares insights on the challenge of attracting and retaining tech talent and the impact this is having on innovation, as well future as the trends to look out for this year with DeFi and tokenisation.
Duration:00:31:19
EP13: Payments in Africa - Deep dive into the fintech landscape with Akshay Grover CEO of Cellulant
1/25/2022
Africa Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. Subscribe for updates and join us at the fourth Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Feb 23-24th, 2022 or Africa Tech Summit London, September 2022 www.africatechsummit.com
Featuring: Akshay Grover, CEO of Cellulant and Andrew Fassnidge, Founder of Africa Tech Summit, this episode deep dives into the digitisation of payments and fintech landscape in Africa. Akshay shares insights on cross border trade, the growth of SMB’s and building products to service demand in predominantly cash economies with over 70-85% of trade still done with cash. The episode also shares insights on new growth markets, and products including buy now pay later (BNPL), credit, crypto and DeFi.
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Duration:00:32:31
EP12: Crypto in Africa - CBDC's, DeFi & fintech regulation with Carmelle Cadet, CEO of EMTECH
12/29/2021
Africa Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. Subscribe for updates and join us at the fourth Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Feb 23-24th, 2022 or Africa Tech Summit London, September 2022 - www.africatechsummit.com.
Featuring: Carmelle Cadet, CEO and Founder of EMTECH and Andrew Fassnidge, Founder of Africa Tech Summit, this episode unpacks the growth of digital currencies and crypto in Africa, sharing insights on central bank digital currencies (CBDC's), the growth of crypto, stable coins and DeFi in Africa,
For more content and updates on upcoming Africa Tech Summits visit www.africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:53:30
EP11: Twitter in Africa - empowering free speech and combating misinformation across the continent
5/19/2021
Africa Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. Subscribe for updates and join us at the fourth Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Feb 23-24th, 2022 or Africa Tech Summit London, September 2022 - www.africatechsummit.com
Recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Connects, Emmanuel Lubanzadio, Head of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa at Twitter shares insights with Andrew Fassnidge, Founder of Africa Tech Summit. The podcast unpacks how the leading social media channel is helping to drive digital literacy across the continent, supporting free speech against a backdrop of government internet blackouts and widespread misinformation. For more content and updates on upcoming Africa Tech Summits visit www.africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:19:52
EP10 - Angel investing in African tech start-ups - insights from investors across the continent
4/19/2021
Africa Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. Subscribe for updates and join us at the fourth Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Feb 23-24th, 2022 or Africa Tech Summit London, September 2022 - www.africatechsummit.com
In this episode active angel investors from across the African continent share regional insights on investing in tech start-ups.
Moderated by Tomi Davies from Lagos Angel Network (LAN) this panel recorded at Africa Tech Summit Connects uncovers how local angel investors and syndicates are driving much needed investment in local tech start-ups and providing returns for angel investors highlighted by Stripes acquisition of Paystack and returns of 100X for early stage investors from the LAN syndicate.
The episode unpacks deal flow, how new investors are getting involved, regional insights, the bridge between VCs and angel groups, and why angel investing is more than simply providing cash to start-ups to deliver real returns.
Featuring: Tomi Davies - Lagos Angel Network - Nigeria Marian Kamel - AUC - Egypt Stephen Gugu - Viktoria Ventures - Kenya Zachariah George - Startup Bootcamp - South Africa
For more content and updates on upcoming Africa Tech Summits visit www.africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:42:46
EP9 - Future Of FoodTech & Sustainability in Africa - With Neanda Salvaterra, Eleni Gabre-Madhin - blueMoon Ethiopia & Caine Wanjau - Twiga Foods
3/8/2021
Africa Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. Subscribe for updates and join us at the fourth Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Feb 23-24th, 2022 or Africa Tech Summit London, September 2022 - www.africatechsummit.com
In this episode we unpack the Future Of FoodTech & Sustainability in Africa. Moderated by Neanda Salvaterra this panel recorded at Africa Tech Summit Connects uncovers how technology is driving sustainability, yields and reducing food waste. This change is driven by a host of African innovators utilising IoT, blockchain, hydroponics and biotech.
With AgriTech becoming "the new Fintech" (Eleni Gabre-Madhin) investment into the sector is growing through new funds, VC and angel investors, with insights from Bluemoon Ethiopia and Twiga Foods.
Featuring: Neanda Salvaterra (Africa Tech Summit) Dr Eleni Gabre-Madhin (BlueMoon Ethiopia) Caine Wanjau (Twiga Foods)
For more content and updates on upcoming Africa Tech Summits visit www.africatechsummit.com
Duration:00:40:50
EP8 - Connectivity in Africa - Cloud, cables & connectivity with industry leaders
12/18/2020
Africa Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. Subscribe for updates and join us at Africa Tech Summit - www.africatechsummit.com
In this episode we take a deep dive into Africa’s Digital Infrastructure and why the cloud, cables and affordable connectivity are critical for pan-African growth.
Moderated by Boko Inyundo from DLA Piper this panel session recorded at Africa Tech Summit Connects also takes and a look at Ethiopia, Google Android in Africa, DLA Piper's insights across the continent and what Liquid Telecom are doing from Cape to Cairo to drive connectivity.
Featuring: Boko Inyundo (DLA Piper) Mariam Abdullahi (Google) Honourable Ahmedin Mohammed Ahmed (State Minister, ICT and Digital Transformation Sector, Government of Ethiopia) Mike Conradi (DLA Piper) Ben Roberts (Liquid Telecom)
Duration:00:00:30