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African Tech Roundup

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

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NISK Capital's Sara Oon on providing turnkey startup and SME advisory in East Africa

NISK Capital's Sara Oon on providing turnkey startup and SME advisory in East Africa

The Kigali-based Sara Oon is Co-Founder and Partner at NISK Capital, a Nairobi-head quartered boutique advisory and inve... Read more

6 Apr 2018

14mins

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Baba Zoumanigui reflects on his fruitful executive career at IBM

Baba Zoumanigui reflects on his fruitful executive career at IBM

In this chat with Baba Zoumanigui, IBM's General Manager for French Speaking Africa, he shares insights drawn from his i... Read more

13 Jul 2017

21mins

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Lidya's Tunde Kehinde on addressing Nigeria's $30 billion small business credit gap

Lidya's Tunde Kehinde on addressing Nigeria's $30 billion small business credit gap

Tunde Kehinde is the co-founder of Lidya, a branchless internet bank that aims to ease Nigeria's estimated $30 billion s... Read more

30 Jan 2018

37mins

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Should Uber Leave Kenya?

Should Uber Leave Kenya?

No doubt about it— it’s an unsettling time to be an Uber driver in Kenya. This past week, more reports of intimidation a... Read more

8 Feb 2016

29mins

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What's The Big Deal With WiFi? (feat. Riaan Graham)

What's The Big Deal With WiFi? (feat. Riaan Graham)

Following our coverage last week of the partnership between VAST Networks and Ruckus Wireless to deliver on Africa’s lar... Read more

9 May 2016

28mins

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Everyone's Not So Favourite Driver + The Week's Biggest News

Everyone's Not So Favourite Driver + The Week's Biggest News

Uber's Roman-style campaign to achieve utter and complete worldwide domination has encountered a teeny tiny setback in K... Read more

14 Jun 2015

33mins

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Is The Africa-China/China-Africa Tech & Innovation Dynamic Win-win? feat. Iginio Gagliardone

Is The Africa-China/China-Africa Tech & Innovation Dynamic Win-win? feat. Iginio Gagliardone

In this episode of the African Tech Roundup podcast, Andile Masuku and The Subtext’s Osarumen Osamuyi are joined by Igin... Read more

8 Nov 2019

1hr 14mins

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Ido Sum explains how TLcom Capital got in on Andela's $40M Series C

Ido Sum explains how TLcom Capital got in on Andela's $40M Series C

Israeli investor Ido Sum is a Partner at TLcom Capital— a venture capital firm with a presence in Nairobi, Lagos and Lon... Read more

28 Nov 2017

38mins

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Helen Anatogu of Nigeria's iDEA incubator on how African founders should position to land funding

Helen Anatogu of Nigeria's iDEA incubator on how African founders should position to land funding

Helen Anatogu is the Chief Executive and Programme Director of the Information Technology Developer Entrepreneurship Acc... Read more

2 May 2018

21mins

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Joel Macharia of Abacus on creating access to African financial markets via micro investments

Joel Macharia of Abacus on creating access to African financial markets via micro investments

Joel Macharia is the Founder and CEO of Abacus (https://abacus.co.ke), a Kenyan fintech firm that builds web and mobile ... Read more

28 May 2018

12mins

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Ìmísí 3D's Judith Okonkwo is bullish on VR and AR tech adoption in Africa

Ìmísí 3D's Judith Okonkwo is bullish on VR and AR tech adoption in Africa

At the fringes of Afrobytes Tech Marketplace 2018, Andile Masuku caught up with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reali... Read more

17 Aug 2018

9mins

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

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

Paul Kent is Co-founder and Managing Director of Sureswipe, a South African payments solutions startup dedicated to maki... Read more

25 Oct 2018

50mins

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Will These FinTech Startups Disrupt Incumbents?

Will These FinTech Startups Disrupt Incumbents?

Last week, the Standard Bank Incubator in Johannesburg played host to Nest.vc’s forum on finance and technology. The gat... Read more

21 Mar 2016

53mins

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#VillageDiariesAmsterdam Pt 1 - A fireside chat with HYBR Founder & CEO Charles Ojei

#VillageDiariesAmsterdam Pt 1 - A fireside chat with HYBR Founder & CEO Charles Ojei

On Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 the international African Tech Roundup LIVE Tour launched with a live event in The Netherland... Read more

22 Jun 2018

54mins

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The 2017 Year-end Rundown + African Venture Capital Done Right feat. Rushil Vallabh

The 2017 Year-end Rundown + African Venture Capital Done Right feat. Rushil Vallabh

By this time last year, Africa's tech and innovation media community had started to go into hibernation for the Festive ... Read more

13 Dec 2017

1hr 26mins

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The Joy of Missing Out - Should African Founders Reject Hypergrowth VC Doctrine?

The Joy of Missing Out - Should African Founders Reject Hypergrowth VC Doctrine?

Co-founder and Co-MD of Secha Capital Rushil Vallabh joins Andile Masuku and Musa Kalenga for the very first in-studio t... Read more

6 Feb 2019

1hr 18mins

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Mark Vs. Marek + The Week's Biggest News

Mark Vs. Marek + The Week's Biggest News

Nigeria's tech scene was abuzz last week following Mark Essien's hotel booking platform Hotel.ng securing international ... Read more

31 May 2015

21mins

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mSurvey's Kenfield Griffith on why he's bullish on 2018 and why data analytics is a gamechanger

mSurvey's Kenfield Griffith on why he's bullish on 2018 and why data analytics is a gamechanger

Montserrat native Kenfield Griffith is co-founder and CEO of mSurvey-- a data analytics SaaS startup based in Nairobi Ke... Read more

4 Jan 2018

18mins

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Are Kenya And Ethiopia Violating Citizens' Privacy? + The Week's Biggest News

Are Kenya And Ethiopia Violating Citizens' Privacy? + The Week's Biggest News

Many people are conflicted about the need for “cyber mercenaries” like Hacking Team to exist. Blind idealism might conte... Read more

19 Jul 2015

28mins

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On Your Marks for 2018: Is the Lean Startup Approach Legit?

On Your Marks for 2018: Is the Lean Startup Approach Legit?

In the first full African Tech Roundup podcast of 2018, Andile Masuku mulls over Gefira Solutions Founder and CEO Bert B... Read more

15 Jan 2018

24mins

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