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#VillageDiariesAmsterdam Part 2 - Real Talk feat. Augustina Austin, Babusi Nyoni, Danai Musandu & Tania Habimana

#VillageDiariesAmsterdam Part 2 – Real Talk feat. Augustina Austin, Babusi Nyoni, Danai Musandu & Tania Habimana

On Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 the international African Tech Roundup LIVE Tour launched with a live event in The Netherlands dubbed #VillageDiariesAmsterdam.

https://soundcloud.com/african-tech-round-up/122-villagediariesamsterdam-pt-2-w-augustina-austin-babusi-nyoni-danai-musandu-tania-habimana

For the second (and final part) of the evening’s programme, Musa Kalenga and I were joined by a stellar…

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Connecting the Dots on Interoperability, Data Ownership, Fake News and Steward Ownership feat. Oliver Sauter of WorldBrain

In this episode of the African Tech Roundup podcast, Oliver Sauter— Co-founder and Head of Strategy, Product & Operations at WorldBrain.io joins Musa Kalenga and me for a meandering conversation that explores the link between the trend towards interoperability and idealised notions of individual data ownership.

https://soundcloud.com/african-tech-round-up/120-interoperability-data-ownership-fake-…

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A Peek Under The Hood Of South Africa's Mobility Scene feat. Obakeng Morapeli Matlhoko Of AftaRobot

A Peek Under The Hood Of South Africa’s Mobility Scene feat. Obakeng Morapeli Matlhoko Of AftaRobot

Back on the show for the first time since contributing his fair share of involuntary hot takes on Episode 109 entitled “Investor Bias Debate 2.0 + Should Africa Embrace Uberisation?” Tapsnapp Founder, Vije Vijendrenath, assumes co-hosting duties in Musa Kalenga’s absence. https://soundcloud.com/african-tech-round-up/atru-0118-a-deep-dive-into-africas-mobility-scene-feat-obakeng-morapeli-matlhoko…

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The Fake News Episode feat. Anim Van Wyk of Africa Check

We aren’t even halfway through the first quarter of 2018, but already, we’ve seen a fair amount of questionable ‘factual’ content do the rounds on social media. https://soundcloud.com/african-tech-round-up/117-the-fake-news-episode-feat-anim-van-wyk?in=african-tech-round-up/sets/african-tech-round-up-full In this episode of the African Tech Roundup podcast, AfricaCheck.org Editor, Anim Van Wyk,…

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

In the first full African Tech Roundup podcast of 2018, I mull over Gefira Solutions Founder and CEO Bert Bruggeman‘s assertion that we can’t just “app our way” to solving all of Africa’s problems. Click here to listen to my full conversation with him.…

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

By this time last year, Africa tech and innovation media community had started to go into hibernation for the Festive Season. But this year’s different… Bitcoin is doing the thing, America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to put net neutrality out of its misery, Uber is bracing for severe regulatory backlash after trying to conceal a 2016 data breach affecting 57 million users,…

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Should Africa-focused Investors Hunt Gorillas, Gazelles Or Unicorns?

Last week, Africa’s early stage investor community came together for the 4th Annual African Early Stage Investor Summit (#AAIS2017). https://soundcloud.com/african-tech-round-up/114-should-africa-focused-investors-hunt-gorillas-gazelles-or-unicorns At this exclusive investor-only event, hosted at Workshop17 in Cape Town, South Africa, key stakeholders in the ecosystem exchanged insights on best…

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Do African Startup Pitch Competitions Offer Anything More Than Pre-allocated Peanuts?

The Facebook-sponsored TechCrunch Startup Battlefield competition which took place in Nairobi recently brought together fifteen African startups for a glitzy pitch session that offered entrants the chance to win $25,000, as well as the opportunity to go on and compete for $50,000 at the Disrupt Cup, which will be held in Silicon Valley next year.…

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The Great Bitcoin Surge And Cryptocurrency Mining feat. Simon Dingle

South Korea has reportedly become the latest country of note to follow the likes of Nigeria and China by outlawing the use of cryptocurrency. Given these developments, policymakers all across the continent are no doubt mulling over the merits of banning Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/345125283"…

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African Billionaire Watch And Other Political Conversations feat. Sinclair Skinner

A few weeks ago, Africa’s richest man, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, baffled many pro-African investment proponents by telling Bloomberg that if things go the way he plans, come 2020, a significant chunk of his wealth will be deployed abroad. I recently factored in on the furore in this think piece for Business Report and African Independent.…

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Kenya's Twiga Foods Closes $10.3M Series A Investment Round Led By Wamda Capital

Kenya’s Twiga Foods Closes $10.3M Series A Investment Round Led By Wamda Capital

The last few weeks have seen three promising African tech startups land significant investments– namely, the Nigerian digital payments firm, Flutterwave ($10 million), the Kenyan mobile-driven food supply platform, Twiga Foods ($10.3 million), and the South African fractional investments service, EasyEquities ($7.5 million). [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/338795087"…

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Investor Bias Debate 2.0 + Should Africa Embrace Uberisation? feat. Vije Vijendranath

A couple of weeks ago, a think piece I wrote for African Independent and Business Report caused a bit of a stir on Twitter. The hubbub surrounds my tackling of the sensitive issue of investor bias that appears to be prevalent in Africa’s startup finance scene. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/335605876"…

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Uber Drivers In South Africa Are Now Considered Employees Of The Ride-hailing Service

According to a ruling made by South Africa’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), an employer-employee relationship does, in fact, exist between Uber and driver-partners. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/333556030" params="visual=true&auto_play=true&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="450"…

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Naspers CEO Bob Van Dijk Accused Of Blowing Roughly $25.6 Billion Of Shareholder Value

It’s no secret, Africa’s largest tech company by market cap, Naspers, has been buckling under the pressure to perform for some years now. The fact is, the company hasn’t scored any big wins in any of the legacy internet and pay-TV verticals it once used to dominate with ease. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/330893532"…

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Malawi Secures $72.4 Million Credit Line From The World Bank To Advance National Digitisation

The Sub-Saharan Africa heads of the likes of Huawei, Oracle, Cisco, IBM and perhaps even Amazon, Facebook and Google, have no doubt already booked first class tickets to Lilongwe to advise the Malawian government on what to do with the $72.4 million line of credit the country has secured from the World Bank to “help Malawi build the digital foundations needed to help the country connect to the…

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Exclusive Africa-focussed Insights From IoT World Forum 2017 London

This week’s African Tech Round-up is dedicated to sharing insights gleaned from the recent Internet of Things World Forum hosted in London. The global IT and networking giant, Cisco,…

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The Expat Founder Debate And A Busload Of Accidental Hot Takes Feat. Mark Kaigwa

Kenya’s finest digital-head, Mark Kaigwa, joins Musa Kalenga and me on this week’s African Tech Round-up for two glorious hours of straight-talk. Using the biggest tech and innovation…

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