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Entrepreneurs Talk Africa: Uncovering the Stories of Africa's Rising Business Stars

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"Entrepreneurs Talk Africa" is a captivating podcast dedicated to exploring the dynamic landscape of African entrepreneurship. The show offers listeners an opportunity to learn from the experiences, challenges, and successes of African entrepreneurs and start-up founders, as well as gain valuable insights and practical tips for their own ventures.Hosted by Gerald Ami, Jason Delorie and Marc Israel, seasoned entrepreneurs and business experts with a passion for African innovation, the podcast features weekly in-depth interviews with a diverse range of entrepreneurs and start-up founders from various sectors across the continent and African founders across the world. With each episode, "Entrepreneurs Talk Africa" aims to uncover the unique stories of these trailblazers, celebrate their achievements, and provide a platform for knowledge-sharing and inspiration.

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Episodes

Our Founders Series - Starting a Podcast

May 10, 2021 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

If there are dozens of blog posts, articles and videos on how to start a podcast, there are few looking back at the learning about starting one. After a year of recording, editing and publishing podcasts, our 52nd episode seemed the right moment to stop and reflect. In this special episode, the closing both of our Founders Series and of our first year, Jason, Gerald and I wanted to come back on this year, that started before we recorded our first episode. Our goal with this episode, as star...

Our Founders Series - Startup as a Side Hustle - With Jason Delorie

May 03, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

With this last episode of our founders series, we go into the business life of Jason Delorie, Innovation Executive, co-founder of two startups (this podcast and Tutor Me) and recipient of the Outstanding Young Entrepreneur Award. How do you start a startup? Do you throw everything away and you go gang-ho, or you venture into the life of a side hustler to test the water? Today, Jason walks us into the shoes of a side hustler, provides explanation of why it could be a safer journey and explai...

The Founders Series - The Human Side of Entrepreneurship - With Gerald Ami

April 29, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

Today, we explore the human side of businesses. Before being entrepreneurs, founders are humans, men and women who commit time, energy and money to create something bigger than themselves. To talk about this, we welcome one of our cofounders, Gerald Ami. Some listeners probably know that beside Entrepreneurs Talk Africa, you are also the cofounder of Mauritius Conscious, a company focused on Sustainable holidays to Mauritius, Rodrigues & Reunion Islands. But many may not know that Gerald fo...

Our Founders Series - The Human Side of Entrepreneurship - With Gerald Ami

April 29, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

Today, we explore the human side of businesses. Before being entrepreneurs, founders are humans, men and women who commit time, energy and money to create something bigger than themselves. To talk about this, we welcome one of our cofounders, Gerald Ami. Some listeners probably know that beside Entrepreneurs Talk Africa, you are also the cofounder of Mauritius Conscious, a company focused on Sustainable holidays to Mauritius, Rodrigues & Reunion Islands. But many may not know that Gerald fo...

Our Founders Series - Funding in Africa - With Marc Israel

April 26, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Whatever you want to launch, you'll need money. But raising capital is not as easy as it seems. We touched this topic  with a few business angels and venture capitalists (Impact Investing - With Marie Espitalier Noël, Discovering the African Funding Ecosystem - With Eric Osiakwan, Angel Investors - with Abu Cassim, How to Successfully Raise Money - With Alexandra Fraser). But because money is so important in the life of any startup, we thought it would be insightful to bring Marc Israel, on...

Debrief Episode - Art Tech – With Alexia Walker and Karabo Morule

April 22, 2021 03:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

Here's Gerald, Jason, and Marc's key takeaways from the Alexia and Karabo's interview about Capital Art and Artech. You can find the full episode here or on your favorite podcast player.

Art Tech - With Alexia Walker and Karabo Morule

April 19, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB

We can argue that without technology there's no art. We need to learn how to paint to become a painter and paper to become a writer (although most writers write on a computer nowadays, but this is another story). However, there's nothing further away from computer technology than art, you might think. Well, beyond the famous legaltech, edutech, fintech and the likes, we now find artech, and no, it's not (yet) another NFT discussion, although it might in the future. In this episode, we welco...

Debrief Episode - Conversational Artificial Intelligence - with Antoine Paillusseau

April 15, 2021 03:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

In this sequel episode of Antoine Paillusseau's, Jason and Marc debrief about their key insights and take-aways. We continue this new series of debriefs episode, so listeners can have their dose of Entrepreneurs Talk Africa in shorter versions, but keeping the soul of what makes the podcast different from others. Enjoy! You can listen to the interview episode by clicking or tapping here.

Conversational Artificial Intelligence - with Antoine Paillusseau

April 12, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

The world of Internet has been invaded by chatbots. There's almost no website on the cybersphere that does not have a form of automated agent. However, once you start to chat with those agent, you quickly realize it's a bot and it does not bring you a lot of value. FinChatBot, the company co-created and led by Antoine Paillusseau, is solving this issue for the financial industry, by offering conversational bots, powered by Intuitive Intelligence (tm). In this conversation, Jason and Antoine...

Debrief Episode - The future of African Public Transportation - With Mary Mwangi

April 08, 2021 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

In this sequel episode of Mary Mwangi's, Jason and Marc debrief about their key insights and take-aways. We inaugurate a new series of debriefs episode, so listeners can have their dose of Entrepreneurs Talk Africa in shorter versions, but keeping the soul of what makes the podcast different from others. Enjoy!

The future of African Public Transportation - With Mary Mwangi

April 05, 2021 14:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

If you've ever been in any African metropolitan area, you've experienced traffic and possible public transportation. Now, if you compare this to any other metropolitan area in the US or Europe, well, there are big differences. Our discussion today with Mary Mwangi, founder of Data Integrated Ltd, focuses on African transport system and how data will totally shape it. Moving for pure data to payment system to paving the way for the future, it's a fascinating discussion, creating the future, ...

Scaling in Africa - With Gabriel Delerue

March 29, 2021 03:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

Can you launch in one African country and expand quickly in others without spending a fortune? To many, this is an almost impossible achievement. But for Gabriel Delerue, being almost impossible means there's still a chance it's possible. And he and his team did it with Fleeti, the company he founded, a platform that helps African companies increase the productivity, safety and sustainability of their fleet. In this episode, Gabriel walks us through the birth and fast expansion of Fleeti. ...

African Products - With Madvee Muthu

March 22, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB

"Madvee Muthu is a brilliant young African economist and upcoming leader. She combines a thorough academic background with a wide ranging intellectual curiosity about things and is not afraid to ask tough questions to understand what is at the root of different issues. She was a successful Fellow among the first cohorts of the YALI Southern Africa Regional Leadership Centre based at the School of Business Leadership of UNISA in Midrand. She is effective and impactful in her contributions and...

African Diaspora - With Stephano Rose

March 15, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MB

Taking challenges and calculated risks have been life choices made by Stephano Rose, our guest in this episode. With no HSC, he managed to enter college. With no money, he managed to create Nexavenu and become a successful entrepreneur. But not in his home country, but in the land down under, Australia. In this episode, Stephano walks into his journey and how the African diaspora can spread the word with ideas and give back. His story is one of resilience, willingness, courage, and success....

Payment Systems - With Sebastien Le Blanc

March 08, 2021 04:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

Anyone who has setup an e-commerce site or a retailer who wanted to use a modern payment system has faced challenges and high fees. Not counting the numerous technical issues with foreign credit cards and currencies. MIPS, Multiple Internet Payment Systems, has been created after this idea by Sebastien Le Blanc. In this episode we talk about payment systems in Africa, the relationship with regulators and financial institutions, and innovation in the finance space. It's a fast and fun discus...

SMEs in Africa - With Guy Daines, a.k.a. Silverfox

March 01, 2021 04:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB

Originally from Zimbabwe, Guy Daines is an ex-banker turned entrepreneur and coach. In this episode, Guy shares his years of experience as an entrepreneur and business strategist. From early stage ventures to long-term strategies, from simple successes to failures, Guy distills his unique wisdom. The life of an entrepreneur is often seen as dangerous and glamorous. However, Guy reminds us it's first and foremost a question of freedom of choices and decisions. Therefore, Guy gives us some ke...

Edtech - With Jade Li from Katapult

February 22, 2021 04:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MB

Education is one of those industries that require a total revamping. Jade Li founded Katapult to tackle the issue of STEAM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) and bring a fresh approach to education. In this episode, Jade walks us through her company, Katapult, unique approach to education and how she started and grew her business. Starting the acceleration program of Turbine, Mauritius Incubator and Accelerator, Katapult will expand its footprint, so stay tuned...

Angel Investors - with Abu Cassim

February 15, 2021 04:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MB

Money is a crucial part of any company, but probably even more for startups who generally start their operations on a shoestring. In this episode, we discuss with Abu Cassim, founder and CEO of Jozi Angels, a business angel organization in Johannesburg, South Africa. Abu has invested in dozens of startups on the African continent and bring a wealth of knowledge when it comes to picking up the right venture to invest in. In this interview, Abu walks us in what is the secret sauce that makes ...

Entrepreneurship and Leadership Education - With Lucy Scott

February 09, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

Are you born an entrepreneur, can we learn entrepreneurship or are we made entrepreneurs? To answer this question, we welcome a young professional who is in charge of the student venture project at the African Leadership University in Mauritius. Coming from a liberal art and alternative education background, nothing predestined Lucy Scott to be in charge of developing the entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of students at ALU. This podcast is all about Lucy’s story, before, during (and aft...

Coaching - With Chris Suzdak

February 02, 2021 03:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB

If you ever had a coach, be it a professional or life one, you probably know how valuable his or her sessions were to you. Generally, most of us are skeptic about coaches until you meet a real life-changing one. Then you become afficionado. Our guest today had a few coaches that really made a difference and, while working on the continent, realized very few professionals were offered coaching sessions by their employers. Coffee Chat was born. Today, we welcome Chris Suzdak, the founder of C...

Crowdlending - With Paul Perrier

January 25, 2021 03:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MB

When, as an entrepreneur, you need money, you know have multiple options without requiring to go through the classical banking system. One of them that is available to businesses and individuals is crowdlending or peer-to-peer lending. In this episode, we have the pleasure to interview Paul Perrier, the founder of FundKiss, the first crowdlending platform in Mauritius. Paul comes back on his entrepreneurial journey and particularly the creation of FundKiss. Timing, resilience, determination...

Let's talk Fintech - With Michal Szymanski

January 18, 2021 03:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MB

Fintech is one of those buzz words that everyone has heard one day or another. A couple of years ago, Mauritius founded the Mauritius Africa Fintch Hub and hired Michal Szymanski to lead the organization.  Michal has been in a startup ecosystem for a while and "speaks" fintech, blockchain and payment gateway fluently. In this interview, he comes back on the fintech ecosystem and the importance of building one, as well as about the power of the network. Known for his no-BS direct approach, I...

Scaling and Growth - With San Bhaskaran

January 11, 2021 04:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MB

"The great danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." –Michelangelo In this episode, we welcome San Bhaskaran, the CEO and founder of Upilot.com, an innovative CRM aimed at changing the CRM landscape. Serial entrepreneur, San is walking us in his personal journey about value creation and overall growth and scale! In this interview, San distils his wisdom and sound advice to all entrepreneurs and asp...

Xmas Bazaar - With Gerald, Jason and Marc

December 24, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.92 MB

We wanted to end this short season with our thoughts, about the bazaar and our MVP approach to interviews, as well as our key insights. Stopping, thinking and reflecting about what happened is a nice way to learn and improve. In this final (and special episode), you will hear from the three of us. We are sharing our key learning with a smile after a great day, meeting cool and courageous startupers. We wish you a Merry Christmast and a Happy New Year. Enjoy!

Xmas Bazaar - With Xavier from MIPS

December 24, 2020 03:00 - 10 minutes - 7.08 MB

One key element of any ecommerce web site is its payment page. One key element of any retailers is its card payment system. But cards are no longer this only digital payment way. Phones are getting ubiquitous in this space. Based on this, MIPS, Multiple Internet Payment Systems, was created to fill that void. In this episode, Xavier, from MIPS, walks us through the importance of a payment system in the internet and retail spaces, as well as the simplicity they wanted to focus on. It's all a...

Xmas Bazaar - With Ruben from Junkart Creation

December 23, 2020 13:00 - 4 minutes - 2.99 MB

This episode is somehow different from others. It's the first time we welcome a "builder" in Entrepreneurs Talk Africa. Ruben loves music and recycling objects into musical instruments. He transformed his passion into a side hustle, that he's sharing with us today. It's a little bit unusual interview with a musical twist and a Mauritius flavor. Enjoy!

Xmas Bazaar - With Jade from Katapult

December 23, 2020 03:00 - 10 minutes - 7.08 MB

How to have more kids interested by STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics? Jade wanted to provide an answer to this question to be able to transmit her passion for STEM. What did she do? She created Katapult, a company aimed at having kids play with STEM to make them love STEM. Then, recently, she created a game to help kids discover electricity in a fun way, Squishy Circuits.  In this episode from the Xmas Short Series, we learn how Jade came to entrepreneurship and how she ...

Xmas Bazaar - With Shamir from AVR Plato Technologies

December 22, 2020 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.27 MB

In this second episode of the Xmas Bazaar short series, we welcome Shamir, co-founder of AVR Plato, a startup focused on augmented reality technology and editor of AR Games. Shamir explains what AVR Plato was founded, his challenges and difficulties as a startuper, and how he overcame and got stronger! A story of determination and resilience! Enjoy!

Xmas Bazaar - With Hisham from Met Enn Koste

December 22, 2020 03:00 - 7 minutes - 5.27 MB

We inaugurate this short series with Hisham, co-founder of Met Enn Koste,  a Mauritian Startup. Because they were an online service, they got turned down by Xmas market organizers. This did not get them down, instead they decided to create their own, the Met Enn Koste Xmas Bazaar. We hear right from Hisham, how they came up with the idea, with his co-founder, and how they execute. Pure MVP approach, pure startup thinking, pure simple execution! Enjoy!

Impact Investing - With Marie Espitalier Noël

December 14, 2020 03:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MB

As her LinkedIn profile says, Marie Espitalier Noël is passionate about sustainability, she believes in a new form of business model which reconciles profit and impact optimization. Leading Inco in Australia after working in Mauritius and Reunion, Marie is focusing on making a difference in people's life by supporting  innovative companies to maximize their social impact and upskills diverse individuals to reach their full potential. In this episode, we focus on impact investing. What it is...

Geo Expansion - With Adefolu Majekodunmi

December 07, 2020 03:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MB

Today, we step into business expansion and particularly geo expansion, by welcoming Adefolu Majekodunmi, co-founder and managing director of Asseco Nigeria, co-founder and non-executive director of Capricorn Digital and President of European Business Organisation Nigeria. Expanding a company geographically on the African continent can be tricky and costly. How do you operate a company far from its headquarters? Where and how to start? When to pull the plug if necessary? Those are some of th...

Tech Impact on Smart Cities - With Gaetan Siew

November 30, 2020 03:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

This episode is a little bit special. We are honored and humbled to host Gaetan Siew. World citizen, Gaetan Siew’s leadership and his vision of a world of sharing allows him to mobilize and inspire political and business leaders around a creative consensus unleashing the full potential of our resources. President of the International Union of Architects from 2005 to 2008, he travelled the world to meet international institutions and governments promoting greater solidarity. With his in-dep...

Talent Management - With Eric Van Gils

November 23, 2020 03:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MB

Attracting and retaining talent are jobs in themselves, especially for startups and small entreprises. In this episode, we have a the pleasure to welcome Eric Van Gils, Partner at Holbourne Advisory, an Africa focused Executive Search firm. After a career in Finance, Eric decided his passion for talent management was stronger that his for numbers. An organisation without its people is nothing. When the times comes to hire employees, the founders are generally faced with multiple questions. ...

Startups and Big Tech - With Yvonne Bettkober

November 16, 2020 03:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

In this episode, we welcome Yvonne Bettkober, from Cameroon, who is the General Manager of Amazon Web Services Switzerland. We cannot but think about all the young professionals in Africa who dream about having a great career in tech and drive their own success! Yvonne is a real role model! Yvonne discusses at leanght how technology can be an enable for many challenges faced by Africa. She explains how Africa is a startup,  and why we need a more connected economy to the needs of the people...

Lead Conversion - With Berty Tonta

November 13, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

A Sales-Driven Digital Marketer Berty is the founder of Leadstalk Digital, a consultancy firm specialised in sales-driven digital marketing strategies. Passionate about Marketing and Technology, he had the chance to have a 20-year career that embraced both. His track record includes the implementation of a CRM system at One&Only Le Saint Geran and the development of Sales Enablement solutions for companies like Constance hotels, Sun Resorts, Veranda Resorts or Espral. He also participated ...

Unleashing Growth - With Raghav Hunasgi

November 02, 2020 15:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MB

This is episode focuses on growth and how to unleash it. Every startuper and entrepreneur wants to grow his/her business, us at Entrepreneurs Talk Africa included. But how do you do it? We had to ask somebody who did it, not only once, but multiple times. We had the pleasure to discuss growth and acceleration with a serious serial entrepreneur, and we are delighted to share this conversation with Raghavendra Hunasgi. Raghav is a global Marketing and Branding expert helping Fortune 500 compa...

Innovation in Africa - With Emmanuel Gamor

October 26, 2020 03:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MB

His love for the arts and his passion for story telling has always been his motivation and influenced his decision to divert from political science to pursue journalism. The constant interaction with individuals from various countries and cultures have shaped how he views the world and has greatly contributed to his success as a multimedia journalist. Briefly after graduation, he worked his way to becoming the managing editor of a community newspaper in the Washington Metro area. In 2012, h...

The Importance of Coherence - With Coralie Marti

October 19, 2020 03:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB

Pivoting is an important aspect of any venture. We start with an idea and then a few weeks of months later, we find our market and pivot. In this episode, young entrepreneur Coralie Marti, from Gemstone, walks us through her entrepreneurship journey and focus on coherence. Coralie goes back memory lane to explain how it all started and how she quickly realized the original idea was going nowhere. Although the experience can be profoundly disturbing and destabilizing, it's central to the lea...

Being a Shapeshifter - With Ruth Kamau

October 12, 2020 03:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

Entrepreneurs Talk Africa had the pleasure of interviewing Ruth Kamau, Co-Owner and Managing Director of a Pan African feel boutique house, iKhaya Lodge & Conference Centre, in the heart of Cape Town. She is also a director and advisor on several boards, an award winning playwright and novelist, to name but a few of her many ventures.  In the episode we get to join Ruth on her personal journey of becoming an entrepreneur. As a woman of many talents and being involved in so much, we explore ...

Launching a Fintech Startup in Africa - With Justin Lock

October 06, 2020 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

Take a young business school graduate from Cameroon. The logic would be to get a job in a big firm and strike a great career. But this was not the calling of Justin Lock. During his studies, Justin saw an opportunity in disrupting the remittance space that was clogged with few actors and high fees. Justin founded Kamix to change the way Africans and the diaspora exchange money. In this episode, Justin walks us from Yaoundé to Paris and San Francisco, explains the struggles and successes of ...

Discovering the African Funding Ecosystem - With Eric Osiakwan

September 28, 2020 03:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MB

Eric Osiakwan, Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital is an Entrepreneur and Investor with 15 years of ICT industry leadership across Africa and the world. He has worked in 32 African countries setting up ISPs, ISPAs, IXPs and high-tech startups. He Co-Founded Angel Africa List, Angel Fair Africa and currently serves on the board of Farmerline, Hubtel, Forhey, Teranga Solutions, Hotel Online, Wala, Amp.it, SameLogic, Wanjo Foods, Airshop , Rapid Expense, NestSquare , Data Integrated, Ghana Cyber...

Discovering the African Funding Ecosystem - With Eric Osiakwan

September 28, 2020 03:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MB

Eric Osiakwan, Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital is an Entrepreneur and Investor with 15 years of ICT industry leadership across Africa and the world. He has worked in 32 African countries setting up ISPs, ISPAs, IXPs and high-tech startups. He Co-Founded Angel Africa List, Angel Fair Africa and currently serves on the board of Farmerline, Hubtel, Forhey, Teranga Solutions, Hotel Online, Wala, Amp.it, SameLogic, Wanjo Foods, Airshop , Rapid Expense, NestSquare , Data Integrated, Ghana Cyber...

How to Successfully Raise Money - With Alexandra Fraser

September 21, 2020 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Ever heard the term "investment ready"? Well, if you aspire to raise some funding for your startup/venture, you'd better be investment ready. We tend to think money is lacking in Africa, compared to Europe, the US or Asia. But no, money is there, available... In this episode, Alexandra Fraser, Director & Founder of Fraser Consulting, Co-Founder of Dazzle Angels, and Founding member of the Africa Business Angels Network, brings us on the path to financing. A seasoned business angel on the Af...

How To Strive as a Small Fish In a Big Pond - With Djiba Diallo

September 14, 2020 03:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

Djiba is currently a Senior FinTech Advisor at Ecobank Transnational. Before joining Ecobank, Djiba worked at Microsoft for over 10 years, as Developer and Platform Evangelist and then Head of Innovation Microsoft4Afrika, where she helped built the strategy to Identify and attract most successful Startup and Partners in Africa to the Microsoft Cloud platform. In this episode of the podcast, we cover the Ecobank Innovation Challenge and understand how startup can collaborate with a large com...

How To Be a Small Fish In a Big Pond - With Djiba Diallo

September 14, 2020 03:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

Djiba is currently a Senior FinTech Advisor at Ecobank Transnational. Before joining Ecobank, Djiba worked at Microsoft for over 10 years, as Developer and Platform Evangelist and then Head of Innovation Microsoft4Afrika, where she helped built the strategy to Identify and attract most successful Startup and Partners in Africa to the Microsoft Cloud platform. In this episode of the podcast, we cover the Ecobank Innovation Challenge and understand how startup can collaborate with a large com...

How To Strive as a Small Fish In a Big Pond - With Djiba Diallo

September 14, 2020 03:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

Djiba is currently a Senior FinTech Advisor at Ecobank Transnational. Before joining Ecobank, Djiba worked at Microsoft for over 10 years, as Developer and Platform Evangelist and then Head of Innovation Microsoft4Afrika, where she helped built the strategy to Identify and attract most successful Startup and Partners in Africa to the Microsoft Cloud platform. In this episode of the podcast, we cover the Ecobank Innovation Challenge and understand how startup can collaborate with a large com...

Businesses and Governments in Africa, a necessary relationship - With Al Kags

September 07, 2020 03:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MB

Al Kags is a marketing and communications expert, serial entrepreneur and consummate champion of government openness through data. His life embodies ‘big picture thinking’ and living for a higher purpose. Al is the co-founder and the CEO of the Open Institute, an African organisation that works with governments and civil society organisations to promote open government and citizen engagement. Primarily, Al works across sub-Saharan Africa but contributes to global open government movements....

Unleashing Succesful African Startups - With McKevin Ayaba

August 31, 2020 15:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MB

In this episode, we welcome and listen with fascination to McKevin Ayaba. McKevin is the CEO of “Setup a startup,” the CEO and co-founder of the “Southern Africa Startup Awards,” the Co-founder of the “House of Hope” orphanage in Cameroon and a Global Goodwill Ambassador. Add to this that he’s a Certified ITIL practitioner, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer, and VMWare Certified Professional. You will understand that my head was spinning and that we were ...

Conditions that enable your people to deliver success - With Mark Fritz

August 24, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

Mark Fritz is a leadership specialist… has taught in MBA and executive education courses in business schools throughout Europe, mentors executives from across the world, and runs leadership programs for executive teams and their leaders of the future. With the experience of leading enterprise change and virtual organizations throughout the world, Mark shares the mindsets and habits that enable your teams to OWN the results. In this episode, Mark shares his wisdom and experience about how t...

Conditions That Enable Your People To Deliver Success - With Mark Fritz

August 24, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

Mark Fritz is a leadership specialist… has taught in MBA and executive education courses in business schools throughout Europe, mentors executives from across the world, and runs leadership programs for executive teams and their leaders of the future. With the experience of leading enterprise change and virtual organizations throughout the world, Mark shares the mindsets and habits that enable your teams to OWN the results. In this episode, Mark shares his wisdom and experience about how t...