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.

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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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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,

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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

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

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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)

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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)

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In this episode we have a deep dive into mobile financial services in Nigeria and across the continent with Chijioke Dozie co-founder of Carbon, who are building a pan-African digital bank. We also unpack mobile lending, financial inclusion regulation, fundraising bias and the need for more local African investors to support the ecosystem.

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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 unpack FoodTech in Africa with Simon Hazell, Co-founder of South African food tech startup Inseco, who is monetizing organic food waste to deliver sustainable proteins using insects.

We also unpack food security and the need for sustainable waste management to feed a growing population in Africa and across the globe.

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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 catch up with Jihan Abass, the inspiring founder of Kenyan insurtech startup, LAMI Insurance, and how a simple interaction led her on a mission to digitise insurance in Africa, and paying claims in 15 minutes! We also unpack fundraising, investor bias, and the challenges overcome to build a growing tech business in Kenya.

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