Beyond Bytes (Exploring the African Digital Landscape)

This episode looks at both Digital and young people in entrepreneurship, digital entrepreneurship is a term that describes how entrepreneurship will change, as business and society continue to be transformed by digital technology. We are joined by Irene Okoye from the African Management Institute, an organization that offers practical business and management tools via technological means.

In this episode, we chat to Bryan Obonyo founding member of a Collective of Black Africans living in London who were all motivated to cultivate the musical palates of Londoners. 

Contemporary feminist activism’s deep engagement with social media and popular culture is offering women opportunities to mobilize for women’s rights. These moments have called for us to rethink feminist digital activism but beyond that to have a wider conversation around archiving of feminist thought via digital platforms since the world lives online I am joined by Gorata Chengeta a researcher and writer from Botswana. She is a student and teacher at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She enjoys writing, thinking, and teaching about sexuality, politics, feminism, and justice.

Experts describe Afrotech as a convergence of black culture and technology, in this episode, we chat with Tshwanelo from the Digita Doro Podcast about how Afrotech looks like in Africa. 

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Today we are looking at the notion of “the angry black woman” and busting this stereotype that often paints us as bad-tempered, hostile and overly aggressive. Tune in for our conversation with Luleka Mossie, Malebo Sephodi, Kovini Moodley & Nolwazi Tusini facilitated by our COO, Qhakaza Mohare.

Digify Africa COO, Qhakaza Mohare talks to Afika Jadezweni & Naledi Mashishi about the “Strong Black Woman” and vulnerability in the workplace.

This year's International Women's Day campaign has chosen the theme #ChooseToChallenge with the idea that a challenged world is an alert world and individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions. This episode explores what that means to 4 women from the Digify Africa team.

Speakers

Qhakaza Mthembu - COO: Digify Africa (Moderator)

Celestine Lugaye Ukpere - Project Manager: Digify Kenya

Florence Atunwa Olumodimu - Project Manager: Digify Nigeria

Keneilwe Malotle - Project Manager: Boost with Facebook

In this episode, we sit down with the funny creator, writer, and producer Sipho, to talk about how to make money on Youtube, we suggest you bring along a notebook for this episode because the class was in session as you can tell by the length. Sipho touches on digital tools to make your Youtube journey easier, we talk about collaborations, marketing and most importantly making MONEY.

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In this episode we are joined by a young, unapologetically black queer Johannesburg based multi-talented creative, LELOWHATSGOOD. We chat about representation in mass media and the digital space, having a seat at the table in deciding who gets to tell the queer narrative in digital marketing and exploring how the digital space has opened a space to dare to be different! 

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In this episode, we are joined by LeboLion, speaker, podcast host, social media strategist and SMME Growth specialist. We chat about content creation, growing and building brands in the digital economy and most importantly what does the Digital Economy mean for young people! And lastly, what can the world learn from African digital creators. 

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