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The idea of failing in business has had several definitions over the years with a number of theories being coined from it. Ashwin Ravichandran, Managing Director at MEST Africa joined me to share his thoughts on the concept of failing first but failing fast. 

Cecil Senna Nutakor, Founding CEO of eCampus LLC joins me for a conversation about a future where schools 'follow' children wherever they go plus some other concepts on the future of learning and education. He shares some practical ideas on things Ghana can start doing now in order not to miss out on the global working spaces of the future. 

Serial Entrepreneur and investor Eric Osiakwan was my guest on the show to talk about the his K.I.N.G.S. concept and how crucial it is for African countries to digitise their economies to speed up their development. 

The regulation of data is necessary in order to balance the protection of the individual’s privacy rights with the rights of organisations and governments to collect and use data for business and administrative purposes. That is what data protection is all about. 

A special audit carried out by the Auditor-General in Ghana on the Electoral Commission (EC) revealed what many termed as the 'sale' of voters’ data to an Accra-based software development company, Bysystem Ltd. According to the 2018 audit, Bysystem Ltd ‘bought’ the data from the EC and further sold them to financial service providers for a fee. The audit report also found fault with a lack of contractual agreement to cover the deal between the EC and Bysystem Ltd in breach of procurement laws.  What exactly is going on and are our data protection laws up to date with the times?

My Guests :

Adu Ampofo is the CEO of Velia and she is a compliance and data protection consultant

Maximus Ametogoh, CEO of PopOut 

Paul Damalie, CEO of Appruve 

Rita Adjei, Head of Brands and Marketing at Nsano

The  debate over 5G came up prominently, a few weeks ago, when Trump banned the purchase of electronic and telecoms software and hardware for Huawei by technology companies. Aside the shock over the Google-related issues, the bigger conversation about the race to dominate 5G came up.

Why is it even a race in the first place? What is it going on? How will it change your life and why should you care?

Kofi Dadzie is the CEO of Rancard. He joins me to share some thoughts and insight o the matter.

A concept that will change the world of entrepreneurship forever. Hybrid Entrepreneurship. Weaving social impact into the very fabric of businesses! Dr. Gordon Adomdza, Associate Professor at Ashesi University in Ghana and Jewel Thompson, Adjunct Lecturer at Ashesi University join me to provide some understanding on the subject. 

Ghana is in a very unique position today. A strong political framework and system, a good media landscape that is relatively free plus strong indices on the technological map. The government of Ghana is pursuing a digitised economy as well, and has commenced several initiatives to realise that dream. Some complain that the efforts seems scattered and uncoordinated. Others also feel there are components missing. What is a digitised economy made of? How can Ghana succeed in its efforts to create one? How beneficial is a digitised economy? My guest is the Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital, Eric Osiakwan.

The best way to grow, sometimes, is to just learn from those that have walked your path. Isreal is the Mecca of Investors looking to invest in viable tech startups due to a number of reasons. Philip Ashon speaks to Oren Simanian about how to stimulate a strong innovation subculture in an emerging economy. He also speaks to Eyram Tawiah, CEO of Leti Arts, about charting a new course in the tech space as he is doing in the animation and superhero field.