Convo Lounge Podcast

By Convo Lounge Africa

Convo Lounge Podcast, where we connect brands to talent communities for social and economic growth. We do this by curating a series of conversations that increase our understanding of the national

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The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

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April 25, 2023 EP7: Pursuing excellence in STEM education; Tinashe Ngwenya's journey in academia
Convo Lounge continues to showcase Botswana's high value talent that are working towards providing in a way solutions to the unemployment problem in Botswana. On this episode, Yandile speaks to Mr. Tinashe Ngwenya a highly skilled engineer and curious scholar. He is a specialist in computational biomechanics, jet propulsion, heat transfer and fluid dynamics. His research interests are on the application of engineering principles to solve biological and medical problems, turbine blade cooling, sustainable aviation and power generation and storage. Tinashe currently works as a junior aerothermal engineer (heat exchanger design and modelling) at Qdot Technology in Oxford, United Kingdom. He has a BEng Mechanical Engineering (University of Botswana), MRes Future Propulsion and Power (Cambridge University), MSc Mechanical Engineering (University of Cape Town) and is pursuing a DPhil in Future Propulsion and Power (University of Oxford). In 2021, he won the Mastercard and Rhodes scholarships which funded all of his postgraduate studies. Tinashe is a motivational speaker and empowerment expert. He visits schools, organize seminars and uses his social media platforms to engage with his audience. #convoloungeafrica
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34min
April 18, 2023 EP6: Bridging the gap between education and employment; Work-Integrated learning in Botswana.
Bakang Keitumetse is on this week's episode of the podcast joined by Professor Jean-Pierre de la Porte who has worked extensively in public sector transformation as an analyst, policy developer and implementor. He consistently advocates human capital-based economies as the future of SADC and has in his career acquired experience of challenges facing cities and regions in transition from resource-based economies to futures based on growth of knowledge by investment in human capital.Prof. has led several delegations between the Northern Italy knowledge economy and Botswana since 2014 after a pavilion he curated at the Venice Biennale drew attention to the SADC Region. He has served as a liaison officer at the University of Botswana where he took responsibility to bring about a recent partnership between the University of Toronto and UB. His current concern is with design and implementation of Work Integrated Learning as a driving element of Botswana’s growth path.Professor de la Porte advocates multisector approaches to a knowledge-based economy and believes successful Public-Private-Civic Partnerships can assure Botswana’s competitiveness in the future SADC region. He sees Botswana as the new hub of global third-stream funding into SADC and therefore works closely with the UB Foundation and Business Botswana as progenitors of the region’s future civil society. In 2021 together with his colleague O.C Rabatsimako led the formulation of a genuinely localized code of governance for boards of the public sector. His professional interest remains in combining institutional and community redesign to make Gaborone the gateway of global engagement with the SADC region.
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35min
April 11, 2023 EP5: Exploring jobs in Botswana's data value chain with Spectrum Analytics
Bakang sits for a follow up conversation of episode 2 with Tebogo Mogaleemeng, an engineer with over 15 years of experience and the founder of Spectrum Analytics, a company focused on accelerating value creation from data through infrastructure and data management solutions in Africa. On this episode Tebogo shares his experience on what thriving in the digital economy means for an average Motswana. He discusses how to deepen Botswana's ecosystem collaborations to unlock a collective potential for an inclusive digital economy. Let's hear your thoughts on our Facebook community page: Convo Lounge Africa | Facebook Or WhatsApp us at +26776519992 #convoloungeafrica
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35min
April 04, 2023 EP4: Botswana's Tech Talent-Exploring the present & future
On this episode, Yandile Nuku chats to Kesego Mokgosi a driven, self-taught full-stack developer and AI enthusiast who co-founded Anton Tech, an AI research company in Botswana. From a young age, Kesego has been fascinated with astronomy, computer programming, and problem-solving, earning various honors such as being the 2013 Botswana Maths & Science National Champion and representing his country in the 2017 International Olympiad of Metropolises Finals in Moscow. He graduated with top honors from the University of Sunderland/Botswana Accountancy College in 2022. Kesego's goal is to utilize AI research to revolutionize industries and tackle challenges faced by the Sub-Saharan African ecosystem and the global community. He is involved in community programs and projects and is currently the Head of Technology at XavierAfrica, where he leads technical efforts in the development of Conversational AI and Enterprise solutions for the Mining, Manufacturing, Finance, and Governance sectors. Additionally, as the 2021 recipient of the Botswana Innovation Fund, Kesego aims to leverage geospatial data to develop a solution that identifies transboundary diseases, benefitting farmers and agronomists.#convoloungeafrica #internetofthings #AI #digitalsolutions #bigtech #botswana #highvaluetalent #developercommunities #startup #employmentcreation #agritech #tech #dataanalysis
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30min
March 28, 2023 EP3: Engineering week forum 2023; Creative and Innovative Engineering Value Chain-From rhetoric to action
The Engineers Registration Board (ERB) a statutory body set up to regulate the activities and conduct of engineers in Botswana in collaboration with the Association of Consulting Engineers Botswana (ACEB) the voice of consulting engineers in Botswana hosted the 3rd engineering forum to provide a think tank platform for engineering discussions under the theme, ”creative and innovative engineering value chain-from rhetoric to action”. This hybrid forum brought together players in the built environment, local and international engineering experts, policy makers, procuring entities and consumer of engineering services. The forum had presentations and discussions covering topics such as academia and industry collaborations for solution focused work, providing solutions for sustainable infrastructure in a knowledge-based economy, how innovation and creativity has uplifted the engineering industry and lastly risk and governance in engineering projects. This episode opens up to a series of episodes which shall cover some of the key takeaways from the forum.
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39min
March 20, 2023 EP2: Exploring jobs in Botswana's data value chain with Spectrum Analytics
In episode 2 of the Convo Lounge podcast, Yandile Nuku sits for a conversation with Tebogo Mogaleemeng, an engineer with over 15 years of experience and the founder of Spectrum Analytics, a company focused on accelerating value creation from data through infrastructure and data management solutions in Africa. Tebogo shares his journey of turning his passion for solving complex challenges into entrepreneurship, and his mission to transform Africa by championing data-driven innovation in Botswana. He discusses the importance of training and mentoring students, young professionals, and startups in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence, and the power of learning to transform communities and organizations. Tebogo also talks about his love for applying systems thinking to find sustainable solutions to modern complex challenges, and his interest in pondering on the big questions about life as an ardent student of the human condition. Let's hear your thoughts on our Facebook community page: Convo Lounge Africa | Facebook Or WhatsApp us at +26776519992 #convoloungeafrica
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35min
March 12, 2023 EP1: Solving unemployment through connecting brands and talent communities.
Convo Lounge Podcast Episode 1:
This introductory episode of the podcast launches and gives an overview of what this platform is and what it's intended to do. Engage further with using #convoloungeafrica on Convo Lounge Africa | Facebook and Convo Lounge Africa: Overview | LinkedIn Join the Convo Lounge Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/460451239589166/
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33min

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How many episodes does Convo Lounge Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.