What if the waste we throw away every day could build industries, create jobs, and power Africa’s future?

In this powerful episode of Discovering Africa Thru Technology, we are joined by Dr. Ben Festus a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Nanoengineering and Advanced Materials (CeNAM), University of Johannesburg; Acting Director of Research and Development at Federal Polytechnic Ede, Nigeria; and Convener of the Centre for Advanced Materials and Development.

This episode dives deep into waste to wealth innovation, sustainable engineering, and the circular economy in Africa revealing how everyday waste can be transformed into high value materials, industrial products, and scalable business opportunities.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

Why waste is not useless but untapped wealth

How agro-waste (like coconut husks) can become durable industrial materials

Why Africa must shift from importing goods to building local industries

How e-waste recycling can produce battery materials and lab-grade resources

Scalable solutions for SMEs, startups, and local manufacturing

The innovation behind CoolTech a smart vaccine cooling carrier

How local techniques + modern science can drive climate smart industrialisation

Why this is more than research but a movement for Africa’s economic transformation

This episode is perfect for:

Engineers | Entrepreneurs | Startups | Policymakers | Sustainability professionals | Students | Anyone interested in African innovation, green technology, and climate solutions

Key topics covered:

Waste to wealth | Circular economy | Sustainable engineering | Green technology | Agro-waste recycling | E-waste innovation | African industrialisation | Clean technology | Materials science | Local manufacturing | Climate change solutions

Tune in to discover how Africa can turn waste into opportunity and lead the future of sustainable innovation.

Cancer is rising — Tech can turn the tide.

Join us as we explore how Technology and & AI are Transforming Lung Cancer Care in Kenya

With Dr. Elias Melly the CEO of the National Cancer Institute of Kenya & LAA-MEA Chapter Steering Committee Member.

Did you know that 44,000 people are annually diagonised with cancer in Kenya

32,000 people die of Cancer Annually

92% cancer patients die annually

There is a 5% survival rate for Cancer

90% of people diagnised with Lung Cancer dont smoke and not secondary smokers

Your environment and upbringing can affect your genetic make up regardless of your race

Join us to hear inspiring research, policy, information, advocacy and investment advice can reduce the burden of rising cancer.

Dr Elias explores Targetted interventions and leveraging on technology to treat patients with targetted interventions get better outcomes with minimal side effects.

Strategy

Early detection, proper diagnosis, treatement and after care treatment, using Ai Powerered High Resolution X Rays, community engargement, intergrated screening programs and information are game changers in the fight against Lung Cancer.

Dr Elias Melly

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🌸 This Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A Story of Resilience & Transformation

Meet Dr Sarah Jennifer Maongezi, Project Lead for the East Africa Comprehensive Women’s Cancer Project, a seasoned physician and public health specialist from Tanzania whose life took an unexpected turn. She had the textbooks. She had the solutions. Then she became the case study.

One small lump on her breast transformed her overnight from advocate to patient, from protector to survivor. In this powerful episode, Dr Maongezi shares her personal journey: the fear, the diagnosis, the fight, and the victory. But she didn’t stop there. Her battle lit a spark for change, turning her story of survival into a national and regional campaign to raise awareness, drive early detection, and challenge the status quo for women’s cancer in East Africa.

Join us for an intimate conversation about courage, purpose and hope. If you’ve ever wondered how one life’s shift can change many others, tune in and be inspired.

What We’ll Explore

1. A powerful message for women about listening to their bodies.
2. Turn your story to a weapon of power, refuse defeat
3. How a clinician becomes the patient and what she learned along the way.
4. The Urgency of Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection in Tanzania and the Wider Region.
5. Building a campaign: leveraging personal story, public health policy, partnerships and community advocacy.
6. How to move from surviving to thriving.
7. How and Why every woman’s voice matters.

Whether you’re a health professional, a survivor, a supporter or simply curious about advocacy and change making, this episode invites you into one woman’s brave journey and the movement she now leads.

CALL TO ACTION

1. LISTEN. Hear Dr. Maongezi's full, inspiring story and let her journey remind you of the power of resilience.

2. SHARE. Amplify this critical message. Share this with the women in your life your mothers, sisters, friends, and colleagues. You never know whose life it might change.

3. ACT

4. JOIN THE MOVEMENT. Follow Dr. Maongezi's work and help turn awareness into action in East Africa and beyound.

Turn awareness into action, message of hope and proactive health.

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A Surgeon's Story: Fighting Cancer with Courage and Compassion in Tanzania

Dr Larry Akoko

MD, MMed General Surgery and Surgical Oncologist

Associate Professor at MUHAS

Prepare to meet a man who is not only a skilled surgeon but a beacon of hope for his nation.

Behind every statistic is a human face.Behind every surgery, a story of courage.

This #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, we are privileged to share the experiences of Dr. Larry Akoko, a Tanzanian Oncologist whose hands and heart are dedicated to the fight against cancer.

He shares:

The hard truths about late-stage diagnosis.

The profound challenges and how he overcomes them.

The complexities of performing life-saving cancer surgery.

The resilience of his patients and the dedicated medical teams.

The moments of triumph that fuel his mission.

His vision for building a stronger oncology framework in Tanzania.

What the world needs to know and how we can help.

This is more than a talk; it's a call to action.

Call to Action: Show your support for global healthcare heroes.

#MeetTheExpert#HumanStory #Oncology #BreastCancerSurgeon #Tanzania #HealthcareHeroes #PatientCare #CompassionateCare #PinkOctober #EarlyDetectionSavesLives #CancerAwareness#BreastCancer #GlobalSurgery #Oncology #PublicHealth #Tanzania #HealthcareAccess #MedicalImpact #Surgeon #FightCancer

Adesunbo Adeniran, owner of Arike Holistic Lifestyle Limited(Arike) and founder of Women Entrepreneurs in Herbs, Spices and Natural Products, discusses the challenges of getting Organic African Spices and Herbs.

Adesumo intends to unite African women to utilize the existing potential of African spices, herbs, markets, research, branding, and marketing to capture the global $ USD 45.61 billion spice and herbs market.

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Mary Rusimbi Mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi wa Nendiwe Feminist Wellness and Coaching Center

Kutana na Mary Rusimbi Gwiji na Mtaalam wa Jinsia na Bajeti za Jinsia Tanzania, Mmoja wa waanzilishi/Mkurugenzi wa Mtandao wa Jinsia

Mvumbuzi, Mbunifu, Mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi wa Kwanza wa Mfuko pekee wa Ruzuku kwa wanawake Tanzania – Tanzania Women Fund (Women Fund

Je unajua Tanzania ilikua nchi ya tatu Afrika katika mafanikio ya kutengeneza bajeti za Kijinsia?

Na ilikuwa imefanikiwa na kwenda kwa kasi kubwa kuongeza usawa wa jinsia kwenye mapendekezo ya katiba mpya pamoja na kuongeza asilimia 50 ya wanawake katika uongozi.

Usawa wa jinsia unawezekana kwa kuendeleza harakati zilizoanzishwa sio kufautilia mipango na malengo ya jumla yanarudisha nyuma maendeleo

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Je unajua umuhimi na uwezo mkubwa uliokuwepo kiuchumu kama serikali ingetambua,dhamini na kuwekeza katika wanawake wasikuwa kwenye sekta rasmi ya wanawake masokoni.

 Kutana na Jane Magigita Mkurugenzi wa Equality for Growth na Mvumbuzi, Mbunifu wa 'Sauti ya Wanawake Sokoni'.

Mwanasheria, Mtetezi wa Haki za Wanawake na Haki za Jinsia pamoja na Mwezeshaji wa Sekta isiyorasmi akifafanua uzoefu wake kuhusu umuhimu wa kundi lisilotambulika, lililosahaulika (WANAWAKE SOKONI)na mchango wake katika uchumi wa Tanzania pamoja na umuhimu wa kuwekeza kwao kwa kuwatambua na kuwarasimisha.

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Hilda anasistiza umuhimu wa kuwekeza katika sheria na mifumo bora inayoheshimu, linda na kutekeleza

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Celebrating International Women's Day

Chioma explores the importance of investing in women because ignoring them ignores change and the importance of Africans training their children to take up family businesses and build them to create generational brands and legacies that will outlive them.

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Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress

Join Maria Matui, a Feminist Change Maker Champion in Climate Change and Gender Climate Justice and the Country Coordinator of Gender Climate Change Coalition Tanzania, to explore Tanzania's contribution, success, impact, and challenges in shifting to a green economy and care society in Gender Climate Justice.

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