Newscast - Africa

By Africa Business Radio

We bring you various leading news from across Africa, on business, economy, market, and politics. Towards A Profitable Africa.... more

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February 05, 2020 Kenyan Avocado Farmers Suffer Major Blow
Kenya Avocado farmers on Tuesday suffered a major as regulator suspended export indefinitely. It is not currently clear whether it is on the account of coronavirus outbreak.
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February 05, 2020 Zimbabwe's Telco's Workers Down Tools
The Zimbabwean Telecel workers down tools on Tuesday over salary and other issues
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February 05, 2020 The Future of Work and Business in Africa, beyond Automation
The current conversation has shifted from ‘Maybe’ to ‘When’ organization of different sizes will automate a certain part of their operations and let go of some employees, this has created some sort of a dilemma for companies and even their employees, as per how far can we go with artificial intelligence or automation. For employees, it is about how do I stay relevant? How do I make myself irreplaceable? The recent event with UBA (United Bank for Africa) letting go of a couple of their staffs quietly and the alleged culprit being ‘LEO’Tope Ajao, Chief Delivery Officer of Bluechip Technologies joins us to unpack this further.Tope is a well-rounded IT and Business professional. His over 15 years of quality work experience cuts across financial services, telecoms, oil and gas and manufacturing.He has shown consistent ability to cross into new territories and deliver excellent results. He has delivered some of the first and very strategic IT-related projects running into millions of dollars both locally and abroad.Tope spent almost a decade in the financial sector playing strategic roles in the e-payments business of GTBank and BankPHB (now known as Keystone Bank).As Chief Delivery Officer at Bluechip Technologies Limited - one of the leading Data and Analytics Company in sub-Saharan Africa, he is responsible for customer engagement, professional service delivery and international expansion.Mr. Ajao is passionate about solving real life problems as such he’s drawn to small businesses and tech startups both as an investor and adviser.Tope holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Electronic/ Electrical Engineering from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS) having successfully completed the revered Advanced Management Program (AMP).--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support
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February 05, 2020 The Future of Work and Business in Africa, beyond Automation
The current conversation has shifted from ‘Maybe’ to ‘When’ organization of different sizes will automate a certain part of their operations and let go of some employees, this has created some sort of a dilemma for companies and even their employees, as per how far can we go with artificial intelligence or automation. For employees, it is about how do I stay relevant? How do I make myself irreplaceable? The recent event with UBA (United Bank for Africa) letting go of a couple of their staffs quietly and the alleged culprit being ‘LEO’
Tope Ajao, Chief Delivery Officer of Bluechip Technologies joins us to unpack this further.
Tope is a well-rounded IT and Business professional. His over 15 years of quality work experience cuts across financial services, telecoms, oil and gas and manufacturing.
He has shown consistent ability to cross into new territories and deliver excellent results. He has delivered some of the first and very strategic IT-related projects running into millions of dollars both locally and abroad.
Tope spent almost a decade in the financial sector playing strategic roles in the e-payments business of GTBank and BankPHB (now known as Keystone Bank).
As Chief Delivery Officer at Bluechip Technologies Limited - one of the leading Data and Analytics Company in sub-Saharan Africa, he is responsible for customer engagement, professional service delivery and international expansion.
Mr. Ajao is passionate about solving real life problems as such he’s drawn to small businesses and tech startups both as an investor and adviser.
Tope holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Electronic/ Electrical Engineering from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS) having successfully completed the revered Advanced Management Program (AMP).
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February 05, 2020 Declined Ferrochrome Production Worries South African Miner
Glenco South Africa, one of the top miners of Ferrochrome laments over lower production in 2019 as well as increased operational cost due to an increase in the cost of energy due to ESKOM's troubles.
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February 04, 2020 The G7 Discusses Coronavirus
German health minister announced that the G7 group will meet to deliberate on how to manage the current outbreak of coronavirus, seen the shock it has sent across the world.
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February 04, 2020 Chinese Equities Recorded The Worst Day on The Account of Coronavirus Outbreak
As investors finally get a chance to express their sentiment on the outbreak of Coronavirus after the end of the Chinese new year celebration, China's stock recorded the worst day decline.
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February 04, 2020 Turbulent Days Might Be Ahead for The ZAR
The South African Rand broke the R15 to $1 mark recently, analysts had also indicated that more turbulent days might be in stock for the emerging market currency.
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February 04, 2020 Kenyatta's Cabinet Enthusiastic About Free Trade Talks With The US
Last week, Kenyan cabinet discussed free trade zone agreement with the United States ahead of the president's visit this week.
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January 27, 2020 British Oil Company Wants to Buy More Businesses in Nigeria
The British Oil and Gas company, The Savanah oil disclosed that after successfully acquire a business in Nigeria that it is just the beginning as part of a plan to establish its footprint across the country.
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FAQs about Newscast - Africa:

How many episodes does Newscast - Africa have?

The podcast currently has 2,114 episodes available.