Nyasha Presents - Zim Beyond The Degree

1:40 Who is Taku 

3:55 When did Taku move to North America 

4:28 Taku talks about the black experience in Canada 

5:37 Identity crisis as an African international student in a predominantly white city. 

9:12 The culture shock of having black people who don’t necessarily make you feel like you belong. 

10:26 Black boys who code Pre university kids Invoking the interest in them 

12:00 Why is it important for minorities to be involved in tech 

15:00 What’s it like working at Microsoft as a software engineer  9 out of 10 experience 

17:40 Tech layoffs 

18:50 What other plans does Taku have besides tech 

23:00 Taku explains some of his tweets NYC Patriarchy 

27:00 Patriarchal society ideals being confused with human nature 

33:00 Is Taku still listening to Tuku 

34:00 If Taku could build an app what would it be about?

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3:00 how Audrey got into software development 

 5:00 what were some of the challenges getting into the role of getting in software development.

 6:00 Being reserved. Feeling inferior. 

7:50 playing sport to boost confidence 

11:18 How do you build self confidence  environment. Support. Supporting kids 

12:20 Believing in yourself 13:30 being a perfectionist  

16:00 how do you manage dealing with the outcomes when you’re a perfectionist. 

20:45 What we think of ChatGPT Concerns What she’s cases does it really solve 

23:00 what projects has Audrey worked on in tech. 

28:00 what kind of projects are you willing to take on? 

29:52 Where does Audrey get the design bug? 

32:00 Storytelling such a cool school 

32:30 Rapid fire questions 

33:00 worst programming language 

36:00 it’s tough in Zim right now. 40:00 

What is the origin story of Zim developers 

45:00 advice for anyone going through something  

49:00 Shouting out people!

1:00 how is Isheanesu doing in December 

2:00 how Isheanesu go into software development  

3:30 where did Isheanesu go to high school 

6:00 what does it take to make is as a developer in Africa. 

8:37 in a world where you could literally do anything why software

 10:15 what are you most proud of achieving all round and in the past 6 months 

12:25 what is the attitude towards Software Engineering. What’s the gap? You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to be a good programmer. 

14:49 How is the software development community in Zimbabwe  

18:00 Explain that tweet 

20:00 being a founder in Zimbabwe is a game set to extra hard 

25:00 it’s not gonna be  

27:00 what would Isheanesu do if there was no software Write make music or act  

31:00I’m really disappointed   

32:00 zimbabwean youth have few role models

New episode on the Zim tech scene with Ruvimbo Mambinge!  Ruvimbo is a dev + data scientist & friend (:  1:00Who is Ruvimbo? 2:32 How did you decide to get into data analytics and tech in general? 4:00 Being very few girls in tech 4:40 Belonging in tech as a woman 6:00 Focus on mastering a framework then learn others 8:25 when did you start learning computer science 10:00 General attitude towards computer science in Zim 11:00 People not understanding how a “simple” feature might still take time 12:00 People need the advantages of data science for a business.  You can lose money from not making data driven decisions. 15:00 Empathy for software engineers 18:00 Blogging on tech Teaching to other people 20:00 How do you get a job in software engineering 24:00 What do you do when taking a break from coding 26:00 Go to karaoke song 26:50 favorite pizza topping favorite genre of film or tv 28:47 best music on the Zimbabwean scene 29:00 What else can you reach out to Ruvimbo for? 30:56 Advice for the Zimbabwean youth

1:32 Who is George Chakama? 2:50 What was your perception getting into software engineering versus what you know now? 6:00 Why did George drop out of university and go straight into the computer science industry. 8:30 What’s the process of trying to get a job as a developer in Zimbabwe? 13:00 People diverting from what they’ve studied in university  16:30 Why George is building a community of Zim developers 24:00 Any projects you’re working on right now? 27:00 Rapid fire questions 32:00 George’s message to the Zimbabwean youth Invest in IT The secret of getting ahead is to get started

This podcast with Forget Shareka really got thinking about how as a nation we need to be more involved in all parts of the supply chain in agribusiness.  Agriculture is associated negative stereotypes. But you know something?

I’ve observed that most developed countries have a solid agricultural system. They absolutely do not take it for granted.  Now add climate change to that which will not spare our favorable weather So. We Zimbabweans should be making all the hay we can while the sun is shining.

I know there’s a lot of improvement in the agribusiness and I’m inspired by seeing some farmers here on Twitter doing the work.  But I just wanna encourage anyone who has the interest to be involved in the agribusiness supply chain.   It’s lame that some thinks it’s lame.

Remember, the rule is often you wanna have more exports than imports as a country.  And you probably know how it’s been going these past years.  We can change that. We can.  

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1:36 handling constant changes

2:00 knowing when to say no

3:45 how forget got into agronomie engineering.

7:50 the perspective zimboz have on agriculture needs to change

12:00 Origins of Chashi foods and being able to create

15:00 Forget’s vision for Africa

30:00 practising simple bookkeeping

31:45 Practise timing

34:00 People want to see a prototype

39:00 what does Forget hope people take away