In the fifth episode of our podcast, we interview Tom Makau, Lead Consultant of Scipo Systems. He is an industry veteran with 20 years experience in the technology space.  We had a long chat about building networks, how to avoid outages, how networks work and what led to the recent Facebook outage.

The podcast is sponsored by VMware. 

Learn more about VMware here http://www.vmware.com   

VMware also leads in providing 5G, NFV and Telco Cloud infrastructure. 

Learn more about  VMware's telco solutions: 

VMware Telco: https://telco.vmware.com 

VMware Telco Cloud Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2qxoYekDqA

In the fourth episode of our podcast, we interview Morten Bangsgaard, CTIO of Safaricom Limited. We spoke about his background, Safaricom's evolution and it's long term tech strategy. 

Safaricom PLC is a listed Kenyan mobile network operator headquartered at Nairobi, Kenya. It is the largest telecommunications provider in Kenya, and one of the most profitable companies in the East and Central Africa region. The company offers mobile telephony, mobile money transfer, payment, enterprise services, corporate voice, consumer electronics, ecommerce, cloud computing, data, music streaming, and fibre optic services. It is most renowned as the home of MPESA, a mobile banking SMS-based service.

Morten Bangsgaard joined Safaricom from Maxis, a Malaysia-based communications provider in November of 2020. 

Prior to joining Maxis, Morten was Senior Vice President for Network Planning and Build with TDC, Denmark, responsible for planning, designing and building mobile, fixed and coax networks. Prior to that, he held various roles in TDC, including Chief Information Officer, Head of Network Development and Strategy as well as Head of Market Support. Before TDC, Morten held several roles at Ericsson Denmark, Sweden and UK.

Morten holds a Master in Mathematics and Economics from Aarhus University, Denmark.

Pure Infrastructure Limited is a company incorporated in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2020. We offer cloud consulting services, helping organisations to define and deploy their cloud technology strategies.

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In this episode, we interview Ranjith Cherickel, CEO of iColo, the first fully carrier neutral datacenter operator in Kenya. We spoke about the the business of datacenter, why he got into them and their importance to internet connectivity and technology adoption. We also covered iColo's plans to build a 2400, 20MW datacenter, the largest in Sub Saharan Africa

In the second episode of the podcast, Phares Kariuki interviews Jeremiah Chunge, Head of Alternative Channels and Technology at Genghis Capital Limited. He is an industry veteran with close to 20 years experience in the technology space. The podcast is sponsored by VMware. Learn more about VMware here http://www.vmware.com

In the inaugural episode of our podcast, Phares Kariuki interview's Tom Makau, CEO of Scipio Systems. He is an industry veteran with 20 years experience in the technology space.

This podcast has been produced in conjunction with CIO East Africa.

The podcast is sponsored by VMware. Learn more about VMware here http://www.vmware.com

VMware also leads in providing 5G, NFV and Telco Cloud infrastructure. Learn more about VMware's telco solutions:

VMware Telco: https://telco.vmware.com

VMware Telco Cloud Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2qxoYekDqA

VMware Telco Cloud Automation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSiwQC2LII4 https://telco.vmware.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2qxoYekDqA