SCIX African Trade Talks

In this episode, Ike shares his reflections on the early days of Kobo360, an African company that is digitising cargo delivery and connecting truck drivers with cargo companies.He highlights issues around accessing funding, the infrustructure constriants on the continent and the need to build brand credibility.

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In this episode Kenneth shares the highlights of his entrepreneurship journey reflecting on his earlier failures and how those have shaped his current successes. Kenneth offers some reflections on the growth of digital marketing on the continent and lastly forwards some advice for early stage entrepreneurs seeking funding.

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In this episode Kimbeng Tah, provides an overview of the economy and business environment in The Gambia. Kimbeng highlights the country's strategic importance as an English speaking gateway into Europe off Africa's francophone west coast. In a final analysis he notes the importance of the AfCFTA's dispute resolution protocol towards the harmonization of the African continent's investment environment.

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In this episode Eva provides an overview of the role and mandate of the East Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Association. She further gives an account of the domestic economic conditions that have aided the East African Community's rise as a leading investment destination on the continent as well as some of the leading challenges faced by foreign investors.

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In this episode Beenzu provides an overview of the trade finance landscape on the continent highlighting the Covid induced shifts in transaction sizes and costs. She gives an account for the low usage of factoring on the continent and her expectations of how the AfCFTA will positively impact trade financing in Africa.

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In this episode, Tunde provides us an in-depth analysis of Africa's Infrastructure paradox, highlighting the leading causes for the high project failure rate on the continent

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In this epsiode, Mbakiso discusses some of the most pertinent customs related trade issues facing the continent at large. He unpacks the short to long term costs and benefits of trade liberalization most importantly noting that the short term reduction in government revenue from custom duties, can be offset by the long terms benefits of intergration into intercontinental value chains, if African country's are able to strategically position their domestic industries.

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Alon Lits, Uber's first employee on the continent. Alon shares some of the highlights of his time at Uber, reflecting on the launch of the first product in South Africa in 2013, to setting up the bussiness in six other sub-saharan countries whilst incorporating over sixty thousand drivers into the business. He goes on to provide his thoughts on some of the continents leading passanger transport related issues including the rise of electric vehicles, modal densification and the major challenges surrounding the e-hailing sub-sector.

In this Episode Leslie provides us with a brief history of the TKC,highlighting the organization's leading acheivements to date. The TKC has been a significant contributor to the regional intergration project with some of its trade related rules and standards being adopted by SACU and significantly influencing SADC initiatives.

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In this episode our guest is Creck Buyonge Mirito, Principal Consultant & CEO Customs & International Trade Associates Limited. Creck reflects on the importance of travel towards gaining more accurate perceptions on the conditions in many African countries, noting that the media often does not provide a true representation of conditions on the ground. He goes on to provide a brief history of one stop border cooperation within the East African Community, which predates the establishment of One Stop Border posts across the continent. Creck also offers his perspectives on the EAC's trade facilitation interventations in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. He further provides an overview of the leading customs clearing technoligies in use across the continent, emphasizing the need for business process re-enginerring to be done prior to the automation of customs clearing systems, in order for automation to be a gainful process.