In this episode of Reframed, I chat to João Barreto - Head of Innovation & PMO at Nestlé - about the company's new Nestlé Hatcher initiative. 

I'm also joined by Angel, one of the co-founders of Rum Ratings which is one of the startups working with Nestlé Hatcher. 

You can learn more about Nestlé Hatcher here: Hatcher | Nestlé (nestle-esar.com)

And Rum Ratings here: The Global Rum Community | Rum Ratings

For tech news, head to: reframed

And for startup news: Ventureburn - Startup news for emerging markets

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The new normal is a phrase that we've all heard being used to describe the way that productivity has changed in the past 2 years.

While the discussion often centers around companies and employees adapting to remote or hybrid ways of working, I think that it should also be used to describe how the software and technologies we use should work together to help us achieve our goals, but in order to do that, the big tech companies would need to adopt a strategy that breaks down the silos of communication and foster an environment of communication, problem-solving and finding the best solution for the end-user.



RedHat is a company that embodies all of these qualities and more. In our second episode of this special series, I'll be chatting to Johan Scheepers Senior Manager of Solution Architects at Red Hat in Sub-Saharan Africa about who RedHat actually is and why their impressive customer-centric ethos as well as why partnering RedHat is the best option for your business

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Facebook, the parent company of the incredibly popular apps - Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp, and Instagram - has recently rebranded to Meta and announced a shift in the company's direction to focus on the metaverse.



Since the announcement, the internet has been abuzz with pretty much everyone talking, and speculating, about the metaverse.



To better understand what the metaverse is and why Facebook rebranded to Meta, I spoke to Derya Matras -  VP Middle East, Africa, and Turkey at Meta.

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Did you know that despite the fact that water covers 70% of our planet, only 3% of the world's water is fresh, two-thirds of that is tucked away in frozen glaciers or is otherwise unavailable for our use and that as a result some 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to water, and a total of 2.7 billion find water scarce for at least one month of the year?



Water is our most precious natural resource, but faced with an increasing global population, over-exploitation, and pollution, this resource is under threat.  



In today's episode, I'll be speaking to Sheila de Carvalho, Director Business Unit: Industry & Smart Asset Management at Royal HaskoningDHV, about how technology can be used to address the water crisis. We'll be looking at the optimal use of water systems, smart solutions, efficient IT, monitoring, analysis, integration, and big data management.

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Since 2013, Facebook Connectivity has helped bring more than 500M people online to a faster internet and now aims to enable affordable, high-quality connectivity for the next billion people with emerging technologies.

Commenting on the new connectivity technologies, Dan Rabinovitsj, VP of Facebook Connectivity said, “ We have seen that economies flourish when there is widely accessible internet for individuals and businesses. In Nigeria, increased broadband connectivity resulted in a 7.8 percent increase in the likelihood of employment for people in areas connected to fibre optic cables. While increased connectivity led to a 19 percent increase in GDP per capita in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Facebook Connectivity  works with partners to develop new technologies for access to high speed internet. Today we’re sharing the latest developments on some of these connectivity technologies, which aim to deliver major improvements in internet capacity across the world by sea, land, and air.”

In this episode of the Reframed Tech podcast, I speak to Ibrahima Ba, Director, Network Investments - Emerging Markets at Facebook about the company's recent announcement surrounding its efforts to bring the next billion people online.

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Following the success of Vertuo in numerous countries across North America, Europe, and Asia, the Vertuo Next range is now available in South Africa, where many consumers prefer a large coffee, often starting their day with one that is more than 200ml.



In this episode, I speak to Yassir Corpataux, Nespresso Coffee Ambassador, about the new Vertuo line, sustainability, and why Nespresso is bringing this incredibly advanced machine to South Africa now.

Vertuo Next comes in three colours: Light Grey, Cherry Red, and Matt Black. While Vertuo Next Premium is available in Classic Black and Vertuo Next Deluxe is available in Dark Chrome.

Vertuo Next systems start from R 3,499.00

For more information on each of the machines go to za.buynespresso.com

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According to a report released by Accenture, digital initiatives can help South Africa unlock over R5 trillion in value

over the next decade—with value of R1.4 trillion created in 2026 alone. Despite this promising outlook, South Africa is falling behind with digitisation according to a report from PwC

In this episode, I speak to Charmain Houvet, Senior Director: Government Affairs at Cisco Africa, about the hurdles that need to be overcome with regards to digitisation in South Africa — and the rest of the continent — digital inequality and the socio-economic impacts we face if it’s not addressed as well as the importance of diversity. inclusivity and representation in the internet of the future.

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If you’ve been online anytime in the past few months you’ve probably heard of Clubhouse, the social audio app that’s spurred a new wave of live audio services from some of the biggest names in social media.

Founded by Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, Clubhouse was initially released exclusively on iOS back in March of 2020 and it’s only in May 2021 that the company launched an app for Android users.  Despite this delay in catering to Android users, Clubhouse managed to amass an incredible 600 000 registered users by December 2020 and just a few months later, in March 2021, that number had grown to over 10 million weekly active users.

Recently, the company has announced a range of new offerings including a partnership with Ted - the brand behind the popular Ted Talks -  payments for content creators, and most recently, spatial audio.

I spoke to Justin Uberti, Clubhouse’s Head of Streaming, about the new spatial audio feature, the future of audio, and how Clubhouse is able to be both the underdog and the unicorn that everyone in the tech world is trying to emulate.

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In this special episode of the Tech Reframed podcast, I speak to Dion Harvey - Regional GM for Red Hat Sub-Saharan Africa - about:

• Red Hat's State of Enterprise Open Source Report, 


• The OpenShift alliance with AWS,


• Local (South African) adoption of cloud and open source compared to adoption in the rest of the world,


• Plans for growth in South Africa and the rest of the continent,


• How Red Hat is supporting local businesses and enterprises as they migrate to the cloud.

I also learn about Kubernetes and clear up some of the biggest misconceptions about Open Source.

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There's a belief that investing is only for the rich, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In this week's episode, myself and Yaaseen Barnes speak to Thomas Brennen, CEO, and co-founder of Franc – an investment app that helps more people invest more by making investing affordable, accessible, and social.

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