It’s part of what we hope is a continued deepening and maturation of the medium in African media spheres. But what does it take to build a successful and sustainable podcasting enterprise in these contexts, when so much the discussion on podcasting is focused on North America and Europe?

To get the conversation started, SAMIP hosted a roundtable discussion featuring expert voices from our own cohort and the industry to share reflections on what it takes to reach sustainability with their podcast products and companies on the African continent.

GUEST: PAUL MCNALLY - CEO and Co-Founder VOLUME

20-year old Tony McPherson believes in quality healthcare and medical access for all
After identifying a need for medical consumables and disposables to difficult-to-deliver regions and rural communities across Africa, 20-year old Capetonian, Tony McPherson launched McPherson Trading, a tender based procurement consultancy to help fill this gap. Since opening doors in January 2019, the company has serviced countries such as Mali, Malawi, Tanzania, the DRC, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen, and consigned roughly R30 million worth of stock to date.

GUEST: TONY MCPHERSON - Entrepreneur

PROF HELEN REES- Chair of The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). Member of the World Health Organisation International Health Regulations (IHR) Committee in Covid 19. Medical researcher and the founder and Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute of the University of Witwatersrand

During the last weekend of August 2020, Jamie Marais became the only known person to cycle a vertical ascent of 9,000 metres, the equivalent elevation of Mount Everest (8,845m), in a Big 5 game reserve over 36 hours. Jamie chose to put himself through extreme discomfort and great personal risk to raise much needed funds to protect endangered wildlife and feed communities affected by COVID-19.

GUEST: JAMIE MARIAS - Endurance Athlete

Katlego Maphai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Yoco, an African technology company that builds tools and services to help small businesses get paid, run their business better, and grow.

Yoco offers card payment acceptance, software-driven business tools and working capital. Katlego was born to aca-demic parents in Johannesburg in 1983, their work took the young Maphai from Soweto to Cape Town, Cambridge, Princeton, Palo Alto, Pretoria and eventually back to Cape Town.

Guest: DAVID DONDE - Entrepreneur, Founder of Truth Coffee & Co Founder of SCASA

Guest: Mpumelelo Mtintso - the founder of Book iBhoni, a bicycle tour company in Soweto that doubles as a book donation drive for rural libraries

At the start of Heritage Month 2020, South African Heritage Publishers, in co-operation with the University of Pretoria, are thrilled to make the following announcement about ancestral writings they came across during their research to identify historical events to be included in the Our Story series:

GUEST: TERENCE BALL - Publisher at Heritage Publishers

“Dear Start-up Entrepreneur" -by Tshepo Moses Mosiedi
entrepreneur, accountant, and business consultant.

In this book the author outlines the principles and concepts that he wishes he could have been exposed to when he faced and experienced challenges of starting his own business.

GUEST: TSHEPO MOSIEDI - Entrepreneur

“Today, South Africa is facing a crisis on three fronts. We face an energy crisis, an economic crisis and an unemployment crisis. they present us with unprecedented challenges that will require concerted effort, innovative thinking and speed”. This is from the opinion piece “Wake Up The sun is Shining” by Wido Schnabel, Chairperson of SAPVIA (South African Photovoltaic Industry Association)

GUEST: CHANDA NXUMALO - Spokesperson for SAPVIA

Tomorrow is International Day of Clean Air for blue skies
UN Member States recognize the need to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination by 2030,

GUEST: CECELIA NJENGA - Head of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

After a decade of connecting people to nature through world-class storytelling, Cape Town based NGO, the Sea Change Project are about to unveil their first feature documentary titled My Octopus Teacher. It will premiere on Netflix to-morrow Monday, 7 September. The film showcases the delicate ecosystem that lies beneath the waves in The Great African Sea Forest for the very first time.

GUEST: PIPPA EHRLICH Director of the My Octopus Teach & Environmental Journalist.