The TechTrends Podcast

How do you grow a Lagos tech firm into a pan-African enterprise powerhouse? Live from WSO2Con Africa 2026 in Nairobi, we talk to Tope Ajao, Chief Delivery Officer at Bluechip Technologies, about scaling across nine African countries and into Europe.

We cover:

• Bluechip’s journey from a 2008 BI specialist to a data, AI and enterprise solutions firm
• Digital transformation for 50+ clients in banking, telecoms, oil and gas, FMCG and the public sector
• Delivering across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, the DRC and the UAE
• The YarnGPT acquisition and voice AI for Nigerian languages
• Where WSO2 fits alongside SAP and Oracle
• Tope’s advice for African firms scaling across borders

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Live from WSO2Con Africa 2026 in Nairobi, the TechTrends Podcast sits down with Wellington Nheta, Managing Director of Adept Solution in Zimbabwe.We talk about:What typically prompts clients to start an integration or modernization projectWhy Adapt Solution builds on WSO2’s platformHow clients define success, and where the journey gets hardestWhat it takes to deliver this work from a Zimbabwe baseWhere integration, API management and digital transformation are heading across the regionSubscribe to the TechTrends Podcast for more conversations with the technology leaders, partners and customers shaping Africa’s digital future.More tech news: www.techtrendsmedia.co.kePartnerships and enquiries: [email protected]#WSO2Con #WSO2ConAfrica2026 #TechTrendsPodcast #TechTrendsMedia #APIManagement #EnterpriseIntegration #DigitalTransformation #AfricaTech #Zimbabwe

Live from WSO2Con Africa 2026 in Nairobi, the TechTrends Podcast sits down with Sharath Kumar Chakali, Head of Integration at Kulana Services Ltd in India.We talk about:1. What Kulana’s clients typically need from an integration partner2. Why Kulana builds its practice around WSO2’s platform3. How success is measured on integration projects, and the hardest challenges along the way4. How the integration landscape in India compares with African markets5. Where integration and API management are heading, including agentic AISubscribe to the TechTrends Podcast for more conversations with the technology leaders, partners and customers shaping Africa’s digital future.More tech news: www.techtrendske.co.kePartnerships and enquiries: [email protected]#WSO2Con #WSO2ConAfrica2026 #TechTrendsPodcast #TechTrendsMedia #APIManagement #EnterpriseIntegration #DigitalTransformation #AfricaTech #India

In this episode of The TechTrends Podcast, we sit down with Bonke Michael, Acting Managing Director of Airtel Money Kenya, to unpack one of East Africa's most closely watched fintech stories right now.We also get into the Rudishiwa cashback programme, the newly launched Bizna Wallet for small businesses, and where Bonke sees Airtel Money Kenya heading over the next few years.#TheTechTrendsPodcast #TechTrendsMedia #AirtelMoney

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Before leading Group Digital Business at I&M Bank, Eunice Gatama helped build Fuliza M-PESA at Safaricom — one of East Africa's most iconic digital finance products.

In this episode, she joins Nick Kanali to unpack how that experience shapes her approach to digital banking, and what it takes to lead digital strategy across five markets: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Mauritius.

We dig into I&M Bank's digital transformation - 90% of new-to-bank customers onboarding digitally, 5x growth in transactions, and where digital banking and financial inclusion are headed next in the region.

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Africa's AI moment is here - but most enterprises aren't ready for it. The challenge isn't access to AI tools. It's the foundational infrastructure underneath: APIs, integration, identity, and governance. Get that wrong, and every AI initiative fails.

In this episode, Nixon Kanali sits down with Dinal Gooneratne, VP and General Manager for Africa at WSO2, ahead of WSO2Con Africa 2026 - the first-ever WSO2 flagship conference on the continent, coming to Nairobi's JW Marriott this September.

They get into what "Building the Agentic Enterprise" actually means for a CIO still running legacy infrastructure, why Africa has delivered 30% year-on-year revenue growth for WSO2, what Stima Sacco, MVola, and Uganda's e-government backbone tell us about getting the foundations right, and why digital sovereignty is no longer just a talking point — it's a boardroom decision.

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• Guest: Dinal Goonewardena, VP & GM Africa, WSO2

• WSO2Con Africa 2026 - 22–24 September, JW Marriott Nairobi
• Register: https://wso2.com/wso2con/2026/africa/

From selling TECNO smartphones across Africa to building a water purification company serving 10,000+ customers in Kenya and Nigeria — this is the story of Yanxiong Zhong, Co-Founder and CEO of iClear Wellife.In this episode, Zhong joins TechTrends to unpack the problem most people never think about: water can look and taste fine and still not be safe to drink. He shares how six years in senior commercial roles at Transsion Holdings shaped his understanding of African markets, why he chose Reverse Osmosis technology to solve Kenya's water quality challenges, and how iClear is scaling a hardware-plus-service business across two countries.

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Mark Mwaniki, Commercial Director, Verto East Africa, joins the TechTrends Podcast to unpack how businesses are moving money across African borders and why every payment corridor is a different problem to solve.

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Africa's venture ecosystem raised $3.9 billion in 2025 - but funding still concentrates in a few hubs. In this episode, Nick Kanali talks to Alex Okosi, Managing Director for Africa at Google, about the AI accelerator turning African deep-tech profitable: 60% of the latest cohort already generating $60K in monthly revenue.They dig into what's driving the shift, what's still fragile, why only 15 startups made it through from nearly 2,600 applicants, and where Google draws the line on its responsibility for Africa's digital infrastructure gap.Listen to the full conversation on the TechTrends Podcast.#AfricaTech #AI #Google #Startups #VentureCapital

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Can drone technology help solve some of Kenya's biggest agricultural challenges?In this episode of The TechTrends Podcast, host Nixon Kanali sits down with Hawkins Musili, General Manager of Fahari Aviation, to explore how drones are revolutionizing farming through precision agriculture, aerial mapping, crop analytics, and data-driven decision-making.

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