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Africa Tech Summit Podcast

Africa Tech Summit is the leading event series focused on African tech and investment with Summits globally. Africa Tech Summit Podcast continues the conversation with industry leaders, investors, and corporates providing you with insights from across the African tech scene.

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EP44: Borderless by Design: Building Seamless Cross-Border Payments Across Africa with Fincra

Recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, this episode features Emmanuel Babalola, Chief Commercial Officer at Fincra. Fincra is one of Africa's leading fintechs, building payment infrastructure that helps businesses collect, convert, and settle money across the continent's fragmented currency landscape. In this conversation, Babs explores how Fincra is building borderless payment rails that…

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EP43: Driving Blockchain Adoption in Africa with the Cardano Foundation

Recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, this episode features Andreas Pletscher, Chief Operating Officer of the Cardano Foundation. The Cardano Foundation is a non-profit organisation focused on advancing blockchain adoption through education, ecosystem development and real-world applications of decentralized technology. In this conversation, Andreas explores how blockchain is being applied…

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EP42: The Future of Crypto in Africa: Regulation, Stablecoins and Borderless Finance with VALR

Recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, this episode features Farzam Ehsani, Co-Founder and CEO of VALR. As one of Africa's leading cryptocurrency exchanges, VALR is building the infrastructure for faster, more accessible and borderless financial services across the continent. In this conversation, Farzam explores the evolution of Africa's crypto ecosystem, Kenya's emerging regulatory…

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EP41: AI, Talent and the Future of Software Development with Andela

Recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, this episode features Carrol Chang, CEO of Andela. Founded on the belief that brilliance exists everywhere but opportunity does not, Andela has evolved into a global talent marketplace connecting skilled technologists with opportunities around the world. In this conversation, Carrol explores how artificial intelligence is transforming software…

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EP40: From Research to Revenue: How CMU Africa is Backing the Next Generation of African Startups

Recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, this episode features Stanley Mukasa, Associate Director of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University Africa. CMU Africa is helping startups bridge the gap between innovative ideas and sustainable businesses through its incubation programmes, mentorship, funding and access to technical talent. In this conversation, Stanley shares how the university…

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EP39: Behind the Rails: Building Reliable Payments Across Africa with pawaPay

Recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, this episode features Jamie Steell, Chief Operating Officer at pawaPay. pawaPay is a key player in Africa’s payments ecosystem, building infrastructure designed to handle the complexity and fragmentation of payment systems across the continent. In this conversation, Jamie breaks down what it really takes to scale payments in Africa -from navigating…

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EP38: Breaking Borders: Building Seamless Cross-Border Payments in Africa with PESA

Recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, this episode features Wale Afolabi, Co-Founder and CTO of PESA. PESA is building infrastructure to simplify cross-border payments—helping individuals and businesses move money instantly across markets including the UK, EU, US, UAE, and Nigeria, with expansion across Africa underway. In this conversation, Wale breaks down the realities behind…

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EP37: The Digital Revolution: Enhancing Cross-Border Payments in Africa

The Digital Revolution: Enhancing Cross-Border Payments in Africa – Panel at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 featuring insights and views from Eric Wainaina – General Manager, Africa at Conduit, Yemi Lawani – Director of Business Development at Circle Iheakachi Nwabueze – Head of Global Marketing and Growth at Grey Dr. Collins Igwe – CFO at Budpay and moderated by Paschal Okeke – Head of…

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EP36: The Truth About Venture Capital; Unveiling Today’s Trend & Reality

Listen to a live panel on "The Truth About Venture Capital; Unveiling Today’s Trend & Reality" recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi. Visit our website for more details and future events: www.africatechsummit.com . With Jason Njoku – Founder at NjokuZilla Andreata Muforo – Partner at TLcom Capital Selma Farouk – Investment Analyst at DPI VC Maxime Bayen – Operating Partner at Catalyst Fund…

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EP35: Africa's FinTech Frontier: Payments & Growth Opportunities

Listen to a live panel on "Africa's FinTech Frontier: Payments & Growth Opportunities" recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi. Visit our website for more details and future events: www.africatechsummit.com . Featuring Didi Uwemakpan - VP at Moniepoint Adesoji Solanke - Head of FinTech & Banks, Investment Banking Origination at Absa Shay Hamilton - CEO at Tola Saruni Maina - Associate VP at…

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