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Episode #31: Investing International Capital in Africa

Listen now | In today’s episode, we speak with Patricia Rinke, an investor at AfricInvest about the introduction of international capital to Africa, the key ingredients of a vibrant, innovative startup ecosystem across the continent, and advice for African entrepreneurs wanting to raise capital from VCs.

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Episode #30: Expanding Access to Primary Health Care Across Africa

Listen now | In this episode, we speak with Itoro Inoyo and Jennie Nwokoye and of Clafiya, a startup working within this sector to expand access to affordable, quality primary health care. Keep up to date with innovations, tech trends, and entrepreneurs in Africa by subscribing to Digital Africa.

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Episode #29: The Creator Economy in Africa; Opportunities and Trends

Listen now | In this episode, we spoke to Karl Carter, Snake Nation's CEO, about the African creator space, its connection to culture, and its role in Africa's future economy. Keep up to date with innovations, tech trends, and entrepreneurs in Africa by subscribing to Digital Africa.

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Episode #28: Google in Africa

In this episode, we speak to Nitin Gajria, Managing Director - Sub-Saharan Africa at Google about how the company is increasing its intuition of Africa, helping grow the tech sector and expanding the supply of developers on the continent.

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Episode #27: Marketing Strategies for African Startups

Listen now | In this episode, we explore marketing strategies from an investor perspective - what works, what doesn’t work, and other useful insights from a VC. Highlights 💬 Telling your story and simplifying your pitch 👥 The importance of user groups when building communities and a userbase

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Episode #26: Is Data is Africa’s Biggest Problem?

Listen now | With recent announcements of new early-stage venture funds entering the African landscape and the ecstatic response from the continent’s tech space, one may believe this to be a rare occasion. But it’s not. Rather, venture capital has consistently grown over the past few years, ramping up from

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Episode #25: Giving the Cosmetic Industry a Facelift Using AI

Listen now | In this episode, we explore the ways in which AI is being deployed in the eCommerce industry with Jean Marie Uwabeza Vianney, CEO and Co-Founder of Yuko.AI, a company focused on optimizing the skincare market by utilizing AI to create hyper-personalized shopping experiences.

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Episode #24: ECommerce and Last Mile Delivery in Africa

Listen now | In this episode, we spoke with the CEO and Co-Founder of Chommie, CJ Dumeni about digitizing and expanding the last-mile delivery sector in Africa - a sector boosted by recent lockdown restrictions forcing both businesses and customers online; some of which for the first time ever.

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Episode #23: Building Infrastructure for the African eCommerce Industry

Listen now | In this episode, we explore the transition to eCommerce across Sub-Saharan Africa and how unique technology such as Airbuy (Co-Founder Njabulo Makhathini is today’s guest), is being used to include even the unbanked and unfamiliar with online shopping, in this economy-wide movement.

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Episode #22: VC Investing in the African Gaming Sector with Josh Chapman

Listen now | In this episode, we spoke with Josh Chapman, co-founder and managing director of Konvoy Ventures, a Colorado-based VC focused on the gaming sector with plans to expand throughout emerging markets, about the massive opportunities in the African market when it comes to gaming.

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