Part Two of Season One of the Afruturist Podcast, The Diary of The Hub Manager — a conversation with movers and shakers of African innovation and technology entrepreneurship with Peter Kisadha (PK), Principal Manager, Research, Future Africa, Nigeria. In this episode of the Afruturist Podcast, I caught up with PK, reflecting on Uganda and Nigeria's Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem. PK is well vested in innovation ecosystems and the investment landscape in Africa. He was the...

Part Two of Season One of the Afruturist Podcast, The Diary of The Hub Manager — a conversation with movers and shakers of African innovation and technology entrepreneurship with Mara Michelo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jacaranda Hub, Zambia. In this episode of the Afruturist Podcast, I caught up with Mara, reflecting on Zambia’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem. Zambia startup ecosystem is one of the oldest ecosystems, with some of the earliest players in the African ecosystem,...

This is the Season One of the Afruturist Podcast, The Diary of The Hub Manager. I’m discussing with movers and shakers of African innovation and technology entrepreneurship. This is a conversation with Sheilah Birgen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), The Cord. We reflected with Sheilah about the Kenya Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship ecosystem. We looked into the role of different players of the ecosystem in supporting ecosystem growth. We explore the role played by Academic...

This is the Season One of the Afruturist Podcast, The Diary of The Hub Manager. I’m discussing with movers and shakers of African innovation and technology entrepreneurship. This is a conversation with Michael Oluwagbemi, Cofounder and Executive Partner, LoftyInc Allied Partners. We reflected with Michael about the Nigerian innovation and technology entrepreneurship ecosystem. We talked about the recent success of Nigerian startups. We talked about building LoftyInc, lessons learned along the...

This is the Season One of the Afruturist Podcast, The Diary of The Hub Manager. I'm discussing with movers and shakers of African innovation and technology entrepreneurship. This is a conversation with Awil Osman, CEO of Silicon Horn Somalia. Awil Osman is among the most active players in Somalia's emerging innovation and technology entrepreneurship ecosystem. Motivated by what was happening in Nairobi, Kenya, Awil kickstarted his career working with different startups in both Kenya and...

This is the Season One of the Afruturist Podcast, The Diary of The Hub Manager. I'm discussing with movers and shakers of African innovation and technology entrepreneurship. This is a conversation with Vincent Kumwenda, CEO of mHub Malawi. We talked about everything Malawian innovation, technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem; support to grassroots innovators, funding mechanisms, solutions and government role. Vincent Kumwenda is among the Champions in building the Malawian innovation and...

This is a conversation with Josiah Kwesi, CEO and Co-founder of Ispace Ghana, one of the leading innovation hubs in Ghana. Ghana is among the leading startup ecosystems in Africa. The country comes just after the top four Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt. I'm reflecting on Josiah lessons learned from the ecosystem and what are the next practical steps of the Ghanaian and African innovation ecosystem at large. We talked about different blocks of the ecosystems and how they...