This is an update episode from the host, Jaydee Tarpeh. 

Chiziterem Uwaga is the creator of the podcast concept Afreviews. Afreviews, for now, is a mobile podcast. There are new global African hosts for every episode and they first read a short African story and then talk about it over the length of the episode. 

Atti Worku is the Founder/CEO of Seeds of Africa, an NGO that creates holistic education and community development centers in urban communities in Ethiopia. A former fashion model, Worku won Miss Ethiopia in 2005 and represented Ethiopia in Miss Universe. She is a graduate of Columbia University.

Mario Rigby was born in the Turks and Caicos Islands and spent his childhood in a small village near Stuttgart, Germany, before moving to Toronto, Canada at age 16. Rigby recently completed his Crossing Africa journey, a two-year trek walking and kayaking from Cape Town, South Africa to Cairo, Egypt – all while sharing his experiences on social media and inspiring people across the continent, and the globe, to get out, be brave, and see the world.

Bryan Obonyo is 24-year-old Kenyan, Born & Bred in South London UK. He is also the founder of The Ubunifu Space channel which is an online based platform which aims to shed light on all the various sounds and styles of creative art coming out form the African Continent and also in the diaspora.

Our guest on the show today is Madame Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Former president of Liberia, Nobel Laureate, and winner of the 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. She is one of the most influential women in Africa and in the world. In 2005, Madame Sirleaf was elected as the 24th president of Liberia and made history as the first elected female head of state in Africa. On the episode today, she talks about life after the presidency, her advice to young people, and her legacy.

Lola Akinmade Åkerström is an award-winning Nigerian-born travel photographer and writer based in Stockholm, Sweden. She worked as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for 12+ years in the United States before transitioning to work and travel full-time as a Photographer. She is the editor-in-chief for Slow Travel Stockholm and the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Muster Award recipient. Her work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, amongst others.

Our guest for today is Dr. Chenolo L. Njaka. She is a social scientist and researcher based in Peckham, London, UK. She is a Nigerian American who group up in Minnesota, USA and later moved to England for postgraduate studies. She holds a MA in Culture, Globalisation and the City from the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Manchester in 2017.

Sócrates Carvalho best known as Sucá, very known name in the islands of Cape Verde and Diaspora where there is a Cape Verdean community. Sócrates Carvalho has been an icon of society for positivity that his name has been ingrained, encouraging young people not to depend on the government but to achieve their own job and success. He is an example of young entrepreneurship, through their brand SIGUI SABURA.

Angel Rich is a powerhouse. Frankly, if she is not currently on your radar, you are missing something and it's time to pay attention. She is the founder and CEO of The Wealth Factory (WealthyLife), an ed-tech company that creates products to let people everywhere have equal access to financial literacy. Her first product is the popular and acclaimed financial literacy game, Credit Stacker, which got 250,000 downloads in only ten days. She is the Author of History of The Black Dollar.

Kamil is a true embodiment of a global thinker making local impact who has lived, schooled, worked and/or visited 30+ countries on 5 continents. He considers himself a "global citizen"​ with a passion for Africa. He is the Founder & CEO, Most Influential 100 Company. He has a master’s degree in Global Affairs with concentrations in Economics, International Relations and International Law from the Center for Global Change and Governance at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.

Frantz Saintellemy started as an immigrant kid from Haiti, who couldn’t speak English or French, worked his way to making millions of dollars and is now helping other black entrepreneurs make their vision possible. He founded Groupe 3737 in a majority-black neighborhood, in St. Michel, northeast of Montreal, the third poorest borough in Canada. It has become the largest private incubator in Quebec. He talks about the process that went into establishing one of the more successful incubators...

Iyinoluwa is the CEO and Co-founder of Flutterwave and a co-founder of Andela. Flutterwave is a global payments technology company helping to connect Africa to the global digital economy with payments infrastructure that helps financial institutions and businesses build with a focus a more seamless and secure payments experience for their customers. Flutterwave has grown to be one of the fastest growing payments in the world.

Iyinoluwa is the CEO and Co-founder of Flutterwave and a co-founder of Andela. Flutterwave is a global payments technology company helping to connect Africa to the global digital economy with payments infrastructure that helps financial institutions and businesses build with a focus a more seamless and secure payments experience for their customers. Flutterwave has grown to be one of the fastest growing payments in the world.

Christian Benimana, now a TED Fellow, dreamed of becoming an architect, but there were no design schools in his home country of Rwanda, so he applied and was accepted to Tongji University in Shanghai, China. Not letting his inability to speak Mandarin stand in his way, he spent a year gaining fluency before pursuing his degree in architecture. Upon returning to Rwanda, Christian joined MASS Design Group as a Global Health Corps Design Fellow in 2010, and today directs the firm’s Rwanda...

Today's guest is Ashley Akuna, Host & Producer of the GrapeVine show. Hailing from Maplewood, NJ, by way of San Antonio, Texas, by way of Nigeria, Ashley Akunna has always had a keen interest in the visual medium of storytelling. After completing her degree in Film at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, she created The Grapevine to address the unique perspective of millennials such as herself. She is a creative, who strongly believes in the power of fantasy and dancing in the...

Today's guest, Efua Kumea Asibon, is the co-founder of Dislabelled. While growing up in Ghana, she was concerned about the relegation of people with disability to a life of poverty and begging. She and her co-founders, Nana Ama Akowuah and Sedinam Worlanyo, founded the social enterprise right out of high school to combat the stigma and marginalization that these people face. 

Our guest today started life as a poultry farmer with no knowledge or background in technology. But because of curiosity, he found all the right ways to teach himself and using that knowledge to start his own small tech company before going on to work for what is now the premier online hotel booking service in Nigeria, Hotels.ng.  His name is Yemi Johnson.

Randi and Alishia are two entrepreneurs trying to make traveling less of a hassle or shock for black millennials in a world where travel agencies do not cater to this demographic. Their business is called We Go Too, and they run the website and Instagram page that have attracted thousands of followers. 

A collection of brilliant pieces advice from the podcast in 2017

Rufai is a globally sort-after speaker, thought leader, radio personality and business coach.He is has got stakes in many African companies including loyalbonus.com.He has done several initiatives in supporting girl child technology education.He is rewriting the African narrative. 

In this episode: - About his funny & eye-opening experience that sparked the idea for his company, The Khana Group - How they are collecting the informational data in the data-strived continent - What entrepreneurs and potential investors should be looking at in the future of Africa - Why you should not start another not-for-profit in Africa

After seeing the difference in how the world reacted to two major terror events that occurred in the same week in 2014, the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the Boko Haram Baga attacks, she realized that something had to change.  Farai Mubaiwa, with co-founder Reanne Oliver, has dedicated herself to changing the African narrative and the mindset of our youth. This led them to start Africa Matters Initiative.

He is now known as the host of The Minority Trailblazer Podcast, an influential podcaster, with over 300,000+ downloads, & a motivational speaker. But before that, Greg E. Hill had fallen from grace to grace in a short period of time at a young age. His story is inspiring and empowering, as he humbled himself, put his best foot forward and turned his life around to make the most of himself and help others by empowering them. Listen to this podcast and be inspired to take action.

In this Episode: - What's the big deal with 1 Million Teachers - Where the spark came from for 1MT & the focus on teachers - Addressing the real issues with teaching in Africa; giving teachers the tools to make kids better - Rewarding teachers for lifelong learning & personal responsibility - The most entrepreneurial way to work around to slow existing systems - How you can partner with 1 Million Teachers.