In addition to the six main episodes of the Aporde Podcast Series, we are pleased to present a supplementary series of interviews. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Asma Othman is an aspiring Social Entrepreneur in providing technological solutions for Africa’s development. She has a BSc and MSc degrees in Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning from Alexandria University.  Asma is currently pursuing an MSc degree in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences with a focus on areas of technology and economics, to provide better development and growth opportunities for Africa. She is an alumni from the seventeenth edition of the African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) in 2023.