Tech Talk Africa
Tech Talk Africa is a podcast that explores the latest developments in Africa's rapidly growing tech ecosystem. Each episode examines the innovations, challenges, and triumphs of African tech entrepreneurs and developers. It covers trends shaping the continent's future, including fintech, e-commerce, agritech, and healthtech. The show features conversations with people on the ground who share their insights and experiences. It aims to inform and inspire anyone curious about Africa's digital revolution.
Episodes
Africa Can’t Build Digital Infrastructure Alone, But Partnerships Need Guardrails with Director Magalie Anderson
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionDirector of ICT, Magalie Anderson - African Union CommissionAfrica’s digital infrastructure is moving fast and the hype is loud, but the real question is who builds it, who pays for it, and who sets the rules that protect people while still attracting investment. We’re joined by Magali Anderson, Di
Unboxing Africa’s Digital Future with Director Thomas Kaberi
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionDirector of Partnerships, Growth & Commercial, Thomas Kaberi - QhalaAI talk gets loud fast, but the truth is quieter and heavier: cables, power, fiber, cooling, racks, and data centers decide what’s possible long before a chatbot ever answers a question. From the floor of ITW Africa 2026, we si
Meaningful Connectivity with Co Founder Mea Thompson
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionCo-Founder & CCO Mea Thompson - unconnected .org “Connected” can be a lie we tell ourselves with a coverage map. A school can sit inside a service area and still be offline where it counts, with no devices, limited digital literacy, or internet that’s too expensive or unreliable to support lear
How Cassava Designs Resilient Connectivity For AI Workloads Across Africa with Senior VP Marco Gagiano
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionSenior Vice President of Connectivity, Cloud & Cyber Security, Marco Gagiano - Cassava Technologies A single cable break shouldn’t be able to knock whole regions offline, yet Africa’s digital infrastructure still has chokepoints that turn routine failures into major outages. From the show floor
Can Africa Scale Data Centers Without Wasting Power with Head of Data Centre, Mourad Younes | Schneider Electric
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionHead of Data Centre, MEA region, Mourad Younes - Schneider ElectricAI is changing data center design faster than most teams can rewrite their playbooks, and the pressure shows up everywhere: power demand, heat rejection, talent, timelines, and the gap between big visions and real execution. From IT
Yes, We Have The Bandwidth, But Can We Afford It with CEO Ayotunde Coker
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionCEO Ayotunde Coker - Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC Group)Africa’s internet future won’t be won by a single shiny megaproject. It gets built in the unglamorous details: where fiber actually runs, where networks can interconnect, how data centers scale from core hubs to edge sites, and most of all,
Africa’s Digital Infrastructure Moment with Managing Director Silvia Peneva
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionManaging Director, Silvia Peneva - ITW, Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) & TechoracoAfrica’s digital infrastructure is having a real moment and the most interesting part is how fast the lines are blurring. At ITW Africa and Data Cloud Africa, we talk with Silvia about why the connectivity world (f
How Smart Africa Turns Digital Policy Into On The Ground Results with Director Thelma Quaye
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionDirector of Digital Infrastructure, Skills and Empowerment, Thelma Quaye - Smart Africa. Everyone wants to talk about AI, but the uncomfortable truth is that compute capacity isn’t evenly owned and access to GPUs can turn into a geopolitical lever. So we step back and ask a more useful question: wh
How iX Africa Is Building A Carrier Neutral Data Center Hub In Kenya with CEO Snehar Shah
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionCEO Snehar Shah - iXAfrica Data CentresThe loudest thing at ITW 2026 isn’t a press release, it’s the reality that Nairobi is becoming a real contender in the global digital infrastructure conversation. We sit down on the conference floor to talk about what changed, what’s still missing, and what it
What If Your Career Ladder Is Not About Age with CEO Dorcas Muthoni
What are your thoughts?International Telecoms Week x Datacloud Africa 2026 Conference Podcast EditionCEO Dorcas Muthoni - OPENWORLDTech careers rarely move in a straight line, and Dorcas says we should stop pretending they do. We talk about what it really takes to build a sustainable career in a fast changing industry, especially for women who step away for family, school, or life and then come ba
Human-Centered AI Adoption In African Workplaces Featuring Melody Mukhwana Season Finale
What are your thoughts?AI is everywhere now, from banks to hospitals to government offices, but we keep skipping the question that decides whether any of it works: are the people who have to use these tools actually ready? Stella Gichuki sits down with Melody Mukhwana, VP of Agentic Education at mindhive.ai and a change management consultant, to talk about the human side of AI adoption in African
Heroes Without Scrubs Featuring Uzma Qureishi
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa | Season 2 Episode 09: Heroes Without ScrubsGuest: Uzma Qureishi, Senior Manager EHR Operations at AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, EAST AFRICASome of the most important work in healthcare happens far from the bedside, and it still saves lives. I’m joined by Uzma Qureishi, an award-winning health IT leader who’s helped transform hospital care by keeping patient
AI Sovereignty in The Age of the Kill Switch with Fractional CIO/CTO Timothy Laku
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa | Season 2 Episode 08: AI Sovereignty in The Age of the Kill Switch Guest: Timothy Laku, Fractional CTO/CIOA single policy decision can break your AI roadmap overnight. That’s not fearmongering, it’s the new operating environment when frontier AI models, GPU supply chains, and model weights sit inside global power dynamics. We sit down with fractional CIO Ti
Responsibility by Design Featuring AI Leader Shiphrah Wairima
What are your thoughts?AI is moving at “anything you can imagine is real” speed, and that pace is already colliding with cybersecurity, elections, scams, and jobs. We talk with Shiphrah Wairima, Kenya's President / AI Advocate, in the Global Council for Responsible AI, about what AI governance actually looks like when you stop treating it like a policy buzzword and start treating it like safe
Green Tech Diplomacy featuring Belgium's Ambassador to Kenya
What are your thoughts?Kenya’s tech story is bigger than startups and bigger than mobile money. When digital infrastructure grows, energy demand grows with it and that forces a hard question: can the digital economy scale without going green first?We talk with Belgian Ambassador Peter Maddens about why his team links “digital and green,” and what that looks like on the ground in Nairobi, including
How To Become A Builder Not Just A User | A Conversation Featuring The Special Envoy on Technology, for Kenya
What are your thoughts?Guest: Ambassador Philip Thigo - The Special Envoy on Technology for KenyaAI hype is loud, but the real question is quieter: are we building the infrastructure that makes AI work for us, or are we stuck as permanent users of other people’s systems? I’m joined by Ambassador Philip Thigo, the only African tech envoy, to unpack what “AI is infrastructure” means from a Kenyan an
People Still People | A Conversation with Serge Blockmans
What are your thoughts?Guest: Serge Blockmans - Independent Advisor | Change ManagementGo live is a moment. Transformation is a behavior change that survives the moment.I sit down with Serge Blockmans, who helped bring SAP and ERP into the East African market, to revisit what digital transformation looked like in Kenya before the term became fashionable. Back then, organizations wanted controls, g
Building Amanzi Cloud: Decentralized AI Infrastructure For Africa By Africa Featuring Justice Mukaro
What are your thoughts?Guest: Justice Mukaro - Founder of Strateji & Zimbabwean entrepreneur What happens when Africa stops importing assumptions and starts exporting standards? We sit down with founder and computer scientist Justice Mukaro to unpack a bold, practical plan for sovereign AI: Amanzi Cloud, a decentralized infrastructure designed to keep data local, cut costs, and connect every c
After The Hype: AI, Power, And Policy With Harry Hare
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa | Season 2 Episode 02: After The HypeGuest: Harry Hare, Chairman & Publisher at CIO AfricaA pandemic rewired our habits, but did it truly change our leadership? We open the door on Kenya’s post-COVID tech reality—how hybrid work became muscle memory, how decision-making evolved, and where old instincts still hold back progress. Then we wade into the stor
The AI Infrastructure Reckoning Conversation With Co-Founder Michael Michie
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa | Season 2 Episode 01: The AI Infrastructure Reckoning Guest: Michael Michie, Co-founder of EverseTech and Special Advisor on AI to the Kenyan GovernmentAfrica’s digital future isn't just about the code we write; it’s being laid in the cables, servers, and power grids that most people will never see. In this season premiere, we move past the headlines t
Law, Code, And The African Future With Senior Associate Richard Odongo
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 10: Law, Code, And The African FutureGuest: Richard Odongo, Senior Associate (IP & Technology) at BowmansWhat happens when Africa’s most dynamic innovators meet laws that are still catching up to AI’s speed? We sit down with Richard Odongo, Senior Associate (IP & Technology) at Bowmans (Law Firm), to map the real terrain: who owns AI-genera
A Woman's Journey Through Shaping Africa’s Digital Financial Future Featuring Diana Gathoni
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 9: A Woman Shaping Africa’s Digital Financial FutureGuest: Diana Gathoni, Digital Commercialisation Senior ManagerIn this inspiring episode of Tech Talk Africa, host Stella sits down with Diana Gathoni, a powerhouse in Africa’s digital transformation space. From her early days as a banking intern to leading digital commercialization at ABSA, Diana’
Africa’s Higher Education Sector and Technology with Dr. Nico Elema
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 8: Africa’s Higher Education Sector and TechnologyGuest: Dr. Nico Elema, Director of the Centre for Collaboration in Africa at Stellenbosch UniversityIn this episode, host Stella Gichuhi speaks with Dr. Nico Elema, Director of the Center for Collaboration in Africa at Stellenbosch University. Together, they explore how African universities can fost
Nigeria’s Infrastructure Paradox with Meed Networks CEO Ahmed Atere
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 7: Connecting Africa; Nigeria’s Infrastructure ParadoxGuest: Ahmed Atere, CEO of MEED NetworksIn this episode of Tech Talk Africa, host Stella Gichuhi explores how ambition meets adversity in Nigeria’s digital evolution.Joining her is Ahmed Atere, CEO of MEED Networks, an infrastructure pioneer building the country’s connectivity backbone. From con
Rwanda’s Digital Leap with ICT Chamber CEO Alex Ntale
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 6: Rwanda’s Digital Leap: How Policy, People and Partnerships Are Powering TransformationGuest: Alex Ntale - Rwanda's ICT Chamber CEO.In this episode of Tech Talk Africa, host Stella Gichuhi sits down with Alex Ntale, CEO of the Rwanda ICT Chamber, to explore how Rwanda is redefining what’s possible in digital transformation on the African con
Africa's Internet Part 2: What comes next? with Ben Roberts
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 5: Africa's Internet Part 2: What comes next?Guest: Ben Roberts - Non-Regional AFRINIC Board Member. Ben Roberts, AfriNIC’s new non-regional independent board member, reflects on Africa’s internet governance and infrastructure. AfriNIC, which allocates IP addresses and system numbers, recently overcame legal disputes and board gaps through fre
The Great Firewall of Africa with COO Joseph Mathenge
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 4: The Great Firewall of Africa (Cybersecurity and The Skills Gap)Guest: Mr. Joseph Mathenge, the Chief Operations Officer at Serianu Limited, an award-winning Pan-African cybersecurity and business consulting firm.In Episode 4 of Tech Talk Africa, host Stella Gichuhu and guest Joseph Mathenge, COO at Serianu, discuss cybersecurity's link to t
Technology and the African Customer Experience with CEO Nyasha Mutsekwa
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 3: Technology and the African Customer ExperienceGuest: Mr. Nyasha Mutsekwa, the Chief Executive Officer of Africa’s leading Customer Experience (CX) platform - AjuaIn this episode of Tech Talk Africa, we explore the customer experience transformation across the continent. African consumers no longer accept "That's just how it is."
Culture and Code: Who owns the African story in the digital age? with Dr. Joel Ongoto
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 2: Who Owns The African Story?Guest: Dr Joel Ongoto, Ag.Deputy Secretary General of Research and Resource Mobilization and Programme Director, Social and Human Sciences at KENYA NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO (KNATCOM)In this critical episode of Tech Talk Africa, host Stella Gichuhi dives into the powerful intersection of culture, communication, an
Africa's Internet Part 1: Who's in Control? with CEO Fiona Asonga
What are your thoughts?Tech Talk Africa – Episode 1: Who Owns Our Internet?Guest: Fiona Asonga, the Chief Executive Officer of a non-governmental, not-for-profit Technology Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK)In this debut episode of Tech Talk Africa, host Stella Gichuhi and guest Fiona dive deep into the unfolding AFRINIC situation and explore its ripple effects across businesses, rese
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