Labari Media Podcast

On this episode of the Labari Media podcast, host Joseph Kuuire sat down with Kanessa Muluneh, founder of Nyle, a VC firm investing to scale companies in Africa, to unpack her journey, the gritty realities of investing in Africa, and the untapped opportunities waiting to be seized.Nyle Fund: https://nyle.africa/

Today, we spoke to Gori Yahaya, an entrepreneur, learning specialist, keynote speaker, and diversity and inclusion evangelist. He is the founder and CEO of UpSkill Universe, a digital training and transformation consultancy that develops and delivers learning programs to help organisations' workforce adapt to change at scale.We discussed how digital skills, tools, and platforms like AI and e-commerce can help SMEs grow sustainably.

On Thursday, 6th February, Tech Labari, in collaboration with Kora, held an online webinar to discuss the evolving landscape of FinTech in Africa, highlighting trends, challenges, and future opportunities in the sector.The webinar also delved into the topic of Embedded Finance in Africa and the opportunities that it helps for the fintech industry and consumers.This episode features the live recording from the webinar.

On today's episode, we speak to Babajide Duroshola, general manager of M-KOPA Nigeria. Prior to M-KOPA, he was the Country Director at SafeBoda Nigeria, where he was responsible for the overall growth of the business.We spoke to Babajide about M-KOPA’s progress in advancing financial and digital inclusion in Nigeria, regulation and policies in Nigeria as a fintech, and how the company promotes its products and services to low-income households in the country.

On today's episode, we talked to Cecil Nutakor, founder of the Ghanaian Edtech company, eCampus.On the show, we discussed their new brand identity which they announced at the Tech in Ghana conference, why they decided to go in a new direction with the new brand, and what new services they will be offering customers and users.

On today's episode, we spoke to Jaco Nel, Chief Technology Officer at Deimos. In this role, Jaco is responsible for overseeing the development and cross-functional delivery of Deimos’ software portfolio for Deimos and its clientsWe discussed the role of cybersecurity in Africa, the emerging threats, and how collaboration needs to be explored more between countries and companies to combat new cybersecurity threats

Damilola Teidi-Ayoola is an ecosystem builder with 10+ years of experience in the technology space in Africa, with most of that time spent supporting and facilitating access to capital for high-growth technology startups across different stages of growth.She is currently the Head of Platform and Networks at Ventures Platform, where she leads a team focused on building expertise-driven post-investment support initiatives that create value for the fund’s portfolio companies and founders.On the podcast, we discussed how Venture Platform does due diligence when investing, the trends in the current VC space on the continent and other topics related to investing in Africa

On today's episode, we spoke to Akua Sencherey, a Ghanaian-American product marketing leader at Andela, one of the world's largest private marketplaces of skilled technical talent, reshaping how companies hire through its AI-powered platform. Akua will be at the Tech in Ghana conference happening in November in Accra (Tech Labari is a media partner for the event). We discussed Andela's "adaptive hiring" process and how companies, schools, and governments can leverage this process to get better talent.