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  Disruptor or Middleman? The Business Model That Broke Twiga Foods 23.09.2026 21min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans unpack the collapse of Twiga Foods, the Kenyan agritech that raised over $185 million before splitting into two companies and landing in administration. Dominic makes his case for the episode: Twiga didn't die when it went into administration, it was already dead long before, administration just made it official.The pair trace Twiga's arc from its 2014 founding by ex-Coca-Cola exec Peter Njonjo, built on cutting out the brokers between smallholder farmers and mama mbogas, through its pivot into non-perishables, its own trucking fleet and depots, and eventually buying a 650-hectare farm that undercut its original thesis. Evans makes the case that Twiga never really disrupted Marikiti-style informal markets, it just tried to out-compete them, subsidised by venture money rather than by fixing the underlying margins.They get into the mechanics of venture funding itself, why a plateau reads as decline, why growth has to compound year on year, and why "administration" is really just the moment the music stops. That leads into the leaked "Project Easter" slides, a strip-it-for-parts scenario that Dominic argues is standard practice elsewhere but nearly impossible to execute transparently under Kenyan and African insolvency law. Dominic draws a parallel to Boeing offloading Wisk and its autonomous units, and to Google's acquisition of Motorola for patents alone.The episode wraps with a detour into Bending Spoons, the Italian company quietly buying up "yesteryear" SaaS names like Evernote, Airtable, Meetup and WeTransfer once they've fallen from grace, and why African markets don't yet have a legal path for that kind of second-life acquisition. Evans closes with an ecosystem metaphor: dying companies aren't wasted, they're the insects that recycle value back through the system.To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene_______________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  The Acquisition Game: What Makes a Startup Worth Buying? 09.09.2026 39min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans run through a rapid-fire "Skill or Luck," rating five different startup scenarios and taking their own verdict on each.They start with whether raising money is skill or luck, with both agreeing it's skill , surviving investor due diligence, where every backer probes something different, from product to finances to vision, takes a rigor that can't be faked, even scammers need it.The conversation moves into getting acquired by big tech, where both again land on skill. Evans argues that standing out enough to be bought, in a market flooded with copycats, means either being genuinely exceptional or genuinely threatening, while Dominic pushes it further with acqui-hires specifically, arguing that when a company buys the people and not the business, that's skill in its purest form.It carries into layoffs, where the mood shifts. Evans calls it luck, arguing that mass layoffs are rarely personal but a blunt instrument driven by shifting business priorities, while Dominic agrees with the framing, adding that you can be the best in your field and still be in the wrong department at the wrong time.Things get genuinely contentious on fundraising in a down market versus an up market. Dominic holds firm on skill, arguing that investor conversations are still one-on-one so skilled founders can always reframe their pitch, while Evans argues that heavily-funded businesses get locked into cost structures that leave them fragile when the market turns, pointing to Samsung and SK Hynix as proof that even giants get swept up in swings they didn't create.The episode wraps up with the sharpest question of the day: what happens when a new competitor or technology suddenly wipes out your edge overnight. Evans calls it luck, arguing that no one, not even Google, could have predicted the exact shift that would catch them off guard. Dominic counters that it's the reaction that matters most, pointing to Zapier and Nintendo as proof that adapting to the unexpected is where real skill shows up.To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene_______________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Founder Hype & the Rush to Build: Why Everyone Wants a Piece 26.08.2026 23min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans put down the banter for a stretch and run through a rapid-fire "Agree or Disagree," taking opposing sides on some of tech and business's most divisive questions.They start with whether TikTok is really a media company masquerading as a tech company, before moving into whether founders should be replaced once a company outgrows them.The conversation shifts to Africa's fintech landscape, with Evans arguing the continent is still too close to unsolved problems to slow down, while Dominic leaves it to the market to decide. It carries into venture capital, and whether chasing funding rounds has become the default playbook rather than the exception.Things get genuinely contentious on AI, when the question of whether the next trillion-dollar company will come from those building their own AI model is posed. Evans argues that owning the model is non-negotiable at that scale, while Dominic maintains it's the product, not the infrastructure, that ultimately wins.The episode wraps up with the question of whether being a tech founder has become a status symbol. Evans argues that it has, calling it simply the next evolution of "entrepreneur" as the buzzword of choice. Dominic counters that it's actually the opposite, in his circles, building in tech has become so commoditized and expected that it barely signals anything at all anymore.To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene__Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Three Tech Debates. One Brutal Comment Section. | The 1k Sub Special 30.07.2026 27min

  On this special episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans mark the milestone of reaching 1,000 subscribers by reacting to audience comments, sparking honest debates on some of tech’s biggest questions.The hosts start with AI's quiet takeover of creative work, from AI-generated "slop" flooding social feeds to AI music good enough to fool a cab driver mid-ride. But the real insight isn't doom, it's a harder truth about human behavior: production quality will only keep improving, and the values we claim to hold around craftsmanship rarely match what we actually consume. From there, the pair revisit an old take that hasn't aged well, Dominic's early skepticism about Ferrari's EV strategy, and get called out by a sharp, car-literate audience member who makes the case that Ferrari's anti-EV stance is actually the most "Ferrari" move the brand could make, refusing to build what everyone else is building.The episode closes on the show's favorite recurring argument: are prediction markets just gambling with better branding? Using real examples, from a politician betting against his own confirmed appearance at the State of the Union to everyday risk decisions like staying home during unrest, Dominic and Evans dig into where speculation ends and gambling begins.Evans draws the line at manufactured risk versus risk that already exists, and who you're actually betting against, a bookie's fixed odds versus an opposing opinion on an exchange. Dominic pushes back with his own framework built on time horizon and participation, arguing that dopamine-driven, low-effort bets sit closer to gambling than long-term, high-participation ones like building a business. Neither fully convinces the other, but that's exactly the point.To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene_______________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  The $1 Billion Bet That Could Rewrite Venture Capital 23.07.2026 23min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans turn their attention to a funding story quietly rewriting the venture playbook: General Catalyst's $1 billion bet on IM8, David Beckham's longevity brand.With no equity, no fixed repayment schedule, no maturity date, and no collateral, the hosts break down what it actually means to fund a business on capped revenue alone, and why a traditional VC would choose this route over the stock they'd normally chase.But the excitement comes with a harder question sitting right underneath it: if capital is fungible and it's flowing hard toward Frontier AI labs, what does that mean for every non-Frontier business competing for the capital left behind?Dominic and Evans debate whether this is private equity's playbook in reverse, isolating the one part of a business that already works instead of buying the whole thing to fix it, drawing parallels to a weak top of funnel as a specific, fundable slice rather than a whole-company problem.The hosts also explore whether more capital is always the answer, pulling in the Zappos lesson that businesses die more from constipation than starvation, and why founders chasing a billion dollars might be inventing problems they don't actually have.The two land on the Kenyan real estate case study, developers who took on more capital than their capacity could handle, and unpack what that says about knowing exactly where capital should go versus simply chasing the biggest check. Because the real strategic question for any African founder isn't "how much can I raise?" but "where in my business would capital actually act like a slot machine?To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene_______________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected]
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  Is Apple Building the Future, or Renting It? 09.07.2026 24min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans turn their attention to Apple's biggest WWDC moment  and the strategic question sitting right underneath it. With Tim Cook stepping down and John Ternus taking the CEO seat, Apple unveiled a rebuilt Siri: context-aware, system-wide, and finally capable of interacting directly with apps. The architecture powering it? A Google Gemini-backed hybrid model. Apple is calling it Apple Intelligence. Dominic makes the case that if intelligence truly becomes the new operating system, Apple's legendary vertical integration strategy has a dangerous gap in the middle. Owning the chip, owning the device, and owning the user relationship only holds if the layer in between , the intelligence layer  is a commodity. If it isn't, Apple has rented out the heartbeat of its own ecosystem.Evans pushes back with a longer game in mind. As AI costs spiral and companies start questioning whether the juice is worth the squeeze, the conversation is already shifting from raw power to efficiency. The real unlock, he argues, comes when accurate enough models can run entirely on-device and when that moment arrives, nobody is better positioned to capitalize on it than Apple. ARM architecture beating Intel is the proof of concept. Apple Silicon is the precedent.The two dig into the compute constraint underneath all of it , why energy and hardware limitations are shaping the AI industry just as much as the models themselves, why open-source is quietly becoming a serious contender, and what it actually felt like to download a local LLM on a five-hour flight and realize just how pampered we've all become on frontier cloud models._______________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Are Telcos Making the Same Mistake as MultiChoice? 30.06.2026 34min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans turn their attention to the deal quietly reshaping African connectivity: Airtel's new Starlink partnership. With SpaceX already licensed in 9 of Airtel's 14 African markets, the hosts break down what it actually means to leapfrog cell towers entirely and route calls through satellites instead and why this could fundamentally lower the barrier to entry for building a telco on the continent. But the excitement comes with a harder question sitting right underneath it: when your core connectivity infrastructure depends on a foreign company's rockets, what does that mean for sovereignty?Dominic and Evans debate whether "the benefits outweigh the risk" is a fair trade or a quiet surrender, drawing parallels to MultiChoice's slow-motion disruption by Netflix and asking whether telcos like Airtel are walking into the same fate without realizing it, essentially outsourcing the one thing that made them valuable in the first place.The hosts also explore whether African fintech actually disrupting banking, or just proving that becoming a bank was the endgame all alongWith Flutterwave's licensing moves and Moniepoint's microfinance play as live examples, Dominic and Evans go back and forth on whether maturing into a bank is a graduation or a capitulation and why banks, by design, will always move slower than the fintechs nipping at their heels. The two land the M-Pesa case study , arguably the continent's biggest "bank," has never actually become one. They unpack what that says about staying asset-light versus owning the regulated stack, and why the real strategic question for any fintech founder isn't "bank or not" but "what are you actually trying to build?"_______________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  The Economic Force Replacing Editors and Content Creators | Admin Reacts 22.06.2026 17min

  On this special episode of Admin Access, the hosts react to recent comments from the audience They kick things off with an honest admission: despite having what they thought was a high bar for quality content, they found themselves completely glued to fully AI-generated videos. The conversation gets into just how addictive this content is becoming, and why the real threat isn't deception it's indifference. They also unpack the economics , specifically Jevons Paradox. When production gets cheaper, you don't get less content. You get a flood of it. Lower costs mean more people creating more things more often, and that wave is already here.They also push back hard on the narrative that AI replaces professionals. Their take? The ground has shifted, not collapsed. AI is opening doors for non-professionals who just need something done , while simultaneously giving professionals tools to move faster and do more. The episode wraps with a cautionary tale about AI sovereignty. Evans shares his experience of when he decided to go off-grid , running LLMs locally on his own machine via Ollama, no data leaving, no subscriptions, just raw computing power. To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene_______________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Ferrari Luce: Pure Genius or the Death of an Icon? 08.06.2026 34min

  On today's episode of Admin Access, the boys unpack one of the top stories that has recently been making headlines, the Ferrari Luce. Ferrari recently revealed its first fully electric car, the Ferrari Luce, that brought forth a wave of criticism. They get into whether Ferrari made the right call going electric, with Evans arguing that a Ferrari's value has never lived in its specs, it lives in what people think of you when you drive one. Dominic pushes back, calling this the most Ferrari thing the brand has done in years. The one thing they agree on? The interior, built in collaboration with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio, is genuinely impressive.They also get into SpaceX and its path toward a potential $2 trillion IPO, a valuation the boys put into sharp perspective by measuring it against Kenya's annual budget. They dig into what Elon has quietly been assembling, not just rockets and Starlink, but a vertical stack that stretches from compute infrastructure to lunar real estate, and why owning that stack makes SpaceX one of the hardest bets to argue against. Is the valuation justified? The boys have thoughts.To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene_______________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Claude Design vs Designers: Who Actually Survives This Shift? 21.05.2026 15min

  On this episode of Admin Access, the host are joined by Gabriel Mbugua to dive deep into one of the most disruptive shifts happening in the creative tech world right now , the rise of AI-powered design tools, and what it actually means for the people building and designing our digital future.The conversation kicks off with Dominic sharing his hands-on experience with Anthropic's newly released Claude Design, a tool positioning itself as a serious competitor to Figma, Canva, and Adobe. The premise is bold: feed it your codebase and design system, and get production-ready prototypes, slides, and UI flows without a designer in the loop.Evans pushes back and questions whether it can truly replace a senior designer with real taste, real context, and real creative intuition.They also touch on the AI video generation wave, where entrepreneurs are packaging AI-generated short-form shows into subscription apps and people are actually paying for them.It raises a provocative question: how high is the general public's bar for quality, really? And are we, as craftsmen, sometimes too close to the work to see what the market actually values?To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-muneneLearn more about our guest story here :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2z0JQ2w-lw_______________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Why Anthropic Won’t Release This AI 07.05.2026 50min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans are joined by Gabriel to break down some of the biggest moves happening in AI over the past few weeks The conversation kicks off with Anthropic's Claude Mythos, a model the company calls its most powerful yet and one it has pointedly refused to release to the public. Instead, it sits behind a restricted partner programs called Project Glasswing, accessible only to roughly 40 organizations, almost all hyper-scalers and enterprise giants from the US and Asia. The trio dig into what that really means. Is this genuine caution around a tool capable of autonomously finding and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities? Or is it a carefully engineered piece of rage-bait marketing designed to dominate the conversation without shipping a single line of code to the public? And beneath all of that , where does Africa fit in a framework that's already quietly drawing the lines of who gets protected and who gets left exposed? With MTN moving money across 16 markets and M-Pesa serving millions across East Africa, the stakes of being locked out of these conversations are anything but abstract.They also share how they actually use AI coding tools in their day-to-day work , Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and rate their real experiences without the marketing gloss. The consensus lands somewhere between a 4 and a 7 depending on the task, the context, and frankly, the mood of the model that day. Powerful as a tool. Frustrating as a colleague.The episode wraps with Claude Design steps , a tool Dominic has been using . From moving from a rough spec to a high-fidelity prototype in minutes and what that shift means for UI/UX designers who haven't yet recalibrated their expectations. To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Africa’s Fuel Crisis: A Continent Held Hostage 22.04.2026 48min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans pull back the curtain on a crisis that most of us felt before we fully understood it , the ripple effects of a war being fought 4,000 kilometers away, landing at the fuel pumps of Nairobi, Harare, Juba, and beyond.The boys break down why the Strait of Hormuz is arguably the single most important chokepoint on the planet, why 20% of the world's oil supply grinding to a halt is everyone's problem, and how a war in the Persian Gulf becomes a blackout in South Sudan's capital city by nightfall.Africa sits on 40% of the world's solar potential, significant natural gas reserves, and the most powerful river system on earth, yet is still scrambling for refined fuel it could be producing itself.Kenya's 16-day emergency stockpile.Mauritius missing a single shipment and feeling the heat. Zimbabwe is diluting its own petrol to keep engines running. Ethiopia manually rationing fuel to critical ministries. These aren't hypotheticals , they're happening now.They also connect a thread that doesn't get enough airtime: the fertilizer crisis hiding inside the energy crisis. With 34% of global urea exports passing through the same chokepoint, and Qatar's largest natural gas facility bombed, the food security implications are very real. When oil stops moving, food eventually stops growing.The takeaway? Africa isn't poor in energy , it's poor in strategy.The infrastructure was built for export, not sovereignty. And while private capital like the Dangote Refinery is doing what governments should have done decades ago, one refinery cannot insure a continent of 1.4 billion people.To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  AI Agents and the Death of Human Control 01.04.2026 36min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans dive deep into the growing chaos behind agentic AI workflows, and this time, it's not theory.Evans shares his hands-on journey with Openclaw, running on a dedicated Mac mini, and how it has fundamentally changed the way he works, thinks, and plans. From competitive intelligence and meeting prep to podcast research, this is a 24/7 digital employee running quietly in the background.But the wins come with warning signs. From an Amazon Kiro agent that took down an entire environment for 13 hours, to a Replit AI that deleted a whole production database despite explicit instructions not to, the incidents are stacking up fast.They break down why. An 85% per-step success rate compounds to just 20% across a 10-step workflow. Engineers are being mandated by leadership to adopt AI, with KPIs tied to token usage, while being expected to supervise work they can't fully review.And who owns the liability when agents go haywire? The engineer? The organization? The AI itself? Neither host has a clean answer, and they don't pretend to.Drawing parallels to Kenya's digital lending crisis and the cloud infra hype of 2012, Dominic and Evans make one thing clear. The gin is out of the bottle. The only question now is how you manage the blast radius.To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  We Replaced an Employee With AI… Here’s What Happened 25.03.2026 32min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Alice dive deep into the world of agentic AI and this time, it's not theory. Dominic shares his hands-on journey with OpenClaw, currently one of the most starred projects on GitHub, and how it has fundamentally changed the way he works, thinks, and plans.He breaks down what sets agentic AI apart from your everyday ChatGPT interaction.This is a 24/7 digital employee that runs in the background, books meetings, manages your CRM, sends emails, files reports, and even prepares your morning briefing before you've had your first cup of coffee.From setting up a virtual private server to eventually dedicating an entire home machine to his agent, Dominic walks through the real costs, the real wins, and the real lessons learned along the way.But what does it actually cost? Do you need to be a developer? And honestly, is this a little scary? Alice brings these questions to the table, because beneath the excitement is a very real conversation about what it means to normalise a relationship with a machine that runs key parts of your life. They both don't shy away from it , leaning into both the opportunity and the weight of what that shift could mean for how we work, connect, and even how we see ourselves in an AI-first world.To keep up with Dominic’s and Alice, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicekanjejo/__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Tax Intelligence or State Surveillance? What KRA is not telling you 18.03.2026 25min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Alice dive deep into one of the most controversial developments in Kenya's tax landscape , the arrival of KRA's Intelligence Analysis Tool (IAT), an AI-powered system designed to silently monitor taxpayer behaviour, and what it really means for the everyday Kenyan.Kenya's tax compliance story has historically been a frustrating one , with only 7 million Kenyans actively paying taxes out of 22 million registered taxpayers, and a staggering 600 billion shilling tax gap punching a hole in the country's revenue ambitions every single year. A combination of a complex filing system, poor consumer education, an 83% informal workforce, and an ITAX portal that even engineers struggle to navigate, has kept meaningful tax participation out of reach for the ordinary person for years.Then KRA announced IAT and panic spread across X almost overnight. The promise? Cross-referencing financial data, CRB records, and social media activity to build detailed taxpayer profiles and finally close the gap. On paper, it sounds like a long overdue reckoning.But the hosts pull back the curtain and ask the harder questions. Is this tool actually built for the majority of Kenyans, or does it simply tighten the grip on the already-compliant middle class while the informal sector remains untouched? Then there's the data privacy conversation. With KRA systems previously compromised, and government data collection exercises like Huduma Namba raising more questions than answers, the risk of a tax surveillance tool quietly becoming a political one is not dystopian it's historical precedent.To keep up with Dominic’s and Alice, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicekanjejo/__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Ziidi Trader: Financial Freedom or Predatory Tech from Safaricom? 27.02.2026 42min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans dive deep into one of the most talked-about developments in Kenya's financial landscape , the arrival of Ziidi Trader, Safaricom's new stock trading feature embedded within M-Pesa, and what it really means for the everyday Kenyan investor.Kenya's retail investing scene has historically been a ghost town with only around 61,000 active traders in a country of 55 million people, and 97% of registered CDS accounts sitting completely dormant. A combination of bureaucratic red tape, high minimum investments, steep broker fees, and the painful memory of the 2006-2008 IPO boom that left many Kenyans burned, kept the ordinary person locked out of the market for decades.Then Ziidi Trader arrived and daily trades on the Nairobi Securities Exchange quadrupled almost overnight. The promise? 40 million M-Pesa users now have a direct gateway into the stock market. On paper, it sounds like a revolution.The hosts pull back the curtain and ask the harder questions. When you buy a share on Ziidi Trader, do you actually own it?Then there's the cost conversation. While Ziidi Trader charges less than traditional brokers, a 1.5% fee in each direction means a 3% round trip on every trade , in a market where even strong stocks average around 7% annual gains. Compare that to India's Zerodha or America's Robinhood, where zero-commission trading has genuinely shifted wealth participation, and Kenya still has a long road ahead.The bigger picture the boys are painting is this: Ziidi Trader may be less of a public utility and more of a masterclass in Safaricom building Africa's most powerful financial walled garden , controlling the payment rails, the app, and the brokerage in one closed loop.The episode wraps up with the hosts asking three questions every Kenyan investor must sit with before opening that Zidi Trader app. First, are you investing or are you trading? Second, do you truly understand the real cost beyond the advertised fee? Third and finally, if the odds are stacked against day traders even in markets with better regulation and greater transparency, what makes you the exception?To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Is WhatsApp Really End-to-End Encrypted? The Meta Trust Problem 17.02.2026 20min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans dissect brand trust, the dangers of ad-driven AI, and why strategic clarity separates winners from trend-chasers.The conversation kicks off with a civil lawsuit filed against WhatsApp claiming the platform isn't actually end-to-end encrypted despite using the Signal protocol. While WhatsApp's closed-source code makes independent verification difficult, the hosts quickly pivot to a more compelling question: does it even matter if the claims are true?The hosts break down how Meta has cultivated a brand of distrust,building shadow profiles, disregarding user privacy, and prioritizing data extraction over user preferences. The result is damning: even without conclusive evidence, accusations gain traction because people simply don't trust Meta's word. Unlike Apple, which has built its identity around privacy and can weather individual controversies, Meta is forced to spend enormous resources not on being safe, but on creating the perception of safety.The discussion shifts to OpenAI's plan to introduce ads into ChatGPT's free tier. This move could present a challenge, especially because when you Google something, you see multiple results and can spot which ones are ads. You still have choices. ChatGPT just gives you one answer. If advertisers start influencing that answer, trust disappears.The episode wraps with a masterclass in strategic clarity. Apple's decision to integrate Gemini into Siri isn't a failure,it's strategic maturity. They recognized they wouldn't win the fundamental LLM race, so they chose to dominate distribution instead.__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  How Carbon Credits Killed a 13-Year Kenyan Startup 10.02.2026 26min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans tackle carbon credits, vaporware business models, and the explosive rise of AI agentsThe conversation kicks off with the shocking closure of Koko Networks, a 13-year-old Kenyan startup that served 1.5 million households with affordable alternative cooking fuel. The hosts break down how Koko's entire model hinged on selling carbon credits internationally rather than making money from their actual customers, creating a fatal single point of failure when government authorization fell through.The hosts unpack the nuances of carbon credit markets, from mandatory government caps on pollution to voluntary corporate posturing, revealing how the system can incentivize perverse outcomes like threatening to cut down forests unless someone pays you not to.The  discussion shifts to OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant that exploded onto the scene with 150,000 GitHub stars in just 72 hours. This agentic AI is  capable of managing files, sending emails, controlling browsers, and even authorizing bank transactions. The hosts explore fascinating use cases, including teams building entire "digital employees" with their own personas, company credit cards, and Slack accounts that independently research candidates, schedule interviews, and handle pre-screening calls.The episode wraps with the hosts acknowledging that we've reached an inflection point where usefulness must be weighed against unprecedented risk and pondering whether your AI assistant will drain your bank account one day.To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  SpaceX, Reusable Rockets & the Moon Economy: What You Need to Know 10.12.2025 36min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic takes the reins to explore something that doesn't get nearly enough attention in tech circles: the revolutionary transformation happening in space exploration and why it matters for Africa and the developing world.The conversation kicks off with a confession, watching a SpaceX booster land for the first time literally made his mind reboot. Until that moment, rockets were fancy disposable lighters, sparked once and tossed into the ocean. SpaceX changed everything by solving space's most boring problem: the price tag. He traces the arc from Sputnik's terrifying beeps in 1957 to today's economic-driven competition for orbital real estate. After NASA planted the flag on the moon, the world took a 40-year nap because getting to orbit cost a staggering $10,000 per kilogram.Enter SpaceX and reusable rockets. By bringing that cost down to around $1,300 per kilogram, a 10x improvement, they didn't just make space cheaper; they turned it into a logistics problem instead of a national prestige project. He compares this breakthrough to shipping containers revolutionizing global trade, calling reusable rockets "the containers of space."But here's where it gets strategic: the most valuable parts of space are surprisingly limited. Think of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) as prime downtown real estate, where Starlink grabbed the best spots by moving fast. Geosynchronous orbit (GEO) sits higher up, like a permanent rooftop camera that never moves. And the moon? It's becoming the ultimate gas station, with frozen water that can be turned into rocket fuel.The episode wraps up with Dominic addressing Africa's glaring absence from this race. and what happens when we wake up to find all the good parking spots already taken? The new space race isn't about flags and photo ops; it's about supply chains, strategic positioning, and economic advantage. And with SpaceX's Starship now capable of moving massive payloads, building lunar bases isn't science fiction anymore; it's logistics, infrastructure, and economics. To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧
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  Prediction Markets vs Betting: What the Pros Aren’t Telling You 02.12.2025 20min

  On this episode of Admin Access, Dominic and Evans delve into the fascinating world of prediction markets, exploring what makes platforms like Polymarket fundamentally distinct from traditional betting companies and why this distinction matters.The conversation kicks off with a viral debate: Is Polymarket just another betting company? The hosts break down the crucial difference between prediction markets and traditional sportsbooks. Traditional betting companies operate on an adversarial model where the house always wins; they set odds with built-in margins and profit when customers lose, while prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi function more like exchanges. They match buyers and sellers, charging transaction fees while remaining neutral on outcomes.This design creates something powerful. When participants stake real money on their predictions, they generate better odds and capture genuine sentiment. Thousands of people with different experiences collectively predict outcomes more accurately than traditional polls.The hosts also unpack the darker implications of prediction markets; they face challenges like wash trading, insider manipulation, and wealthy participants potentially skewing sentiment. This raises a critical question: can the crowd's collective insight truly shine through when a few big players with deep pockets can move the market?The episode wraps with Evans unpacking disclosed preferences, the phenomenon where people hide their true beliefs in traditional polls to avoid judgment, but reveal their genuine convictions when anonymity and real money are both on the line. To keep up with Dominic’s and Evan's Journey, check out their LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-mulinda/https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kanyithia-munene__________________________________________________________________Join Dominic & Evans as they explore the world of tech and share their bold takes with guests on Admin AccessSubscribe to our podcast, drop a like, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with our latest content.Don't forget to spread the word! Sharing is caring! 🌟Follow us on social media:📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adminaccess_💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/admin-access/ ♪ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@admin.access_ Interested in partnering with us? Drop us an email at: [email protected] 📧