Tech Talk Africa

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  Human-Centered AI Adoption In African Workplaces Featuring Melody Mukhwana Season Finale 25.07.2026 1ч

  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 organizations. No algorithm talk for its own sake, just what happens inside teams when AI walks ...
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  Heroes Without Scrubs Featuring Uzma Qureishi 11.07.2026 35мин

  What are your thoughts? Tech Talk Africa | Season 2 Episode 09: Heroes Without Scrubs Guest: Uzma Qureishi, Senior Manager EHR Operations at AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, EAST AFRICA Some 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 safety and real clinical workflows at the center of every digital decision. From the very sta...
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  AI Sovereignty in The Age of the Kill Switch with Fractional CIO/CTO Timothy Laku 27.06.2026 51мин

  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/CIO A 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 Timothy Laku to unpack a scenario that should make every African CTO, CIO, founder, and pol...
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  Responsibility by Design Featuring AI Leader Shiphrah Wairima 06.06.2026 34мин

  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 safety work. From her background in information technology and security operations to her focus on AI sec...
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  Green Tech Diplomacy featuring Belgium's Ambassador to Kenya 25.04.2026 36мин

  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 a retrofitted net zero embassy with solar power, water recycling, on-site cooking gas, and hy...
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  How To Become A Builder Not Just A User | A Conversation Featuring The Special Envoy on Technology, for Kenya 11.04.2026 49мин

  What are your thoughts? Guest: Ambassador Philip Thigo - The Special Envoy on Technology for Kenya AI 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 and African perspective and why that framing changes everything from investment to regulation. ...
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  People Still People | A Conversation with Serge Blockmans 21.03.2026 42мин

  What are your thoughts? Guest: Serge Blockmans - Independent Advisor | Change Management Go 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, governance, and trustworthy data, not buzzwords. That foundation still shapes today’s ERP impl...
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  Building Amanzi Cloud: Decentralized AI Infrastructure For Africa By Africa Featuring Justice Mukaro 28.02.2026 32мин

  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 country into one living network. Justice’s water metaphor makes complex systems feel simp...
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  After The Hype: AI, Power, And Policy With Harry Hare 14.02.2026 33мин

  What are your thoughts? Tech Talk Africa | Season 2 Episode 02: After The Hype Guest: Harry Hare, Chairman & Publisher at CIO Africa A 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 storm ahead: elections, uncertainty, and AI stepping onto the political stage. From deepfakes that...
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  The AI Infrastructure Reckoning Conversation With Co-Founder Michael Michie 31.01.2026 1ч 2мин

  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 Government Africa’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 to ask the hard questions: Who owns the compute? Who controls the data? And who pays the energy...
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  Law, Code, And The African Future With Senior Associate Richard Odongo 12.12.2025 1ч 1мин

  What are your thoughts? Tech Talk Africa – Episode 10: Law, Code, And The African Future Guest: Richard Odongo, Senior Associate (IP & Technology) at Bowmans What 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-generated work, how data should move across borders, and what “responsible AI” looks like w...
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  A Woman's Journey Through Shaping Africa’s Digital Financial Future Featuring Diana Gathoni 10.12.2025 52мин

  What are your thoughts? Tech Talk Africa – Episode 9: A Woman Shaping Africa’s Digital Financial Future Guest: Diana Gathoni, Digital Commercialisation Senior Manager In 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’s journey is a masterclass in resilience, innovation, and purpose-driven leadership. She opens...
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  Africa’s Higher Education Sector and Technology with Dr. Nico Elema 10.11.2025 48мин

  What are your thoughts? Tech Talk Africa – Episode 8: Africa’s Higher Education Sector and Technology Guest: Dr. Nico Elema, Director of the Centre for Collaboration in Africa at Stellenbosch University In 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 foster innovation, technology transfer, and equitable partnerships across the continent. Dr....
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  Nigeria’s Infrastructure Paradox with Meed Networks CEO Ahmed Atere 27.10.2025 38мин

  What are your thoughts? Tech Talk Africa – Episode 7: Connecting Africa; Nigeria’s Infrastructure Paradox Guest: Ahmed Atere, CEO of MEED Networks In 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 constructing Nigeria’s largest campus fiber network to contributing to a 90,000-kilometer nation...
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  Rwanda’s Digital Leap with ICT Chamber CEO Alex Ntale 06.10.2025 37мин

  What are your thoughts? Tech Talk Africa – Episode 6: Rwanda’s Digital Leap: How Policy, People and Partnerships Are Powering Transformation Guest: 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 continent. Once known for its ambitious Vision 2020, Rwanda has emerged as a continental leader in tec...
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  Africa's Internet Part 2: What comes next? with Ben Roberts 27.09.2025 58мин

  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 fresh elections. Roberts emphasizes multi-stakeholder governance, competition, and investme...
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  The Great Firewall of Africa with COO Joseph Mathenge 13.09.2025 42мин

  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 the human element amid rising cybercrimes in Africa. Mathenge notes reported incidents are pa...
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  Technology and the African Customer Experience with CEO Nyasha Mutsekwa 06.09.2025 50мин

  What are your thoughts? Tech Talk Africa – Episode 3: Technology and the African Customer Experience Guest: Mr. Nyasha Mutsekwa, the Chief Executive Officer of Africa’s leading Customer Experience (CX) platform - Ajua In 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." The discussion highlights higher stakes for local businesses due to the relational nature of African co...
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  Culture and Code: Who owns the African story in the digital age? with Dr. Joel Ongoto 30.08.2025 48мин

  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, and information in the digital era. Dr. Ongoto emphasizes that although African culture gains gl...
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  Africa's Internet Part 1: Who's in Control? with CEO Fiona Asonga 23.08.2025 46мин

  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, research institutions, and society at large. From questions of governance and accountabilit...