Women Tech Charge
By The Evening Standard
Women Tech Charge is back!
From fashion to finance, technology is revolutionising every area of our lives. Meet the extraordinary women who are leading the charge.
Hosted by Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, CEO of www.stemettes.org, Women Tech Charge is a series of candid, inspiring and often funny conversations with inventors, entrepreneurs and even real-life spies. These are stories of eureka moments, successes and failures, passions and ideas, which will inspire you to take charge – woman or otherwise.
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Latest episode
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Overcooked Worms! How Debbie Bestwick became a gaming pioneer
Debbie Bestwick is the CEO of Team 17, the studio brought the world classic video games like Worms and innovative recent titles including the Overcooked series. She tells Anne-Marie how she entered the industry before the age of 20 and became an awar… -
Tech and the City with Billie Quinlan, CEO of Ferly
Billie Quinlan is the co-founder and CEO of Ferly, a female-focussed sexual wellness app. She tells Anne-Marie how technology is helping women discover their sexuality, and change the way people think about sex. They also talk about her journey from … -
Imogen Heap: How technology is changing music
Imogen Heap is an artist, songwriter and technologist. She speaks to Anne-Marie about how tech is transforming how she makes music and interacts with audiences. She describes how she developed her MiMu smart gloves, which work as a wearable music ins… -
Black Ballad and how data can tell the black community's story with Tobi Oredein
Tobi Oredein is a journalist and founder of the Black Ballad lifestyle platform that elevates the voices of black British women through content, community and commerce. She talks to Anne-Marie about how her experiences as a black woman in journalism … -
How to be a Venture Capitalist, with Check Warner
Check Warner is a founding partner of Ada Ventures, a fund named after Ada Lovelace that aims to support diverse entrepreneurs. She talks to Anne-Marie about the role VCs can play in supporting start-ups, what the job actually is, and why female foun… -
Banishing 'maths phobia' with Dr Eugenia Cheng
Eugenia Cheng is a mathematician, concert pianist... and baker. She's dedicated her career to tackling the fear of maths that she thinks is preventing talented people from studying the subject. Eugenia tells Anne-Marie how her discovery that her s... -
Motherhood and entrepreneurship with Tinto's Idia Elsmore Dodsworth
Idia Elsmore Dodsworth was a lawyer with an entrepreneurial streak.... and two children under the age of two. She tells Anne-Marie how an unruly day at the beach with her kids inspired her to co-found Tinto, an app that connects mothers. They discuss… -
How UNICEF uses tech to save lives, with its innovation fund manager Sunita Grote
How can a huge organisation, working at a global level, use technology to save the lives of children? Anne-Marie speaks to UNICEF's innovation fund manager, Sunita Grote, who tells us why developments like blockchain are making it easier to provid... -
Endometriosis and how AI can help, with Dr Noemi Elhadad
Endometriosis, where tissue similar to that from the womb grows in other places, affects around 6-10% of women around the world. Dr Noemie Elhadad, of Columbia University, is one of those who was diagnosed with it while still a student. She's set ... -
NEW EPISODE! Explorer Kathy Sullivan: What's it like to go to space AND the deepest part of the ocean?
In this episode Anne-Marie takes us on a journey from the deepest depths of the ocean to outer space, with geologist, oceanographer and astronaut Kathy Sullivan. She was the first American woman to walk in space and also the first woman to go to the …
