Emerging Markets Today

[Summer Edition] Africa in Focus: Tech innovation, Data and Financial Inclusion

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Episode notes

We are half way through 2022 and I selected a few clips of the episodes featured so far this year.

For this episode I decided to turn my focus to Africa and I grouped 3 clips from episodes where we talked about different sectors and innovative companies within the African continent.

The first clip is from the episode Unleashing the Power of Data in Emerging Markets where I interviewed Joseph Rutakangwa, co-founder of Rwazi, a company using on-ground data from markets across sub-Saharan Africa. Joseph told me why this is so important for emerging markets economic development in the private sector and also in the public sector.

The second clip is from the episode Empowering Artisan Communities with Financial Inclusion where I invited Eric Osuorah, the founder of AFOMA, "the goodwill token". He wanted to empower artisans and small businesses in different African communities, so he started Sellitic - a more financial inclusive eCommerce marketplace using a crypto token called AFOMA.

The last clip is from the episode What Tech Innovation Really Looks Like in Emerging Markets where I had a chat with Max Cuvellier, Head of Mobile for Development at GSMA and co-founder of Africa: The Big Deal. We talked about one of the examples of innovation solutions that don’t make big headlines, a startup called Twiga Foods (Kenya) that is simplifying the supply chain between fresh food producers through a B2B e-commerce platform.

If you liked these clips, you can can listen to my conversations in full.

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