Africa Tech Radio

From telco, finance and AI across Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa, Tony speaks about the stories shaping technology in Africa.

While MTN retail investors smile as their biggest dividend drops, IHS towers gets ready for MTN takeover and we have more news from Canal+, Multichoice and SAPO.

In other news, Rwanda and Kenya plan a fintech regulation license marriage that other African countries may well adopt meanwhile, Ghana announces a totally new SIM registration process.

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What does “Give to Gain” really mean for women in the tech ecosystem?

In this Women’s Month conversation, Precious Adesina-Ola, a growth leader in the digital technology sector, discusses inclusion, leadership and the role women play in driving innovation across the tech ecosystem.

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AI might soon become the newest member of your group chat. From Meta testing AI assistants in conversations to WhatsApp’s new @all feature.

Find out what’s happening across all your favorite social media platforms.

From the history of global conflicts to the vital need for mental health retreats, we’re diving deep into what’s actually on your mind.

Join this week’s episode of “What's on Your Mind Podcast”.

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Resources - 
About Green Spaces being sold off in Abuja, Nigeria -

https://africasacountry.com/2026/02/betraying-abujas-green-soul

Guests Feature:
a) Shireen Noor
Shireen Noor is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and licensed couple’s therapist in private practice in Hertfordshire and London.  Her paper titled, “Beyond the Skulls of our Colonised Ancestors – Reflections on Psychoanalysis and Culture has been published in the European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling. Shireen’s clinical and academic interests include trauma, culture, migration, identity, and decolonising psychoanalysis, with a particular focus on South Asian experiences of mental health.

b) Cheta Nwanze - Researcher, Knowledge Manager, Risk Advisor, Data Analyst.

Duration: ~54 minutes
Produced by: Africa Tech Radio
Listen on: Podbean | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
Hosts: Ekene Ezeji and Ayisha Osori

"Over 400,000 data analytics professionals in Africa" - Philip Ade-Akanbi

In this episode of the Data and AI Gist Podcast, host, Philip Ade-Akanbi shares why ALL Data professionals should form a community around this podcast.

He explains how the advent of ChatGPT opened up endless possibilities for professionals in the Data and AI space and how data professionals should position to make the best out of this attention.

He shares how as a data professional pre-ChatGPT, it was not a popular opinion to be in Data and AI.

Philip who is the CEO of DecisionSpaak Technologies shares his thoughts about security, ethics and privacy issues around AI and a gives a run-down on the quality of guests on this season of the Data and AI Gist Podcast.

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"AI isn't just for hype, it's about creating real business impact" - Maduabuchi Anamelechi

In this episode of the Data and AI Gist Podcast, host, Philip Ade-Akanbi chats with a Senior ML Engineer at JadaSquad; Maduabuchi Anamelechi.

Maduabuchi explains why analytics fails, why distribution matters more than modelling and how real impact comes from putting insights into the hands of the people who use them.

He shares how an early sentiment analysis project which he carried out early in his career which was on brand monitoring, decision-making and measurable results paved the way for more strategic data initiatives.

Maduabuchi shares how businesses can align AI with short-term goals, build iteratively and scale solutions that deliver measurable ROI over time.

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With Coups, electoral reforms and elections, West Africa faces a big question, “Is Democracy failing in Africa?”

In this episode, Project Manager, Media in National Elections (MiNE); Amina Miango and Digital Investigations Manager at CJID; Silas Jonathan speaks to Tony about democracy, media integrity and elections in West Africa.

Are we facing the return of imperialism and colonialism?

What have you heard about the Epstein files?

Marco Rubio’s comments at the Munich security conference are inflammatory and in this episode, Ayisha asks if we should be cautious of a return of western imperialism. 

Also, Ekene unpacks the Epstein files and the many lessons we ought to learn from such a monstrous revelation.

Share your thoughts this week with Ekene and Ayisha. Leave us a comment, we’d love to hear what’s on your mind.

Resources - 
https://youtu.be/4OWBvze2yOM?si=tg_b8KbLxSBwmG5x
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv6rjp468ro

Guests Feature:
a) Chika Matthias Mordi - A prominent Nigerian economist, banker and public policy expert

b) Oghosa - Sometimes; a hard worker. Sometimes; a house husband and a soft boy. Every time; a staunch believer in embarrassing Nigerian politicians in public. 

Duration: ~49 minutes
Produced by: Africa Tech Radio
Listen on: Podbean | Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
Hosts: Ekene Ezeji and Ayisha Osori

"Working solo was my worst mistake … "

“Find a mentor, not just anyone, someone who’s killing it...”

In this episode of the Data and AI Gist Podcast, host, Philip Ade-Akanbi chats with Damilola Babalola; Senior Business Intelligence Analyst, Vinsighte.

Dami or Full-stack data analyst (as he's fondly called), shares insights into the daily life of an Analytics professional in a Health-tech startup in Nigeria.

Dami who has worked full time, part-time and as a freelancer across industries in the data analysis space shares insights into how to navigate working as a data analytics professional in different industries.

To Dami, getting a mentor is non-negotiable. Also, finding a community of like minded professionals is important to every analytics professional.

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Connect with Seyi on Social Media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/babaloladamilola/

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Roles you never knew existed in Tech like SRE - John Ewuji

In this episode of the Data and AI Gist Podcast, host, Philip Ade-Akanbi chats with John Ewuji, a Senior Cloud Engineer at ALAT by Wema Bank.

John shares insights how to get started as a cloud engineer and how to scale your career in cloud engineering.

Currently, John is DevOps Engineer - @ALAT by @WemaBankOfficial and has spent the last half a decade doing the hard things in cloud engineering. He advices that all newbies into the data analytics industry and cloud engineering space get a mentor.

They also discuss how to actually seek out a mentor with practical tips offered by John. He shares how he also worked to maintain the relationship with his mentor to push him into the next phase of his career.

John brings to this conversation as a DevOps Engineer, over 5 years of experience in Information Technology, specializing in automating, supporting, and deploying critical applications across large-scale infrastructure. Highly proficient in Azure Cloud services, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Bitbucket Pipelines. Experienced in building and managing cloud infrastructures using ARM template, Terraform, PowerShell, Bicep, and scripting languages such as Bash and Python for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

He has also collaborated with software engineering teams to migrate on-premises services to the cloud, leading to a complete revamp of application architecture and a 70% reduction in deployment time.

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Connect with John on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewuji-john-40bb1413b/

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