Africa Tech Radio

Tony’s Tech Side - 10th February, 2023

Do you know the full meaning of JPEG?

 

Today's Rubbles of History highlights are the first time a computer defeated a world class champion using standard championship rules.

 

Tech Gist:

1) Malawi cholera outbreak crosses 1300.

2) South Africa declares national "state of disaster" in the electricity sector.

3) Over 1 million sign up for AI-powered Bing waitlist in 48 hours.

4) Twitter expands tweet length limit for US-based Twitter Blue to 4000.

What Nigeria will gain from Naira Redesign and New National Card

Have the Naira Redesign and National Card Scheme affected you in any way?

 

What are the effects of theses policies?

 

A Financial Policy Analyst, Stanley Onuorah, and a Public Policy Analyst, Chima Christian, joins Tony to discuss these issues.

Reshaping the Energy Industry in response to fuel and climate crisis

How's Africa reshaping energy the enrgy industry in response to fuel and climate crisis?

 

Chief Operating Officer at Salpha Energy, Charles Ubong Akpan, joins Bookii on CruiseCntrl to talk about the energy crisis.

Cruise Control - 7th February, 2023

Listen to Bookii as she shares tech stories around Money Market, and what impact Tech plays in businesses and organizations. 

Tony’s Tech Side - 8th February, 2023

Do you really know what a "File" is? Do you know when Google Maps was launched?

 

Today's Rubbles of History highlights the launch of Google Maps and record braking "24 hours in Cyberspace" event.

 

Today's Tech Gist;

1) AFDB announces 2nd edition of Fashionomics Africa Online Incubator and Accelerator Programme.

2) Starlink gets license and approval in Rwanda

3) Binance suspends US dollar withdrawals and deposits for international customers.

4) Microsoft announces AI powered Bing and Edge.

Digitizing SMEs in Africa: What you ordered and what you ricive

In an era where almost everyone is enthusiastic about starting a business, what measures are to be put in place before, during and after startup?

 

What should be your target? What digital platform do you need to embrace? How do you get people to notice your product? How do you get prospective investors for your business?

 

CEO and Founder of Ricive, Ayodeji Popoola, joins Bookii as they discuss "How to help the local traders and small-medium entrepreneurs thrive in this Digital Economy" on CruiseCntrl. 

Tony’s Tech Side - 7th February, 2023

From an explanation of the word "byte" and what happened on February 7th in Tech history, to Google and Microsoft going head to head in the Conversational AI Space, Tony shares insights into Africa's Tech space in this episode of this podcast.

 

Also today, he talks about Meta losing its claim to be removed from suit claiming it exploited workers.

Cruise Cntrl - 6th February, 2023

It's Tech appreciation Monday on #CruiseCntrl with Bookii.

 

What does your Mobile Phone mean to you? Mobile network provider MTN Ghana gets waver on tax bill.

Tony’s Tech Side - 6th February, 2023

While Meta is introducing paid verification and Twitter is thinking of paid verification for organizations, Tony in this episode shares all the most exciting Tech stories across Africa.

 

Tony also explains a Tech word and shares what happened today in Africa.

Tony’s Tech Side - 3rd February, 2023

From Africa's 1st Unicorn of 2023 to Africa's 1st e-hailing (Uber, Bolt) and App-based transport workers govt approved union in Nigeria and Google starting its 1st Startups Accelerator Program for African Women Founders, Tony shares a lot of firsts in the Tech space in Africa in the past week.