Africa Tech Radio

How To Make Your Home Smell The Smart Way

Smell is often called humans most powerful sense, and good (and bad) smells tell us a lot about the world: what we should eat, even whom we should kiss…Lol. When it comes to our homes, if a space smells fresh, that's a great deal. If the smell is bad? We feel uneasy.

Forget the plug-ins or sickly sweet smelling candles, technology comes to the rescue. You can’t always rely on candles and sprays. To snuff out the funk effectively, you may want to go high-tech.

CEO of Diffuser Nigeria, a scent and smell brand, Bunmi Obakoya joins Gloria to explain how to achieve this.

What Future Exits Outside Formal Education? (part 2)

From 6.4 million in 2000 to 14 million in 2021, and if nothing is done, the number will continue to rise and there may come a time when there would be more Nigerian children out of school than there are in school.

According to UNICEF, 40 percent of Nigerian children in the North aged between 6 and 11, especially girls, do not attend any primary school.

In this episode, a Quality Education Advocate, David Osaghae, and the Humanitarian Manager, ActionAid Nigeria, David Habba, examine the future of the many children whose formal education have been affected by the spate of violence in the Northern region of Nigeria and suggest ways to address them.

The Role Of Architecture In Nation Building

The Architect is the designer of a society's built environment and provides one of the most vital of human needs, Shelter. The designing and construction of infrastructure and the built environment for the people, while taking note of the errors of the past structure, is one of an architect's roles in nation building. Providing solutions for the problems of our present condition and foreseeing the problem of the future is an important role of the Architect.

From the sky rise buildings to the long overhead bridges to the beautiful homes we live in, architects have fashioned and redefined what housing looks and feels like in Nigeria. An architect in training, Mokutmfon James, joined Gloria on International Architects Day to explain the role architects play in building Nigeria and by extension Africa.

Computer Storage 101: How The “Cloud” Works

I know you've heard things like save it in the cloud, cloud storage, cloud computing and the rest. Some say organizations should get ready to migrate to cloud based storage and services. Do you understand what all these people mean?

If you do not understand what all these people mean, not to worry, we'll know all of that today because it’s Computer Storage 101: How The “Cloud” Works.

A Media Consultant with roots in Technology, Jeffrey Ononiwu, will help us better understand how the Cloud works.

Why Digital Literacy Is A Priority In Africa (part 2)

Following the Part 1 of this episode, a consultant for TACTIS, Liana Rakotondramboa, and the CEO of Utiva, Eyitayo Ogunmola, join Tony in this concluding part of the conversation on why Africa must make giant moves towards digital literacy.

Why Digital Literacy Is A Priority In Africa (part 1)

We used to think of the three R’s—reading, writing, and arithmetic—as the foundational skills in today’s education systems. Is it time to add digital to that list?

According to the Digital Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa report published by IFC, over 200 million jobs will require digital skills by 2030 in Sub Saharan Africa.

This translates into an opportunity estimated at $130 billion to provide digital skills through a combination of business-to-consumer, business-to-business, and business-to-government training services.

A consultant for TACTIS, a French consultancy firm, with the support of Smart Africa and the French Development Agency, based in Kigali, Rwanda, Liana Rakotondramboa, and a Technology Education Entrepreneur whose company Utiva has the biggest tech learning platform in Sub-Saharan Africa, Eyitayo Ogunmola, discuss why Africa must make giant moves towards digital literacy.

Hazards Watch: Can We Predict The Next Flood? (part 2)

Here is the concluding episode of Tony's discussion with climate service expert with IGAD’s Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), Abubakr Salih Babiker, who talked about the launch of the East Africa Hazards Watch,  which helps predict extreme events such as drought, cyclones, pests (desert locust), heavy rainfall, floods or crop failures, which are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change.

Hazards Watch: Can We Predict The Next Flood?

Out of 100 disasters reported worldwide, only 20 occur in Africa but Africa suffers 60% of all disaster-related deaths. Why? Allocation for emergency response is approximately 20 times higher than for prevention and preparedness, countering sustainability principles.

The risks from these hazards if well predicted can be prevented or reduced or eliminated to ensure that no life is lost.

In this episode, a climate service expert with IGAD’s Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), Abubakr Salih Babiker, discusses with Tony the launch of the East Africa Hazards Watch, which will help predict extreme events such as drought, cyclones, pests (desert locust), heavy rainfall, floods or crop failures, which are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change.

Providing Help for Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy is a common neurologic problem in children and is reported as occurring in approximately 2-2.5 of 1000 live births globally. As is the case with many pediatric neurologic conditions, very little has been reported on this condition in the African context.

This discussion between Gloria and Pediatrician and Neonatologist at Massey Children's hospital, Dr Gbajo Odedina, aims to establish what cerebral Palsy is, the symptoms,  what has been reported on this condition from the African continent so far and how we can provide all round help for children living with the condition.

Don’t Ignore The Red Flag, Walk Away Now

Red flags represent the early warnings of unhealthy traits that could potentially be damaging to the person or people involved in the relationship.

If the red flags you spot make you feel as if your safety is in danger, you can skip the talking and just end things.

Relationship expert, Onome Omatsola, joins Gloria in this sequel to the discussion on Red Flags in Relationship. She shares how to go about quitting and winning.