Africa Tech Radio

Why Putting Africa’s Most Vulnerable People On The Map Is Important

The climate emergency is wreaking havoc across the world at a scale that people on the frontlines and in the humanitarian community cannot manage. Time is already running out for the world’s most vulnerable people — those who have contributed least to the global climate emergency yet are hit the hardest — and millions of others that are already losing their homes, their livelihoods, and their lives.

Maps tell stories and help us find people but the most vulnerable people globally can’t be found on most maps. There is a new effort called the Missing Maps Project – organised by the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team - which recruits volunteers to fill in the cartographical blanks in Africa and other parts of the developing world.

In this episode, the Community Manager at Eastern and Southern Africa Open Mapping Hub of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), Geoffrey Kateregga, will help you understand Why Putting Africa’s Most Vulnerable People On The Map Is Important.

Breaking The Pornography Addiction In Your Relationship

Ever since pornography's migration from magazines and videos to a digital format, it has been readily accessible and secretly watched. Unfortunately, pornography use has negatively affected many relationships in many ways. But what is it about porn that harms relationships?

Listen to this conversation of Gloria with award-winning sexologist, Sanasi Amos, who explains that one cannot be addicted to porn rather one can have a compulsive disorder. According to Sanasi Amos, if porn is hindering the complete wellness of your relationship, then you need to get help, talk to a therapist and find a way to break out of porn as a compulsive disorder.

How To Market Your Content With SEO

In January 1996, Bill Gates wrote an essay titled “Content is King” which was published on the Microsoft website. It says, “Content is where I expect much of the real money will be made on the Internet, just as it was in broadcasting….”

Content was, is and will continue to be King but Marketing, Engagement and Conversion will together serve as Queen in that Kingdom and you know what they say about who runs the world.

In this episode, an SEO and Email Growth Manager, David Adeyemo, will help you better understand How To Market Your Content With Search Engine Optimization.

International Widows Day - Changing the Narrative

In Nigeria, stories abound of widows being forced to drink the water used to wash their husband’s corpse – in the belief that it will kill them if they are guilty of causing his death – or of being made to declare their innocence before a local deity. The stigma or outright rejection a woman who has lost her husband could face often leaves her abandoned. Superstition causes other women to believe they may lose their husbands if they associate with a widow, while some men fear they, too, will die.

As the United Nations highlights International Widows’ Day, Gloria and the Founder of WiCare Lekota Foundation, a foundation to help widows and change the narrative, Diane Kalu, divulge the realities of life for widows in Nigeria and steps to better the situation of the widows.

Happily Ever AfCFTA For Smallholder Farmers In Nigeria or Not

The Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) aims to facilitate intra-regional trade in agri-food products and significantly increase intra-African trade over time as barriers to trade, including import tariffs and non-tariff barriers such as customs delays, restrictive licensing processes, and certification challenges are addressed.

Will this agreement really be a Happily ever AfCFTA for Smallholder farmers in Nigeria or Not?

An Agricultural Extension Lecturer, Operations Manager for a technology company and the CEO of Lanse Farms Nigeria Limited, popular on Nigerian Twitter as Naija Farmer, Akintobi Olanrewaju, gives further insight on this.

It Seems Social Media Was Made For Women

Have you ever wondered why there are more women than men on Social Media? Women are more active on social media; they use it more and participate more than men. This is why it is believed that they will mark trends from now on, since they have typically adapted more and better to the Technology.

But in all of these, how do women ensure they don't get lost in the euphoria of social media? Women love attention and may if not careful lose their self-identity from being online.

Celebrity TV Host, Life Coach and entrepreneur, Tope Mark Odigie, joins Gloria to explain how to channel social media to your own advantage as a woman.

What Is SEO And Why Is It Important For Your Business

Where would you look if you were in a new town or city and needed to find a restaurant?

If you’re like most people, you’d reach for your smartphone or sit down at your computer and type a simple phrase into Google.

You’d search “best camera smartphone or battery life PC or 65 inch TV,” or “restaurants near me.” Then, you’d scroll through the results and click the one that seemed best suited to your needs.

These results are based on what Google thinks will be the most helpful information to you, based on the keywords you entered. In many cases, the sites you see on the first page didn’t get there by accident. They used SEO to help Google understand what their content is about.

Listen to an Owned Media (SEO & Email) expert, David Adeyemo, who’ll help you understand everything you need to know about SEO and why it’s indispensable for your business in today’s digital world.

How To Get Your Website To Number 1 On Google

The safest place to hide your money is practically after the first 3 to 5 pages on Google; do you know why? It is because absolutely nobody searches there. LOL!

Do you know that 68% of online experiences begin with a search engine like Google, YouTube, Yahoo, Bing, Baidu, and Amazon? 75% of people never scroll past the first page of search engines.

Well, out of all these major search engines in the world called Earth, Google currently holds 92.27% of the total search engine market share, followed by YouTube (which is owned by Google), and then Yahoo!, Bing, and Amazon.

If they control that much, you surely want your business to be top on their list so that apparently, over 90% of all searches in the world about things related to your business can see your website first. Join an Owned Media (SEO & Email) expert, David Adeyemo, on this journey to number 1.

Physically Or Via Text - Just Ask Out Your Crush Already

Nowadays, texting is our main form of communication but that could be terrifying if you don't know how to go about it properly. Let’s Be Real! Asking someone out over a text message could come out wrong.

Over a text, it's easier for the other person to say NO because they don't have to deal with your emotional expressions. So, what do you do when the odds seems stacked against you? In this conversation, Relationship and Marriage Coach, Toluwanimi Akinyemi, sheds more light on the proper way to go about asking out your crush over text. She also explains "How to move on, when your crush says NO"

Decorating Your Home - Do It The Tech Way

As technology has become a big part of our lives, many homes are also constantly equipped with more gadgets and can be difficult to get it to play with the rest of the interior design style. But as both Technology and design evolve, it allows for the use of one's TV and Speakers as an element of the individual interior design style.

Technology and interior design have historically not always intertwined fingers. But today, there are many products that not only fit into the home, but also can help make an impression on the decor. However, to get the best out of it, you must know how to go about it. Interior Designer and freelance decorator at Feets and Inches, Inioluwa Olajide, explains all there is to know about decorating your home using technology.