Africa Tech Radio

About 494 million people in sub-Saharan Africa have no form of legal identification. In response, policymakers across sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly investing in some form of biometric digital identification (ID) systems.

 

In this episode, the Lead Infrastructure Engineer at Prembly, Ilerioluwa Fadeyi and the Marketing & Communications Lead at Seamfix, Ademola Koledoye, dissect the ID trends that shaped 2022 and how ID systems will shape the coming years.

About 494 million people in sub-Saharan Africa have no form of legal identification. In response, policymakers across sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly investing in some form of biometric digital identification (ID) systems.

 

In this episode, the Lead Infrastructure Engineer at Prembly, Ilerioluwa Fadeyi and the Marketing & Communications Lead at Seamfix, Ademola Koledoye, dissect the ID trends that shaped 2022 and how ID systems will shape the coming years.

Research has shown a high rate of mental disorders and mental health symptoms among adolescents in 16 sub-Saharan African countries, with a greater burden compared to that in high-income countries.

 

Around 50% of mental disorders have their onset before the age of 14 and 75% before 25 but stigma, in most of Africa, remains one of the biggest obstacles to people getting the support they need.

Joining Tony and Bookii to discuss why we should talk more about mental health is an entrepreneur and mental health activist, Debbie Absolom lyka.

Catch the latest technology gist and stories for the day on Cruise Ctrl.

Join Bookii as she uncovers happenings from incredible and fascinating change drivers in the socio-tech world.

The digital age is having almost everyone, individuals, and cooperate organizations leverage and tap into the pool of potential in the technology ecosystem.

So what are you building on?

A Tech Expert, Scott Ceneje talks on Building Potentials in the Tech Ecosystem.

Africa Tech Radio partnered with wikimedia user groups across Africa to highlight how the stories of Africa are written on the world’s most widely used reference compendium, Wikipedia.

 

The Planning and Organizing Lead for WikiIndaba 2022, Derrick Ndahiro and Founder, WikiVibrance Project, Euphemia Uwandu, discuss how the WikiIndaba and WikiViibrance project are helping Africans in this move.

Listen to Tony as he explores the meaning of the word AI, and shares the hottest tech gist in Africa.

The 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) gave Africa some reasons to be hopeful about the future of climate tech in Africa but what really should be the next step for climate tech in Africa after this much celebrated event?

 

In 2021, climate tech startups in Africa raised a mere $440m in disclosed funding, compared to $2.4bn for fintech and African climate tech startups receive just 0.2% of venture dollars compared with their counterparts in the United States, Canada, China, and Europe. 

 

The Technical Coordinator, World Meteorological Organization, Africa Office, Abubakr Salih Babiker, in this episode shares his expert thoughts on what is next for Climate Tech in Africa.

Why celebrate Christmas with all the problems facing humanity?

 

From floods, famine and hunger to wars, inequality and insecurity, is this Christmas worth celebrating?

 

Speaking in this episode, is a preacher and business consultant, Edidiong Gabriel, who tries to help us understand why Christmas is still worth celebrating despite our many problems.

 The PR industry is accelerating at a fast pace that most practitioners are wondering what is happening.

 

Lifestyle Brand Strategist and Publicist, Kafilat Salisu helps us better understand the transformation  happening in the PR Industry and the role tech is playing.