Inspired by the death of his loved ones and his struggles growing up in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Jack Owuor founded the Transfers Initiative to assist women from the Kenyan slum. A youth-led organization, Transfer Initiative empowers women with basic survival skills using innovative technology. Owuor spoke to Africa 54 technology correspondent Paul Ndiho on his hopes for the initiative and the impact that it has already had on African women.
Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated changes in medical care with doctor's visits increasingly beginning with online consultations rather than a face-to-face meeting. For more insight, Africa 54's Paul Ndiho spoke to Chima Amadi, founder of Clemac Digital Health and a former fellow of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders program.
Africa 54 technology correspondent Paul Ndiho spoke to Ohemaa Andoh, director at PM STEAM Educational Center based in Kumasi, Ghana about her work encouraging girls to pursue jobs in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
South Africans are feeling the brunt of excessive power outages as the state-owned power utility company Eskom is failing to deliver on its mandate. For more insight, VOA's Paul Ndiho spoke to Xolisa Vuza, a fintech entrepreneur based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
A youth-led organization in Kenya allows young people to be involved in educational courses using innovative technology while aiding those who don't have internet access. For more, Africa 54 technology correspondent Paul Ndiho interviewed Douglas Mwangi, founder and director of Oasis Mathare.
In the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns, we follow up with CEOs featured throughout season one. They share how coronavirus impacted their businesses, how they adapted, and what opportunities arose as a result of the pandemic.
Solving some of the most challenging health problems of the African continent, Health Tech startups are addressing problems ranging from access to medical care, infant and maternal mortality and rapid diagnostics and consistent, convenient monitoring of critical health care needs.
From Agritech, to moving goods across the continent, to fulfilling the African energy needs, young entrepreneurs push beyond limitations set before them to create innovative ways of using technology to make a better world.
From the workplace to the educational and environmental ecosystems, we look at how tech startups change the way we learn, the way we do business, and the way we live.
Through the challenges and victories of young African entrepreneurs, we learn how tech startups are launching ride sharing businesses to address the problems of traffic congestion, safety, and cost of travel.
This scene-setter episode asks the questions, “What is a Startup?” and “What does ‘Starting Lean’ mean?” Through the lens of e-pay startups, episode one illustrates the problems that startups solve and the challenges of launching a new tech business.
