Digibiz Africa

Africa is on the move…young people are harnessing technology,” - Barack Obama at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit Nairobi, Kenya 2015. The digital economy in Africa started in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1995 when Mark Shuttleworth built Thawte, a leading certificate authority, and sold it to Verisign when Vodacom championed prepaid airtime. the wave then moved to Ghana in 2001, when, together with Mark Davies and others, BusyInternet was built. Nigeria currently enjoys some of the most interesting developments in product development. According to a report by GSMA Intelligence 2017, Nigerians boast up to 86 million unique mobile subscribers, making it a technology developer's playground. According to estimates released at the Google For Nigeria conference last week, by the year 2034 Africa is expected to have the world's largest working-age population of 1.1 billion -- yet only 3 to 4 million jobs are created annually. African web users are already taking the first step in making moves in the digital econom

Make sure you use your time wisely and do things that matter. That’s the topic of our motivational session today. MTN Zambia is heating up the telecoms space with mobile kiosks and, we cover start-ups developing 3-D rockets and homes then sad news from the YouTube headquarters. Our slot on Monday has changed from 12pm-1pm to 2pm-3pm. We will have a new co-host on Monday and exciting developments for Thursday. Take a Byte into the Future! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/digibiz-africa/support

Our technology update focuses on exposing our top tech stories, we start off with the Virgin Money Insurance platform that cuts out call center agents from the sales process. Samsung innovates in the education space, Facebook’s market share plunges and the City of Atlanta is hacked! On Start-Up Corner, we profile Fruvas, which is a fresh produce delivery company that aims to be a grocery retail company. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/digibiz-africa/support

Uber in the news for the wrong reasons again! We also go into the exciting partnership between Mastercard and VConnect that focuses in the FinTech space. Our Top 10 Feature today gives insight into the top security companies to trust with your digital information. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/digibiz-africa/support

On this show we chat about cybersecurity, tech companies putting Africa on the global map and how start-ups are disrupting by developing solutions that operate outside of the Internet. We had our Digital Expert Seshan Patadamai provide insight into the “Digital Transformation” hype which seems to be the focus for private and public sector entities globally. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/digibiz-africa/support

We live in a world where technology is developing quicker than we can keep up. Our top stories feature Uber testing out their self-driving trucks on the road. Mastercard is once again transforming the FinTech world with its mobile transaction services launch. We discuss Google and its new advertising rules as well as their Co-Founder funding a self-flying taxi! Our Start-up Corner guest is Murali Naidu who’s Tech start-up is making waves in the automotive industry. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/digibiz-africa/support

Kick-started the show with awesome music and a motivational talk by Lisa Nichols on how not to dim your light for your haters! Our technology updated covering top technology stories globally consisted of Facebook being awarded a patent that will see them developing a robot that will follow you around the house taking pictures and videos at your request – scary! Tanzania is developing a cashless economy, Yellow pages are going digital, Hulamin is the only company providing an aluminum product to be used to provide Wi-fi in airplanes globally and Uber Health is launching a transportation technology platform for health patients in the US. We end off with our “Top 10” feature talking about IEEE Computer Society’s top tech trends for 2018. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/digibiz-africa/support

The world's top ten tech companies --Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Alibaba, Intel, Oracle, Samsung and Baidu--increasingly have something in common: they're doing mission-critical work in Israel that's core to their businesses back at HQ. Let's take a look at how this trend is playing out. The world's top ten tech companies --Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Alibaba, Intel, Oracle, Samsung and Baidu--increasingly have something in common: they're doing mission-critical work in Israel that's core to their businesses back at HQ. Let's take a look at how this trend is playing out. Amazon: Up until some six months ago, Amazon had only two lines of activity in Israel, one for its AWS business, and a drone R&D facility in Herzliya, just north of Tel Aviv, for its Prime Air business. Google several years ago bought Waze, an Israeli navigation app, in its mission to connect the online and the offline worlds.  Facebook’s acquisitions of Israeli companies, specifically Onavo and Face.com --

UB-40 eased us into the show which led to a motivational clip that got us energized. Our trending topics ranged from OLX closing shop in 3 African countries to Bitcoin's slump recovery in an unprecedented turn of events. Soji Akinlabi shared his wisdom by giving us our business tip of the day. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/digibiz-africa/support

SV Capital focuses on investment opportunities which provide socio-economic solutions and have high yielding returns. SV Capital has established itself as a disrupter in the investment industry by making investments that are easy to understand and accessible to anyone. With 14 years of experience collectively in the financial industry, SV Capital is focused on delivering competitive returns to clients. Which funds are available? SV Capital currently focuses on the following three funds: AgriFund (Agricultural sector) PropFund (Property sector) LifestyleFund (Sports/development fund) What are the benefits of investing in SV Capital Funds? Real asset-backed investment (Provides the opportunity to invest in alternative high growth assets) Low/Medium risk Strong return profile Exposure to assets that would not be readily available in the market --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/digibiz-africa/support

On the launch show of Digi Biz Africa today we focused on trending industry topics. We started with the cyber hacking attack on an exchange in Japan, zoned in on the Amazon Go launch, how Cape Town is using technology to fight the water crisis and the new app for students who struggle with mathematics called Open Omnia. We were also excited about the Technology Innovation Conference taking place from 1-2 February 2018 at Gallagher Estates, South Africa. You can also look forward to the 4th African Tech Summit at the Marriott Hotel in Kigali between the 14-15 February 2018. We also interviewed Africa Business Radio Founder & CEO Olusoji Akinlabi on his journey to impacting Africa through media. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/digibiz-africa/support