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In this episode, we sit down with Jeremy Quainoo, General Manager, Africa Operations & Partnerships at JUMO, to explore how digital finance is scaling across Africa. What You’ll Learn: 1. How Jeremy transitioned from traditional banking to fintech 2. How Ghana's first Bank-led WhatsApp chatbot was built 3. Key leadership lessons from growing JUMO across 8 African markets 4. The future of f...

How do fintech startups in Ghana scale successfully? In this episode of Building Bytes, we sit down with Cristina Swan-Awagah, Project Manager for the Ghana Fintech Awards, to explore how strategic partnerships are driving fintech growth in Ghana. 🔹 The Importance of Strategic Partnerships – How collaborations fuel fintech success. 🔹 Cristina’s Journey in Fintech – From Zeepay to OrangeTech and...

Ghana’s tech ecosystem is rapidly evolving, but what truly defines its identity in 2025? In this episode of Building Bytes, we dive into the key factors shaping Ghana’s position as a rising star in Africa’s digital economy. Innovation & Entrepreneurship – The rise of homegrown startups solving local problems. Government & Policy Support – How policies and initiatives are shaping the tech l...

Welcome to Season 3 of the Building Bytes Podcast! This season, we’re amplifying Ghana’s tech success stories on a global stage. In this episode, we break down why Ghana Tech to the World is more important than ever. We explore: ✅ The global recognition of Ghana’s tech sector and why now is the right time for this conversation. ✅ The themes shaping this season: local impact, global reach, and ke...

In this episode of Building Bytes, we wrap up our Hall of a Decade season with a conversation featuring Cecil Senna Nutakor, the founder of eCampus and a leading authority on technology-driven education in Ghana. Cecil shares his journey in revolutionizing self-paced learning and professional development, the evolution of Ghana’s EdTech industry, and the exciting rebranding of eCampus to serve lea...

In this episode of Building Bytes’ Hall of a Decade season, we sat with Ashwin Ravichandran Portfolio Advisor at MEST Africa to learn about his career growth and MEST Africa’s impact on the African tech ecosystem and digital economy.

Akweley hosts Nana Adwoa, Ubaida and Akosua in the edition of All-Stars Women in Tech where they share their personal tech journeys and discuss how diversity & inclusion can be shaped in Ghana through tech. Listen and share with a woman in tech.

In this Building Bytes episode, we learn how card payment trends have evolved in Ghana with the West Africa & Ghana Managing Director of MDP Global, Emmanuel Sarpong-Oduro. Listen and share with your friends and colleagues.

Challenges Ghana joins Building Bytes Hosts as they share insights about their 10-year journey of supporting and empowering Ghanaian SMEs for growth. Listen and share with a friend.

In this episode of Building Bytes, we host Akua Sencherey, a product marketing leader at Andela. We talk about how Andela's Adaptive Hiring Approach transforms technical hiring for companies and creates opportunities for technical talents. Listen/Watch and share with your friend.

The episode of Building Bytes was recorded live at #DemoFridays 2.0 in September 2024. The expert-curated panel shared insights on how founders and tech teams can acquire their first 1,000 paying users using trusted tactics and strategies. Caleb hosted The panel with experts Huzaifa Adbulai, General Manager at Achievce App, Emmanuel Duah, Director of Engineering & Design at Farmerline and Samu...

Welcome to our new Insights series where we uncover key takeaways from Ghana's tech ecosystem, spotlight inspiring growth stories, and share actionable tactics and valuable information to drive growth and innovation. In this episode of Insights on Building Bytes Yaw, Akweley and Caleb highlight five key insights from the Ghana Tech Playbook. This book shares actionable insights and lessons from Gh...

All-Stars Women in Tech is a Building Bytes series that highlights stories of female tech entrepreneurs and professionals. In this second edition, Akweley hosts Emmanuella, Jessie and Kadoon, three tech entrepreneurs building healthtech, lawtech and safety tech solutions for Ghanaian women and the border population.  Watch this episode as they share stories about their founders' journeys, opportun...

Building Bytes has published over 25 episodes so far, hosted two #DemoFridays, two sessions at GDIW and currently writing our first book  Ghana Tech Playbook . Learn about our journey so far, what motivates the team and what is up next. Building Bytes is now available in video thanks to production support from Hubtel Academy.

In this episode, Building Bytes Hosts Akweley and Yaw had a conversation with Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman of the Ghana Hubs Network on Innovation Hubs in Ghana are leveraging technology and entrepreneurship to address local development challenges and how hubs are key to building a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem in Ghana. Building Bytes is now available in video thanks to production support from Hub...

Emmanuel Duah joined Farmerline eight years ago as a Staff Engineer, today he leads Engineering and Design at Farmerline. In this episode, we learn about his journey into software engineering and how Farmerline is set up to build technology that reaches remote areas worldwide. Listen and share with your friends and colleagues.

Dr. Yaw Bediako as described by the Gates Foundation is " The Ghanaian researcher who came home" to help contribute to the representation of African data in global cancer research. In this episode of Building Bytes, we learn about the journey that led him to build Yemaachi , and how Yemaachi is contributing to Global Health Equity. Listen and share with your friends and colleagues. MEST...

In today's episode, we delve into the world of personal finance with Huzaifa Abdulai, General Manager at Achieve, a subsidiary of the Petra group. Huzaifatu played a key role in transforming the traditional financial sector in Ghana by leading the development of the Achieve app, a groundbreaking digital platform that simplifies savings and investments for Ghanaians.  We discuss her journey, th...

Ghana's tech industry is at a pivotal moment where women's contributions are increasingly recognized as essential to its growth and evolution. Yet, significant hurdles remain in achieving gender parity and ensuring that women's voices are fully heard and valued in shaping the tech landscape. In this episode of Building Bytes, Agatha Ambrose, Akweley Abena Okai, Franklina Amoah, and Kweyakie Blebo...

For the past five years, Dario Bianchi has led the digital transformation agenda for MTN Ghana, championing the company's digital operational culture, and leading the launch and growth of various digital touch points and the new digital division he oversees. In this episode of Building Bytes, we learn about Dario Bianchi's digital transformational journey at MTN Ghana and its impact on Gha...

Affinity Africa is a digital bank making growth capital accessible to Ghanaian businesses, nearly 90% of Affinity's customers were previously unbanked. In this episode with Tarek Mouganie the Group CEO of Affinity Africa, we learn about how Affinity is solving one of Ghana's biggest banking challenges, empowering MSMEs with the capital they need to grow. Listen here and share with your fri...

Every last Friday at the end of a quarter we gather tech leaders, regulators and customers at Demo Fridays to share insights and showcase products. This episode shares insights from the panel at the last Demo Fridays where we discussed how to build technology for the Ghanaian market with Irina Oduro, Benjamin Sackey and Stefan Froelich (DumbTechGuy). Listen here and share with your friends and col...

Kristin Wilson drives growth for start-ups and SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa using design thinking, data analytics, and software as Chief Strategy Officer at Spurt!, In this episode, we learn about her work at Spurt! and her thoughts on Ghana’s tech ecosystem. Listen here and share with your friends and colleagues. Opportunities ⁠⁠Building Bytes Audience survey

Three Questions is a new extension of the Building Bytes podcast, on this show, we ask your favourite tech personalities quick-fire questions to get to know them better. This is an episode with Alex Bram, CEO of Hubtel.

Alex Bram is the CEO of Ghana’s most successful Indigenous tech start-up, Hubtel which was founded in 2005 as an SMS messaging provider and has grown over the years into many verticals including the quick-commerce industry, payment processing, and AI and keeps evolving, In this episode, we learn about the growth story of Hubtel. Listen here and share with your friends and colleagues. Opportunities...