The Intersection Magazine Podcast

The month of February is upon us. We are easing into the year by further developing some of the projects we began at the end of last year. Our piece on time travel and investment is concluded in this issue with the author Brad Slingerlend giving us a list of films that help us understand what we can learn from Hollywood’s take on time travel. In the light of a rather eventful start of the year (ne...

For the month of January those who think of this as the first month often have expectations of some kind of #forecast or #prophecy. Words of direction that they can depend on for the year to come. About 30 years ago at a #church in #Texas we used of usher in the New Year with a word from the Lord for the coming year. I tried this for a while except I was trying to see if I could spot #trends that...

Chris Champion is an entrepreneur and investor, who has delved deeply into tech startups over the past 30 years. He has identified patterns that lead to successful investments – having championed over 120+ companies and raised more than $300M. With a community of 5,000 entrepreneurs who value his insights, Mr. Champion shares his journey and insights on including the value of concentrated gatherin...

Here is something you might appreciate. This is recorded after an impressive talk by a Chinese product sourcing expert. First, we talk about the word ecosystem and what it means and why we chose to define it with Silicon Valley in mind. Then we pan out to regional and continental perspectives of the same. Here we are interested in how Ecosystems express themselves in the big four, Kenya, South Afr...

Brad Slingerlend shows up again with this piece. This time he sheds light on a genre of film that explores time travel and helps us understand the complex world of investment and key features of the same especially prediction of trends and the identification of patterns. We also share a supplement from a new event called Tech Con held at the ICT Hub in Nakawa, Uganda. With a major focus on #Web3 a...

In the month of November, we continued our discussion of the elite overproduction hypothesis from the work of Noah Smith. Perhaps the most crucial take away from me, was the need to manage expectations. All the planning and work that goes into the creation of courses and program for various directions of study often stems from what we perceive as needs in the years that will follow but it is still...

In this issue we complete the piece that was written by Noah Smith on the Elite Overproduction Hypothesis . The key takeaway from this is the need to be sensitive about how we address the challenges that many in this generation are facing with lack of jobs and opportunity and to stay away from using humor that belittles their choices and circumstances. We also begin a conversation about MTN Uganda...

In this episode we share in brief the contents of the September Magazine. We start with the discussion that Noah Smith started on the Elite Overproduction Hypothesis. He talks about what happens when the hopes of one or more generations to not match the market conditions. The first a generation of those who are planning for the future and deciding what we learn and those who register in top school...

Here is a conversation that was supposed to preface a podcast episode devoted to a completely different subject. The show was summarized by Doris Acheng Odit of Odit Frontier Partners into about 6 major sections. 1. Polymaths, focus and identity 2. Purpose and profit 3. Adaptive Muscle vs. Static Dogma 4. Opaqueness and Access 5. AIs, LLMs and the Architecture of Thinking 6. Legacy and Continuity...

Shelton Jackson 'Spike' Lee needs no introduction. He was educated in America's leading Colleges-Morehouse and New York University Tisch School of the Arts. According to Wikipedia he thrives in the space where he explores themes about African American life and culture. This is where we find him in this adaptation of the Japanese film from the sixties. David King is the central characte...

This is a conversation we had regarding volunteering and the possible transition between executive roles to voluntary roles and positions. I was curious about how to think about a life that is designed around giving back to communities especially after years of making money (even this is service within itself). Key takeaways are the importance of Depth verses Breadth, Team composition and Placing...

Here is a great conversation about the quite a number of subjects but with one underlying idea. #Fashion , #Technology and #Innovation and how to merge these ideas into creating great looks while also managing the vast amount of waste that is generated to make these clothes. The guest Julia K. Dietmar also talks about tools that they have developed to make you dress smarter as well as some really...

Here is another piece where we cover BBC's coverage of Finland as a DefenceTech Superpower. Definitions of Ecosystem and the use of these definitions to break down the success of Finland as an amazing DefenceTech Space. We also look at the historical case and geographic influence and the effects of proximity on its pivot towards DefenceTech. What role does government, business and Educational...

Here is another well done piece from the BBC which we mine for content. Some of the major ideas that stand out are seen in almost all stories that were done with the BBC where they always start with a country summary. This may be useful because these characteristics often form the basis or foundation upon which the innovation is built or the platform upon which development will be based. The show...

We continue a review of material as presented by the BBC. We think it will be useful to compare our coverage of the Innovation and Technology Space with what some of the giants in Media are saying. Here we talk about India's approach with view of capturing lessons that can be used in other third world countries. This episode is a timely conversation when many potentially profitable businesses...

In the second installment of our coverage of BBC's Startup Focus, we present Armenia. What are the historic and geographic challenges she has faced and what opportunities exist in overcoming them? How does Armenia plan to use Education and Technology to Its advantage both locally and globally. We look at the devotion to early stage education and give examples of about three pre-teens and the a...

After quite a while of not seeing Mr. Bwire we connected a few months ago at a Corporate Venture Capital Training Event. Our conversation on that day was filled with life changing insights on growth and longevity which in my view can benefit Startups in Uganda and young founders. Ancel's encyclopedic knowledge of the Ecosystem and its success and failures form some of the basis of the conversation...

Several ideas are discussed in this issue. The first is a piece by Noah Smith about what he called the Elite Overproduction Hypothesis. He takes a deep dive into the Education Sector in the US and the decline and uptick in certain courses and sites few reasons why this is the case. This has relevance for those in Uganda especially with the decision to focus on Arts courses in some of our leading U...

In the month of July we shared the last piece from the conversation covering Africa Reimagined. Africa Reimagined was put together by Included VC and was put together to help shed some light on continent wide tech and innovation ecosystem. This particular article discusses presentation given by Brad MacGrath of AHL Ventures who helps shed light on all the different insight that we can glean from t...

This long awaited conversation with Grace Miller Lead of Echo Community In Nothern America is finally here. We talk about the importance of the work they do and the broad areas that they focus on. We also share a snippet about some of their very important events including some of what is coming up towards the end of the year. You can visit Home - ECHO as well as ECHOcommunity.org We see several ma...

A few weeks ago, the BBC Business Daily Program had a series of episodes devoted to the subject of Startups. In the next few programs we share some of these highlights just to give you a perspective from a different source and how we see this coverage. Here we share insights into the Biotech Startup System of Argentina how the country has faced the challenges of Brain Drain and Inflation as well a...

It’s been almost 12 years since I published a post called Apply No More My Son. It was a slight jab at the system and the process that many of us have to go through and bother with even if sometimes we realize that the whole thing is rigged against us. Fast forward a few years and I did it again. This is therefore an exploration of the same subject and two different areas where I have directed my...

In this episode of the podcast we wanted to share some useful insights from someone in a different ecosystem about some of what they think Uganda is doing right. This is great coming from a country that ranks amongst the top four in terms of VC fund attraction and investment. We are calling it a Vote of Confidence to the Uganda Tech and Innovation Ecosystem. What are we doing well? Where are the c...

In this conversation I am thrilled to share insights with one of the early pioneers in the startup space. We talk about a range of subjects including some of his work with Ugabus which went one to be acquired by Treepz. Ugabus was an online ticketing system that was built to make it easier to book travel tickets in the country and region. The same went one to represent the country in a startup com...

This year's event marks the 4th Blockchain DevFest organized and founded by Eng. David Lumala and his team. Over the last few years this has become a important event for anyone interested in learning and building in the web3 space. Guests and speakers now come from all over the region and continent to engage and connect with the community here. In this podcast we talk to all the major exhibitors a...