Discovering Africa Thru' Technology

Welcome to Discovering Africa Thru Technology Podcast that cuts through the noise to celebrate the real visionaries building solutions from the ground up. We showcase the brilliance of Africa's greatminds, innovators, and experts as they tackle complex challenges with homegrown solutions driven by knowledge, technology, and innovation. Our podcast is inspired by the AU Agenda 2063 Aspiration 7...

What happens when residential buildings stop running on disconnected tools and start operating as one connected system? In this episode, we speak with Abdulmalik Abdullahi Shinkafi Founder Ceo, AI Intergration Engineer at Cambridge and Musa Christopher, Co-Founder , Ex Amazon Operations Manager about the platform they are building to transform residential property management in the UK. Reqzi is a...

Beyond Breakthroughs: Innovation Communicated (with Eva Kagiri-Kalanzi) What happens when science-led startups win on technical breakthroughs but lose on the message? Research shows that clear science communication can increase an innovation’s public adoption by over 60%, yet up to 80% of deep-tech failures are driven by commercialisation and messaging gaps rather than flaws in the core science. I...

50 million people are trapped in modern slavery today. To meet the UN's 2030 eradication goal, we would need to free 10,000 people every single day for the next decade. In the UK alone, over 23,000 potential victims were referred to authorities in 2025 a 22% increase and the highest number ever recorded. Across Africa, 7 million people live in modern slavery, with children accounting for a dev...

What if the waste we throw away every day could build industries, create jobs, and power Africa’s future? In this powerful episode of Discovering Africa Thru Technology, we are joined by Dr. Ben Festus a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Nanoengineering and Advanced Materials (CeNAM), University of Johannesburg; Acting Director of Research and Development at Federal Polytechnic Ede, N...

Cancer is rising — Tech can turn the tide. Join us as we explore how Technology and & AI are Transforming Lung Cancer Care in Kenya With Dr. Elias Melly the CEO of the National Cancer Institute of Kenya & LAA-MEA Chapter Steering Committee Member. Did you know that 44,000 people are annually diagonised with cancer in Kenya 32,000 people die of Cancer Annually 92% cancer patients die annual...

🌸 This Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A Story of Resilience & Transformation Meet Dr Sarah Jennifer Maongezi, Project Lead for the East Africa Comprehensive Women’s Cancer Project, a seasoned physician and public health specialist from Tanzania whose life took an unexpected turn. She had the textbooks. She had the solutions. Then she became the case study. One small lump on her breast transfo...

A Surgeon's Story: Fighting Cancer with Courage and Compassion in Tanzania Dr Larry Akoko MD, MMed General Surgery and Surgical Oncologist Associate Professor at MUHAS Prepare to meet a man who is not only a skilled surgeon but a beacon of hope for his nation. Behind every statistic is a human face. Behind every surgery, a story of courage. This #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, we are privileged t...

Adesunbo Adeniran, owner of Arike Holistic Lifestyle Limited(Arike) and founder of Women Entrepreneurs in Herbs, Spices and Natural Products, discusses the challenges of getting Organic African Spices and Herbs. Adesumo intends to unite African women to utilize the existing potential of African spices, herbs, markets, research, branding, and marketing to capture the global $ USD 45.61 billion spic...

Mary Rusimbi Mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi wa Nendiwe Feminist Wellness and Coaching Center Kutana na Mary Rusimbi Gwiji na Mtaalam wa Jinsia na Bajeti za Jinsia Tanzania, Mmoja wa waanzilishi/Mkurugenzi wa Mtandao wa Jinsia Tanzania(Tanzania Gender Networking Programme) TGNP Mvumbuzi, Mbunifu, Mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi wa Kwanza wa Mfuko pekee wa Ruzuku kwa wanawake Tanzania – Tanzania Women Fund (Wo...

Je unajua umuhimi na uwezo mkubwa uliokuwepo kiuchumu kama serikali ingetambua,dhamini na kuwekeza katika wanawake wasikuwa kwenye sekta rasmi ya wanawake masokoni.  Kutana na Jane Magigita Mkurugenzi wa Equality for Growth na Mvumbuzi, Mbunifu wa 'Sauti ya Wanawake Sokoni'. Mwanasheria, Mtetezi wa Haki za Wanawake na Haki za Jinsia pamoja na Mwezeshaji wa Sekta isiyorasmi akifafanua uzoef...

Wakili Msomi Hilda Stuart Dadu ni Mratibu wa Mtandao wa Wanawake Watetezi wa Haki za Binadamu Tanzania (Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders Tanzania) na Katibu wa Mtandao wa Wanawake Watetezi wa Haki za Binadamu Africa Mashariki.   Mwanaharakati Mbobezi na Mtetezi wa Haki za Binadamu za Wanawake na Makundi Maalum anaelezea mafanikio na changamoto katika kuwekeza katika haki za binadamu Tanz...

Celebrating International Women's Day Meet Chioma (Kyena) Ogbe, a global business owner and founder of NEO-RITZY LTD, a food processing business in Benin City, Nigeria, and a child nutrition enthusiast. Chioma explores the importance of investing in women because ignoring them ignores change and the importance of Africans training their children to take up family businesses and build them to c...

Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress Join Maria Matui, a Feminist Change Maker Champion in Climate Change and Gender Climate Justice and the Country Coordinator of Gender Climate Change Coalition Tanzania, to explore Tanzania's contribution, success, impact, and challenges in shifting to a green economy and care society in Gender Climate Justice. Follow us on Twitter : @discoverAfrDATT Instagr...

Mercy Bruce-Amanquah, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Francis Faki Amanquah Foundation (FFAF), shares how she honoured her late husband's memory and passion through the creation of a foundation to provide scholarships to five talented and academically brilliant female STEM students in financial need to study undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering at K...

Sherekea mafanikio ya wanawake bingwa na mashujaa wa kutetea Lishe Bora na Usalama wa Chakula Tanzania. Kutana na Bi Fortunatha Mmari, Mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi wa Afco Investment na Mvumbuzi wa Fortune Foods Lishe bora kwa watu wa kipato cha chini Tanzania. Je, unajua lishe bora ni muhimu sana kwa kina Mama wajawazito kutoka ujauzito unapoaanza mpaka siku 1,000!? Utapia mlo unachangia kudumaa kwa...

Celebrating International Women's Day by supporting Women Feminist 'STEM Change Maker Champion Data Scientist Pauline Okeyo, a Solution Engineer for the Middle East and Africa Region and a Geospatial Technology professional in location intelligence and analytics at Esri, the global leader in location analytics Did you know that there are many free, fully funded opportunities to promote wom...

Celebrating International Women's Day by supporting Women Feminist 'STEM Change Makers Champions' with Mercury Shitindo, a Bioethicist and the Chairperson of Africa Bioethics Network from Kenya. Promoting ethical research practices in Africa, preventing unethical dumping through training Research Ethics Committee, and supporting women researchers with equitable training and working opp...

Celebrating International Women's Day through supporting Women Feminist Change Makers '' Malkia wa Arthi' Meet Queen of Land , aka Malkia wa Ardthi, Dr Monica Magoke Mhoja, Outreach Director—Africa Landesa. She is the pioneer and Innovator of Stand4HerLand Campaign Tanzania, championing women's access to land rights. Operation #StandForHerLand #WomensLandRights #LandIsPower #La...

Ailís O'Carroll, Ph. D., eLife Community Manager, shares her experience as a researcher and the vision and impact of the eLife Young Science Researchers 2022-2023 Fellowship Programme. Are you a researcher looking for the best comprehensive research community and experts to learn from and grow your research skills and knowledge? Check out : https://elifesciences.org elifesciences.org https://w...

We can solve African food security and waste through sustainable agriculture practices and financing we speak with Sofia Ahmed Sadik, Country Manager Food & Land Use Coalition Ethiopia What are the three key solutions to food security in Africa? How can Africa invest in regenerative agriculture to protect indigenous food and cash crops? Why do we always take so much from the land and return no...

Imagine using gas from the waste you produce in your home. Farmers are currently making money from Biogas thanks to an interesting African innovator. We speak with Noël N'guessan, a chemical engineer who has created a household biogas solution called Kubeko, that households and factories can use to produce clean cooking gas and liquid fertilizer for their needs. In the episode, we discuss How...

Africans have creative ideas, but the problem is where to find money to make the idea happen. Venture capital is one way of funding that can make ideas come to life. We speak with Cindy Ai and Mark Kleyner, the Co-Founders of Dream Venture Capital an Investor Accelerator for Africa from the US and UK respectively, and, Lionel Rey, from Cote D' Ivoire, who is the lead of Kulea, a Pan-African bu...

learn from women and human rights advocates and activists who have developed mobile apps to provide women access to land rights, legal aid and reporting human rights violations in Tanzania through mobile apps and their success stories with Dr. Monica Magoke Mhoja, Outreach Director Landesa, Advocate Neema Magimba Co-founder and CEO Sheria Kiganjani and Gertrude Dybane, Senior Program Officer Legal...

Meet one of the only two African Experts Dr. Oladipo Elijah Kolawole PhD who developed the Covid 19 Vaccine from Nigeria as he shares his journey and the complexities of research and creating vaccines in African Do you know that African Scientists and Researchers have the capacity to create vaccines and other development challenges solutions but lack funding? Do you know that African medical resea...