Pure Digital Passion with Moses Kemibaro

In this follow-up episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sit down again with Simon Bransfield-Garth, Founder & CEO of Akili AI, this time joined by Shikoli Makatiani, CTO and technical lead at Akili AI. Our first conversation with Simon explored his remarkable journey from working on artificial neural networks at Cambridge in the mid-1980s, to Symbian, mobile security, off-grid solar i...

In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I had an in-depth conversation with Farayi Ziswa, Founder & Executive Director of BTL Consulting Ltd, Co-Founder of Mapepa Karatasi, Founder & Executive Coach at Inheritege Coaches, and author of Selling to Informal Markets. This is a deep and practical conversation about how African commerce actually works on the ground. Farayi shares h...

In this conversation recorded during the Rotary Zone 22 Regional Team Learning Seminar in Diani, Kenya, a few weeks ago, I sat down with Rotary International President-Elect Olayinka Hakeem Babalola for a deep and timely discussion about Rotary, leadership, emotional reconnection, impact, and Africa’s role in the organization’s future. For those who may not know Rotary closely, Rotary Internationa...

In this recent episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sat down with Sven De Cauter, CEO of Teleperformance (TP) Kenya and Nigeria, for a revealing conversation about the growth of one of Kenya’s most remarkable digital business services operations. From 60 employees in 2020 to over 2,500 today, TP Kenya has become a significant case study in what is possible when global scale meets local t...

In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sat down with Denis Bundi, a Kenyan-born AI-Native business builder, engineer, and founder of Agentyc, DBX Engine, and ClawFolks, to unpack an extraordinary journey from Nairobi to Houston, Rice University, Texas Instruments, Google, Microsoft, and finally back home to Kenya. We talk about the evolution of computing, the rise of agentic AI, wh...

Kenyans have always loved real estate – from shambas and plots to townhouses and apartments. But the classic model is capital‑intensive, illiquid, and almost always shilling‑denominated. In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, we unpack a very different way to own prime Nairobi commercial real estate and earn in US dollars. The TRIFIC Green USD I‑REIT is an income‑generating Real Esta...

Simon Bransfield-Garth was writing his doctoral research on artificial neural networks at Cambridge in 1985 — forty years before most people had heard of AI. In this episode, he traces that journey through Myriad Solutions (a vector processor company that preceded the GPU era), Symbian (the smartphone OS that defined the pre-iPhone world), Cellcrypt (mobile voice security for governments worldwide...

In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sit down with Yannick Lefang — Founder & CEO of Kasi Insight, Africa's leading decision intelligence company — for one of the most intellectually rich conversations I've had on this podcast. Yannick's path to founding Kasi is unlike almost any other founder story in the African technology biased ecosystem. Born in France, raise...

81% of African PR professionals are using AI — but are they using it right? Mary Njoki breaks it down. In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I sit down with Mary Njoki — Founder & CEO of Glass House PR — for a wide-ranging, hour-long conversation covering her founder journey, the story behind the 2026 State of PR in Africa Report, and what the findings really mean for the indust...

Kenya's gig economy drives over KES 100 billion in annual economic impact and supports 150,000+ jobs. Top Bolt drivers earn up to KES 400,000 monthly, with 53% citing ride-hailing as their primary income source and 98% reporting improved livelihoods. This 49-minute panel features Kenya's platform economy leaders—platform operators, policy experts, and ecosystem builders—breaking down the o...

Dharmendra Jain (Founder & CEO) and Josiah Kimanzi (Client Service Director) reveal how Actnable AI is transforming market research across Africa—from emotional response analysis to qualitative automation. Given their 30+ years running operations for Kantar/TNS across India, Nigeria, Kenya and beyond, they're now building Nairobi-rooted AI tools that fix slow fieldwork, manual analysis, an...

In this episode of Pure Digital Passion, I sit down with Nikki Germany, CEO of Moringa, to explore how a girl from rural Australia — the Land of Oz — ended up leading one of Kenya's and Africa’s most impactful technology education institutions, and how Moringa is building tech talent not just for Kenya, but for the world. We talk about Nikki’s journey from Expedia and Google to Bridge Internationa...

Recorded live at Radisson Blu Nairobi  – Hours before  The Secure Horizon  executive breakfast and the launch of Smartcomply's  "AI & the Cyber Frontier"  report with TechCabal on the 26th February 2026. Kenya recorded  4.5 billion  cyber threat events (April-June 2025) and lost  KSh 29.9 billion  to cybercrime last year. As digital platforms become economic infrastructure (mobil...

I had a fantastic time joining Joan Anyango for the very first episode of her "Tech It From Me" podcast. We took a deep dive into what drives me from those early dial-up Internet days in 1997 to building Dotsavvy right out of my bedroom back in 2002, and now navigating the AI era that's changing everything as know it. Personal BrandingWhen Joan asked what sets me apart in this crowde...

In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I sat down with Alice Ndung’u, Head of Apple Marketing at Redington Kenya, and Jacob Kyalo, Apple Certified Trainer, to unpack everything you need to know about the Redington sticker — the black label found on Apple iPhone boxes across Kenya. We dove deep into what the sticker actually represents for consumers: a mark of authenticity, a 24-month...

I was recently a guest on the Casually Human podcast with Martin Kigondu for an in-depth and candid conversation covering my 25+ year journey in technology, digital marketing, entrepreneurship, personal branding, and the rise of Artificial Intelligence in Kenya and Africa. Hosted in the intimate upstairs space at Sugar Bowl — the creative home built by Betty Musyoki , who worked at Dotsavvy nearly...

In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I was joined by Fethi Amara, Senior Executive at Planet Group International (PGI), for a deep and inspiring conversation on the invisible but powerful engine behind Africa’s digital transformation: Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM), now enhanced with AI.Fethi shared over 30 years of experience, from Arabiz...

In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sit down with Steve Kahugu, the Chief Technology Officer at CarDuka, to unpack how one of Kenya’s fastest-growing digital car marketplaces is solving the country’s long-standing trust deficit in car buying and selling. CarDuka has grown from an online valuation platform in 2017 to a 2.5 million–user marketplace built around verification, safet...

At the ALN ATLAS 2025 – Africa Law & Tech Symposium on the 12th November 2025, I had the privilege of moderating a panel discussion exploring one of the most important conversations of our time: How Africa can build a digital legal infrastructure that is trusted, inclusive, secure, and ready for the future. In this session, I was joined by three leaders who sit at the heart of Africa’s evolvin...

In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I sit down with Anuj Tanna, Co-Founder and CEO of MESH, for a deep dive into the platform that is fuelling Kenya's vibrant hustle economy.   Anuj shares the foundational insights from his time at Telkom Kenya that led him to see the informal economy not as a problem to be fixed, but as a powerful engine to be supported. We discuss the specif...

Tired of shocking data roaming bills after your travels? The eSIM revolution is here to put an end to that. In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I sit down with Mandeep Birdi, CEO of RoamBuddy, and Peter Lubia, CEO of Flexicom Enterprises, to unpack how eSIM technology is making global connectivity affordable and seamless for travelers from Kenya and across Africa. We dive deep int...

In this episode, I sit down with Russell Southwood , CEO of Balancing Act and author of Africa 2.0 and the Africa Interconnection Report 2025 , to unpack 20+ years of telecoms, internet, data centres, AI, and policy across the continent. We go from Celtel and M-PESA to today’s cloud & AI wave—and the human and cultural factors that make (or break) adoption. Chapters 00:00 Intro01:30 Russell’s...

In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I got an exclusive preview of the landmark 25th Annual PAMRO Media Research Conference, which returns to Nairobi after a 16-year hiatus. I was joined by two industry titans and key members of the conference organizing committee: Joe Otin (CEO, The Collective & Former PAMRO President) and Maggie Ireri (CEO, TIFA Research). They discussed the...

In this episode of Pure Digital Passion, I speak with Fahrettin Oylum, the Co-Founder of Teknopalas and senior executive at Doğuş Teknoloji—two technology leaders from Turkey that are bringing their bold, future-focused vision of IoT and RFID transformation to Kenya and the wider African region. Teknopalas has been at the cutting edge of UHF RFID and IoT since 2005. Fahrettin walks us through thei...

In this episode, I take you through my latest experiment with NotebookLM, converting my recent blog post, An In-Depth Analysis of Safaricom Kenya’s FY25 Business Performance, into a Kiswahili audio overview. This podcast delves into Safaricom’s financial highlights, strategic initiatives, and market performance over the past year, offering insights into the company’s growth trajectory and its impa...