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Revisiting stories and recommendations drawn from different leaders in the African tech space for the past year, Oluwanifemi compiles five ways team leads and founders can up their leadership game.
Teaching people tech concepts in English is already a huge task; now imagine doing that in another language. Well, our guest on #EverydayPeople this week, Nigerian data scientist, Wuraola Oyewusi, is doing that in Yoruba, one YouTube video at a time.
In today’s episode of Expert and African, you’d be inspired by Olugbeminiyi Idowu’s story – a London-based tech PR expert – his relatable beginning and how he found a passion for PR and has been relentlessly going at it for the last 13 years.
This week’s episode of Expert and African takes us into the world of an age-long career, Human Resources (HR), with Weyinmi Barber, Softcom’s head of HR taking us on a ride into the intricacies of the HR profession, spiced with how the quirks have led her into it.
Over the last three years on How I Work, we have talked to some of the most famously productive professionals and entrepreneurs in Africa. In this week’s edition, we revisit the best advice and lessons that have positively impacted 4 digital content creators.
Precious Tawo, freelance sound engineer and production manager, has lived quite the life in his eight-year career. In today’s #EverydayPeople, he shares details on how he started and what he hopes to achieve before going to the great beyond.
If you are looking to apply at Amazon, here are some of the brilliant Nigerians working at Amazon you should know
Patricia Pedhom Nono hasn’t always been a tech leader, but her achievements say otherwise. With an engineering background, she’s currently a prominent tech leader in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa with 18 years of experience. Welcome to a new episode of Expert and African.
This week on Expert and African, Oluwanifemi picked out practical lessons from three growth and marketing experts that have been featured in this series. If you are considering marketing as a career or want to know what it’s about, this is for you.
Kenyan lawyer, Selina Onyando chose an unconventional route after studying law, and the road led her into law tech, which she currently practises. This week’s edition of Expert and African looks at Africa’s tech regulation landscape through her eyes and documents what it takes to be a tech policy analyst.
Popular Nigerian tech YouTuber and visual storyteller, Fisayo Fosudo has taken many risks for his chosen career path. He shares some of his mistakes and wins on his journey so far.
This week, we explore the life of one of Africa’s finest cybersecurity experts, Confidence Staveley(@sisinerd) and her journey to building CyberSafe Foundation, a company driving cybersecurity best practices across Africa, especially for society’s most vulnerable.
Njoku Emmanuel’s (@njokuScript) dream of becoming Africa’s Zuckerberg started with hawking digital solutions for small businesses and trying to solve state-wide water scarcity. How did all this become Lazerpay? Find out.
You’re more likely to associate Sudan with wars and conflict, but it also has a growing tech ecosystem. @AhmedElmurtada, Co-founder and Managing Partner of @249Startups, is helping these startups access capital.
Here’s how Everest Nwagwu, a marketing expert, has made a name for himself by gaining experience in several fields, including phone manufacturing, healthtech, fintech, and edtech, in less than 10 years
Driven by the urge to help businesses succeed, seasoned Kenyan entrepreneur, @Jorammwinamo started at a management consulting company. Now, he’s built a consortium and made a name for himself in the Kenyan tech ecosystem. But there is more.
To celebrate this year’s #InternationalDayOfTheGirlChild, we tell the stories of four remarkable women fearlessly taking on Africa’s tech ecosystem and carving their names in history.
Every year, on September 23, the #InternationalDayofSignLanguages is celebrated. But, for the deaf community, what does it really mean to communicate in a world where tech reigns supreme? We explore this and more.
Designing album covers for popular artistes like @adekunleGOLD and @BlaqBonez, meant @AnthonyAzekwoh’s art career had peaked. But then he stepped into the #NFT space and discovered something amazing. Dive in to find out.
Despite being hugely underrepresented in the technology space, Africans have made significant contributions. In celebrating the International Day for People of African Descent, we shine the light on 12 inspiring Africans.