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MWC Kigali: GSMA's Caroline Mbugua on mobile taxes in Africa

Connecting Africa Video
11/20/2023

GSMA Director of Public Policy for sub-Saharan Africa, Caroline Mbugua, spoke to Connecting Africa at MWC Kigali 2023 about how high taxation on Africa's mobile sector is impacting device and service affordability for consumers.

MWC Kigali: GSMA's Max Cuvellier on Africa's mobile Internet usage gap

Connecting Africa Video
11/20/2023

Head of Mobile for Development at the GSMA, Max Cuvellier, spoke to Connecting Africa at MWC Kigali 2023 about Africa's mobile Internet usage gap, the reasons it exists and ways to bridge the gap and bring more Africans online.

Interview: Huawei Cloud SA's Pragasen Kundon talks key trends in cloud

Connecting Africa Video
11/14/2023

Huawei Cloud South Africa's Pragasen Kundon spoke to Connecting Africa Associate Editor Matshepo Sehloho on key cloud trends at the Nextv Series Africa.

MWC Kigali: Rosemary Kimaku on Ericsson's fintech business

Connecting Africa Video
11/13/2023

Rosemary Kimaku, business development manager for mobile financial services (MFS) at Ericsson spoke to Connecting Africa at MWC Kigali 2023 about Ericsson's MFS business and how fintech is aiding financial and digital inclusion.

MWC Kigali: Vodacom Tanzania MD Philip Besiimire on MFS growth

Connecting Africa Video
11/13/2023

Vodacom Tanzania MD Philip Besiimire spoke to Connecting Africa at MWC Kigali 2023 about Tanzania's competitive telecoms market and growth areas like mobile financial services (MFS).

MWC Kigali: GSMA's Mats Granryd on Africa's mobile economy

Connecting Africa Video
11/10/2023

GSMA Director General Mats Granryd sat down with Connecting Africa Editor Paula Gilbert at MWC Kigali 2023 to talk about the growth of Africa's mobile economy and the major trends making waves in the industry.

MWC Kigali: Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa on connectivity in Kenya

Connecting Africa Video
11/9/2023

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa joined Connecting Africa Editor Paula Gilbert at MWC Kigali 2023 for a video interview about the telecoms market in Kenya – the growth of 4G and 5G, M-Pesa and the telco's venture into Ethiopia.

Interview: MTN's Christian Bombrun on growing content services

Connecting Africa Video
11/3/2023

MTN Group Digital Platforms CEO, Christian Bombrun, spoke to Connecting Africa at Nextv Series Africa 2023 about the launch of MTN TV and the telco's role in the OTT and content creation ecosystem.

Interview: Econet Wireless Burundi CEO Nepias Njaravaza on growing mobile penetration

Connecting Africa Video
10/6/2023

Econet Wireless Burundi CEO Nepias Njaravaza spoke to Connecting Africa at the NOVACOM Africa Summit about ways to boost Internet penetration in Burundi and how fintech is assisting financial inclusion in the country.

Interview: Willie Oosthuysen on Liquid Intelligent Technologies' African strategy

Connecting Africa Video
10/5/2023

Willie Oosthuysen, chief strategy officer at Liquid Intelligent Technologies, spoke to Connecting Africa at the NOVACOM Africa Summit about Liquid's strategy around fiber deployments, satellite, cybersecurity and 5G.

Morning Coffee with Connecting Africa – Zora Group's Kgomotso Motshidi

Connecting Africa Video
10/3/2023

Zora Group CEO Kgomotso Motshidi joined Connecting Africa's Matshepo Sehloho for some morning coffee and to answer some quick-fire questions.

Interview: Anubkumar Dharmabalan on Techaffinitiy's African expansion plans

Connecting Africa Video
10/2/2023

Anubkumar Dharmabalan, chief growth officer at Techaffinity, spoke to Connecting Africa at Cybertech Africa in Rwanda about the company's expansion plans for Africa.

Interview: Pedro Rabacal on building Safaricom's network in Ethiopia

Connecting Africa Video
9/29/2023

Pedro Rabacal, ex-CTIO of Safaricom Ethiopia, spoke to Connecting Africa Editor, Paula Gilbert, at the NOVACOM Digital Transformation Strategy Summit in Franschhoek, South Africa about how he and his team built Safaricom's greenfield network in Ethiopia.

Interview: Juliet Ehimuan on Africa's next wave of innovation

Connecting Africa Video
9/28/2023

Juliet Ehimuan, founder and CEO of Beyond Limits Africa and ex-MD of Google West Africa, spoke to Connecting Africa about the next wave of innovation in Africa and the continent's digital future.

Interview: Telekom Networks Malawi CTO Lloyd Gowera on network expansion and 5G

Connecting Africa Video
9/27/2023

Telekom Networks Malawi CTO Lloyd Gowera spoke to Connecting Africa at the NOVACOM Digital Transformation Strategy Summit about the operator's network expansion strategy for 4G and plans for commercial 5G rollout for both the enterprise and consumer markets.

Podcast: What's the Story? SA regulator cracks down on Big Tech

Connecting Africa Video
8/8/2023

Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joined the podcast to discuss why global online platform giants Google, Apple, Booking.com and Uber Eats as well as local online retailers and classifieds are in trouble with South Africa's Competition Commission.

Podcast: Blessing Abeng on digital skills for Africa's youth

Connecting Africa Video
7/12/2023

Africa Tech Radio Host Anthony Ibe joined Connecting Africa Editor Paula Gilbert for a crossover podcast episode with Ingressive for Good Co-Founder Blessing Abeng about digital skills development in Africa.

Interview: Qualcomm execs on mentorship for African startups

Connecting Africa Video
6/5/2023

Qualcomm Technology VP for Engineering, Sudeepto Roy, and Elizabeth Migwalla, VP for Government Affairs, join Connecting Africa for a video interview about Qualcomm's Make in Africa Mentorship Program.

Interview: Airtel Business Africa's Luc Serviant on agritech trends

Connecting Africa Video
5/24/2023

Airtel Business Africa's Group Enterprise Director, Luc Serviant, joined Connecting Africa for a video interview in Nairobi, Kenya, to talk about agritech trends in Africa and how operators are partnering with startups to help the agricultural value chain to flourish.

Interview: TESPOK's Fiona Asonga on digital telco strategies in East Africa

Connecting Africa Video
5/18/2023

Fiona Asonga, CEO of the Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK), joined Connecting Africa Editor Paula Gilbert at East Africa Com in Nairobi, Kenya, to talk about digital strategies that telecoms operators and service providers are implementing in East Africa.

Podcast: Safaricom CIO George Njuguna on training Kenya's next million tech developers

Connecting Africa Video
4/27/2023

Safaricom CIO George Njuguna, the keynote speaker at East Africa Com in Nairobi, Kenya, sits down with Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert to talk about Safaricom's vision for 2030 and how to build East Africa's digital economies while growing technology talent and digital skills.

Morning Coffee with Connecting Africa – VMware's Lorna Hardie

Connecting Africa Video
4/21/2023

VMware's senior director for sub-Saharan Africa, Lorna Hardie, joined Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert for some morning coffee and to answer some quick-fire questions.

Interview: VMware's Lorna Hardie on emerging hybrid work trends

Connecting Africa Video
4/19/2023

Lorna Hardie, senior director for sub-Saharan Africa at VMware, sat down with Connecting Africa to discuss emerging hybrid work trends and their impact on women in the workplace.

Podcast: What's the Story? African tech startups score $3.3B in funding

Connecting Africa Video
3/17/2023

Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins this Light Reading podcast to explain why the fintech sector is bringing in the most funding, which countries are leading the way for most funding and what these trends mean for the continent as a whole.

Podcast: Boeing brings 5G and terrestrial tech to MEO satellites

Connecting Africa Video
11/30/2022

Boeing's Ryan Reid explains how terrestrial telecom technologies are being utilized in the new O3b mPower satellites, which Boeing is manufacturing in partnership with satellite operator SES.

Podcast: SES CTO on software-defined satellites

Connecting Africa Video
11/23/2022

CTO Ruy Pinto met up with Light Reading on site at Boeing Satellite in El Segundo, California, earlier this month with an update on the scheduled O3b mPower satellite launch.

Interview: Fadi Pharaon on Ericsson's 5G rollout in Africa

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11/18/2022

President of Ericsson Middle East and Africa, Fadi Pharaon, spoke to Connecting Africa at the Africa Tech Festival about trends that Ericsson is seeing in the industry and the status of 5G on the continent.

Podcast: What's the Story? All SES wants for Christmas are MEO satellites

Connecting Africa Video
11/18/2022

Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert interviews Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser about her recent tour of Boeing's satellite facility and meeting with SES.

North Africa Com 2022: Enabling regulation to accelerate digitization

Connecting Africa Video
8/1/2022

A panel discussion about what regulations are needed to help accelerate digitization in North Africa.

North Africa Com 2022: Closing the gender gap

Connecting Africa Video
8/1/2022

A panel discussion at North Africa Com 2022 about how to close North Africa's gender gap when it comes to digital and tech jobs.

North Africa Com 2022: Transforming telco strategies

Connecting Africa Video
8/1/2022

Experts from operators across North Africa join a panel discussion about how telcos are evolving their strategies to become not only telcos but also tech-cos.

East Africa Com 2022: 5G in focus

Connecting Africa Video
6/23/2022

GSMA director of social and regional research, Kenechi Okeleke, discusses the status of 5G in East Africa during a fireside chat at East Africa Com 2022.

East Africa Com 2022: AfCFTA's value for tech

Connecting Africa Video
6/23/2022

A panel discussion at East Africa Com 2022 about what value the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) holds and what opportunities East African tech and telecoms companies can expect.

ATF 2021: Fintech futures and redefining banking

Connecting Africa Video
12/30/2021

During a panel discussion at 2021 Africa Tech Festival experts spoke about Africa's fintech future and how financial institutions and fintech startups can reframe competition as collaboration to redefine banking.

ATF 2021: New models for African telecoms

Connecting Africa Video
12/23/2021

During a panel discussion at the 2021 Africa Tech Festival, experts spoke about how African telecoms operators are diversifying and finding new models for success.

ATF 2021: The rise of African super apps

Connecting Africa Video
12/15/2021

This panel discussion at Africa Tech Festival 2021 covers the rise in popularity of super apps in Africa with representatives from Safaricom, Gozem and Vodacom.

ATF 2021: Ethiopia's telecom market liberalization

Connecting Africa Video
12/9/2021

During a fireside chat at Africa Tech Festival 2021, we got a status update on Ethiopia's telecoms liberalization process from Brook Taye, senior advisor to the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance.

Interview: Orange's Elisabeth Medou Badang on digital inclusion

Connecting Africa Video
6/25/2021

Senior VP for Orange Middle East and Africa, Elisabeth Medou Badang, sat down with Paula Gilbert to discuss digital inclusion in Africa and the telco's recent investment in Moroccan health-tech company DabaDoc.

Interview: Nir Kshetri on cybersecurity in Africa

Connecting Africa Video
6/8/2021

Ahead of North Africa Com 2021 Emily Parrett sat down with Professor Nir Kshetri to discuss increased cybersecurity risks amid digital transformation in emerging economies.

East Africa Com 2021: Smartphone and data affordability

Connecting Africa Video
5/31/2021

A panel discussion at East Africa Com 2021 about smartphone and data affordability as a key connectivity driver for East Africa.

East Africa Com 2021: Ethiopia deep dive

Connecting Africa Video
5/21/2021

A fireside chat at East Africa Com 2021 revealed some key details about Ethiopia's telecoms liberalization and the issuing of two new licenses in the country.

East Africa Com 2021: Beyond the 4IR buzz

Connecting Africa Video
5/21/2021

A panel discussion at East Africa Com 2021 about what kind of value the fourth industrial revolution is bringing East Africa and what more can be done.

Podcast – The Divide: Upstream's Kostas Kastanis on offering 'free' Internet in Africa

Connecting Africa Video
3/11/2021

This week, Kostas Kastanis, deputy CEO of Upstream, joins the show to discuss the digital divide in Africa and Upstream's ad-supported service Zero-D, which enables free Internet access for millions of mobile users in emerging markets.

Interview: Dr Fang Liangzhou on Huawei's Green ICT initiatives

Sponsored Video
1/11/2021

Dr Fang Liangzhou, Huawei's CMO of Digital Power told Africa Tech Festival about Huawei's Green ICT initiatives in Africa.

Africa Tech Festival 2020: Beyond M-Pesa

Connecting Africa Video
12/31/2020

During a fireside chat at the 2020 Africa Tech Festival, experts spoke about Africa's payment ecosystem and moving beyond M-Pesa to payments as a frictionless mobile infrastructure.

Africa Tech Festival 2020: COVID-19's impact on African fintech

Connecting Africa Video
12/17/2020

A panel discussion at the 2020 Africa Tech Festival about how COVID-19 has triggered deep digital change in African fintech .

Interview: Emmanuel Lubanzadio on Twitter's partnerships in Africa

Connecting Africa Video
12/8/2020

During the 2020 Africa Tech Festival Twitter's head of public policy for sub-Saharan Africa, Emmanuel Lubanzadio, shared how Twitter is collaborating and partnering in Africa to tackle issues surrounding COVID-19.

Interview: Jimmy Nguyen on Bitcoin and blockchain in Africa

Connecting Africa Video
11/6/2020

Bitcoin Association founding president Jimmy Nguyen speaks to Emily Parrett about Bitcoin and blockchain technology and the potential benefits of these technologies for Africa.

Podcast: Infinera's Tim Doiron on TIP, open networking and how vendors adapt

Connecting Africa Video
11/2/2020

Infinera's Tim Doiron discusses open networking and Infinera's role in a recent Telecom Infra Project deployment.

West Africa Com 2020: EduTech in focus

Connecting Africa Video
10/6/2020

The CEOs of CyberSmart Africa and Africa Web Services discuss EduTech in West Africa

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