by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, we talk to Stephen Lee, executive project manager, financial services & Africa at Millicom, talks about Tigo Music and organising the biggest music concerts ever in Ghana and Tanzania.
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Smart Africa TV: Africa’s biggest football website
In this video interview, Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) talks to Babatunde Olaifa, country manager for Perform for Nigeria, about Goal.com and its investment in African markets.
Smart Africa TV: Lean Startup Machine Johannesburg
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr). We interview Tefo Mohapi of Lean Startup Machine Johannesburg (happening October 31 – November 2).
Smart Africa TV: Nigeria’s EC platform Traclist
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, we talk to Emotu Balogun, founder of Traclist, the Nigerian EC platform.
Smart Africa TV: Intel’s John Davies on the digital divide
In this video interview, Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) talks to John Davies, World Ahead VP at Intel, about how big the remaining digital divide is and the reasons for the gap.
Smart Africa TV: International comedy scene discovering South Africa
Evert van der Veer, Head of Comedy, Africa on: the extent of the comedy scene and its more famous performers; race and religion as two defining topics in South Africa; taboos comedy tackles; the kinds of venues comedy plays in; international comedians’ success in South Africa; the kind of local South African programmes on the Comedy Channel; and opening up local comedy programmes for Nigeria.
Crowd-mapping helping to save vultures in Namibia
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Joris Komen, an education and environment innovator based in Namibia, discusses his work using Ushahidi crowd-mapping in conjunction with social media to reduce the number of vultures being poisoned as a result of poaching in southern Africa.
Smart Africa TV: iROKING guns to become sound cloud for Africa
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Jason Njoku, CEO of iROKO (@itsiroking), talks about its online music platform will be making a transition in the next couple of years.
Smart Africa TV: Teenage Mutant Azanians — Africa’s answer to South Park
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Cartoon.tv producer Nick Wilson talks about its new animation series, My Child: Teenage Mutant Azanians (@MyChildTV).
Smart Africa TV: Uganda’s underground music circuit
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this interview, Alex Aheebwa, assistant director of Bayimba.org, gives his take on what’s happening in the Ugandan music scene.