by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, we talk to Ulrich Stark, founder of Wezwa, about how this new social platform works with broadcasters on TV shows such as Generations, Binnelanders and Muvhango.
Tag archives: Smart Africa TV
Smart Africa TV: Nigerian ‘nursery school’ for non-tech entrepreneurs
Russell Southwood talks to Olufunbi Folayi, Co-Founder, Passion Incubator, on his ‘nursery school’ for non-tech entrepreneurs.
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: Talking start-up culture in a museum
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, we interview Aaron Kohn, director of the Museum of African Design (MOAD).
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.
Smart Africa TV: Nollywood Radio — the radio station that started as a magazine
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Cyprian Josson talks about Nollywood Radio: how the radio station started as a magazine; the partners he has for his online radio channel; the size of its audience; and his plans for the future.
Smart Africa TV: Tuluntulu – the new low bandwidth mobile streaming service
Founder of Tuluntulu, Pierre van der Hoven, talks about:
the launch of the Tuluntulu service;
the kind of content channels that it is offering;
planned new channels in the near future;
its business model;
and its future growth predictions.
Smart Africa TV: Alan Knott-Craig Jr on Project Isizwe
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Project Isizwe’s founder Alan Knott-Craig talks about: what Project Isizwe does; how many people now have internet access through it; who uses the internet through its coverage and what they use it for; how the business model works; what the municipalities are charged; and his plans for rolling out outside of South Africa.
Smart Africa TV: Angel Fair intros entrepreneurs and VCs
Co-founder of Angel Fair, Eric Osiakwan, talks about:
the idea behind Angel Fair and the events it has already run;
forthcoming events in Lagos, Johannesburg and Cape Town;
what type of person is an angel investor in Africa;
and advantageous changes in investment law in South Africa.
Smart Africa TV: Digital content marketing in Tanzania
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, brothers Hafiz and Nadeem Juma, of the AIM Group, a digital content agency in Dar es Salaam, discuss the rapidly growing market for content in Tanzania, the explosion in blogs, and breaking the ‘cartel of distribution networks’.