iAfrikan BYTES
iAfrikan BYTES features commentary on African technology news, insights, opinion and analysis with tech industry leaders and professionals. The podcasts are from interviews conducted by iAfrikan staff whether at events or when needed for commentary.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
New digital banking solution for South Africa's unbanked
Gugu Zikhali, Head of Transaction Products: Mass Market at First National Bank of South Africa talks about the bank's newly launched digital banking solution targeted at the unbanked and underbanked.…
00:05:44 |
Thu 19 Apr 2018
Hotels.ng partnership with Nigeria's Akwa Ibom state
During August 2017 Nigeria's Hotels.ng announced a partnership with Akwa Ibom State Government for a remote internship programme. We caught up with Neo Ighodaro, CTO at Hotels.ng, to understand what …
00:11:15 |
Fri 01 Sep 2017
Nokia's new African beginnings
Shaun Durandt, General Manager for Southern Africa at HMD Global talks about Nokia's return to Africa. Durandt explains the motive behind HMD Global deciding to re-launch the Nokia brand of phones as…
00:18:08 |
Wed 02 Aug 2017
Importance of keyword research
A quick discussion between Balungile Belz and Oluwatobi Asehinde, Founder and Managing Director of Nigeria's Vibe Web Solutions, about the importance of keyword research for digital businesses. Tobi …
00:08:00 |
Mon 13 Feb 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution explained
Linda Khumalo, Founder of the South African Digital Content Organisation explains briefly what the fourth industrial revolution is all about. Linda also takes us on a short history of the previous th…
00:01:30 |
Wed 08 Feb 2017
What 5G means for Africa
Envir Fraser, Chief Strategy Officer and Principal at Investment company Convergence Partners, speaks about the key trends they have observed and what they think 5G means for Africa. The trends were…
00:11:58 |
Fri 03 Feb 2017
How technology can improve governance
Yarik Turianskyi and Steven Gruzd speak to Balungile Belz to explain how technological advances can help improve the state of governance in Afrika. Revolutionary technological advances over the past …
00:16:55 |
Sat 28 Jan 2017
What to expect at the Seedstars Summit
Tefo Mohapi caught up with Marcello Schermer, Regional Manager for Africa at Seedstars, to get an update on what we can expect at the Seedstars Summit 2017 and what Seedstars has in store for Africa …
00:04:39 |
Tue 24 Jan 2017
English-Speaking Cameroon has Internet switched off by government
Mimi Mefo reports from Douala, Cameroon on the Internet shutdown in the English-speaking North-West and South-West regions of the country. Mimi also gets reactions from residents of Cameroon affected…
00:03:16 |
Mon 23 Jan 2017
State of Angel investing in Africa
Sean Obedih speaks to Balungile Belz to discuss the state of angel investing in Afrika. Sean runs the London-based private investors club NewGenAngels. NewGenAngels is a members-only investment Club …
00:12:24 |
Sun 22 Jan 2017
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies explained
Balungile Belz chats to Simon Dingle about the latest updates on the Bitcoin phenomenon and the Decentralized Autonomous Organisation (DAO).
00:11:04 |
Fri 20 Jan 2017
Why the CSIR's Super Computer is important for Africa
Dr. Happy Sithole speaks to Balungile Belz to explain why Lengau, a Super Computer developed by South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its partners, is important for…
00:24:14 |
Thu 19 Jan 2017
Importance of telling our stories as Africans
Daniel Mwesigwa speaks to Balungile Belz to explain the value of storytelling in terms of sharing and shaping Africa's narrative of growth.
00:09:04 |
Tue 17 Jan 2017
Importance of the C-Band spectrum in South Africa
Intelsat’s Jean-Philippe Gillet, Vice President of Europe, Middle East and Africa Sales, elaborates on some of the projects that they are involved in South Africa with.
He also goes on to talk about …
00:03:18 |
Fri 14 Nov 2014
Combatting ATM bombings in South Africa
Martin Koffijberg, EMEA Product Marketing Manager ATM Security at Diebold, elaborates on South Africa's history of physical ATM attacks and explains how Diebold is impleting measures and technology t…
00:03:12 |
Thu 09 Oct 2014
Suba app launch
Saturday night witnessed the Accra, Ghana launch of Suba app, an event-based iOS and Android mobile application that allows everyone at fun social gatherings (from concerts to weddings) to see and sh…
00:05:14 |
Sun 28 Sep 2014
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