Adesunbo Adeniran, owner of Arike Holistic Lifestyle Limited(Arike) and founder of Women Entrepreneurs in Herbs, Spices and Natural Products, discusses the challenges of getting Organic African Spices and Herbs.

Adesumo intends to unite African women to utilize the existing potential of African spices, herbs, markets, research, branding, and marketing to capture the global $ USD 45.61 billion spice and herbs market.

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Mary Rusimbi Mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi wa Nendiwe Feminist Wellness and Coaching Center

Kutana na Mary Rusimbi Gwiji na Mtaalam wa Jinsia na Bajeti za Jinsia Tanzania, Mmoja wa waanzilishi/Mkurugenzi wa Mtandao wa Jinsia Tanzania(Tanzania Gender Networking Programme) TGNP

Mvumbuzi, Mbunifu, Mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi wa Kwanza wa Mfuko pekee wa Ruzuku kwa wanawake Tanzania – Tanzania Women Fund (Women Fund Tanzania Trust) mfuko wa kwanza wa Kifeministi wa Kitaifa wa ruzuku wenye ajenda ya kuwekeza katika rasilimali kwa wanawake , wasichana na haki za Watoto Tanzania.

Je unajua Tanzania ilikua nchi ya tatu Afrika katika mafanikio ya kutengeneza bajeti za Kijinsia?

Na ilikuwa imefanikiwa na kwenda kwa kasi kubwa kuongeza usawa wa jinsia kwenye mapendekezo ya katiba mpya pamoja na kuongeza asilimia 50 ya wanawake katika uongozi.

Usawa wa jinsia unawezekana kwa kuendeleza harakati zilizoanzishwa sio kufautilia mipango na malengo ya jumla yanarudisha nyuma maendeleo

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Celebrating International Women's Day through supporting Women Feminist Change Makers '' Malkia wa Arthi'

Meet Queen of Land, aka Malkia wa Ardthi, Dr Monica Magoke Mhoja, Outreach Director—Africa Landesa. She is the pioneer and Innovator of Stand4HerLand Campaign Tanzania, championing women's access to land rights.

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Ailís O'Carroll, Ph.D., eLife Community Manager, shares her experience as a researcher and the vision and impact of the eLife Young Science Researchers 2022-2023 Fellowship Programme.

Are you a researcher looking for the best comprehensive research community and experts to learn from and grow your research skills and knowledge?

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We can solve African food security and waste through sustainable agriculture practices and financing we speak with Sofia Ahmed Sadik, Country Manager Food & Land Use Coalition Ethiopia

What are the three key solutions to food security in Africa?

How can Africa invest in regenerative agriculture to protect indigenous food and cash crops?

Why do we always take so much from the land and return nothing?

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Imagine using gas from the waste you produce in your home.

Farmers are currently making money from Biogas thanks to an interesting African innovator.

We speak with Noël N'guessan, a chemical engineer who has created

a household biogas solution called Kubeko, that households and factories can use to produce clean cooking gas and liquid fertilizer for their needs.

In the episode, we discuss

1. How to convert gas from food and agriculture waste
2. Business and life lessons from creating the biogas solution
3. Challenges of hardware investment for African innovators and advice for investors, government to be lenient to African investors and government support among other things

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Africans have creative ideas, but the problem is where to find money to make the idea happen. Venture capital is one way of funding that can make ideas come to life.

We speak with Cindy Ai and Mark Kleyner, the Co-Founders of Dream Venture Capital an Investor Accelerator for Africa from the US and UK respectively, and, Lionel Rey, from Cote D' Ivoire, who is the lead of Kulea, a Pan-African business angel network that invests in early-stage startups and SMEs, and a Dream VC Alumnae and they share,

1. What is venture capital and how does it work?
2. What are the different types of Venture Capital?
3. The unique challenges Africa faces with Venture Capital?

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learn from women and human rights advocates and activists who have developed mobile apps to provide women access to land rights, legal aid and reporting human rights violations in Tanzania through mobile apps and their success stories with Dr. Monica Magoke Mhoja, Outreach Director Landesa, Advocate Neema Magimba Co-founder and CEO Sheria Kiganjani and Gertrude Dybane, Senior Program Officer Legal and Human Rights Center Tanzania

Did you know you can use your analog phone and smartphone to access information about land rights and legal aid 24 hours per day?

Do you know there are free lawyers who you can consult for free for your legal problems through your phone for no cost?

Do you know you can report human rights abuses at an instance and get immediate support from a network of lawyers?

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Meet one of the only two African Experts Dr. Oladipo Elijah Kolawole PhD who developed the Covid 19 Vaccine from Nigeria as he shares his journey and the complexities of research and creating vaccines in African

Do you know that African Scientists and Researchers have the capacity to create vaccines and other development challenges solutions but lack funding?

Do you know that African medical research is a big challenge to African researchers and scientists?

Do you know that the African Initiative for Vaccines provides mentorship for African researchers?

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Education can be expensive for a student as they need the best teachers, fellow student support, and a conducive learning experience. What if you had a way of saving on those problems at an affordable cost?

We spoke to Salvatory Kessy, a Tanzanian actuary scientist and the Chief Executive Officer of Silabu, an education technology app that seeks to

1. Attend custom specialized teacher's classes.
2. Hire a private teacher for private tutoring.
3. Provide peer-to-peer learning and group tutoring

Listen to how this app is changing the lives of African students, teachers, and parents.

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Like fortune-telling, Data has the power to foretell your past and future. Join Kenneth Mubea the Capacity Development Lead for Digital Earth as he shares his experience on how data can unlock the promise of tomorrow to make the right decisions.

Have you ever wondered what Data Science does and possibly considered a career in Data Science, learn to form an expert on the insights of the profession.

Did you know Africa has one of the best state-of-the-art Digital Earth observation and information services that every person, organization, and government can use to make wise environmental and economic decisions?

Data Science is the new norm and career opportunity in Africa, get an insight on how to start

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How can African SMEs take advantage of the 1.3 billion worth of revenue to be generated from being in the African free trade market where established companies have a more competitive advantage?

We speak with Thembelezi Buthelezi, principal economist at the Competition Commission of South Africa, and Dr Mor Bouktum, Assistant Professor of Law Université numérique Cheikh Hamidou KANE (UN-CHK) of Senegal, Head of the division of Research and Innovation the department in charge of coordinating the research at UVS and Director of the interdisciplinary school of UVS.

Law Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law-Munich-Germany

1. How Africa misses opportunities through the current market structure
2. How to use flexibility to look at African problems to better open up our markets
3. 3 strategies SMEs can use to position themselves to thrive in the midst of established competition among other topics

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Je unajua umuhimi na uwezo mkubwa uliokuwepo kiuchumu kama serikali ingetambua,dhamini na kuwekeza katika wanawake wasikuwa kwenye sekta rasmi ya wanawake masokoni.

 Kutana na Jane Magigita Mkurugenzi wa Equality for Growth na Mvumbuzi, Mbunifu wa 'Sauti ya Wanawake Sokoni'.

Mwanasheria, Mtetezi wa Haki za Wanawake na Haki za Jinsia pamoja na Mwezeshaji wa Sekta isiyorasmi akifafanua uzoefu wake kuhusu umuhimu wa kundi lisilotambulika, lililosahaulika (WANAWAKE SOKONI)na mchango wake katika uchumi wa Tanzania pamoja na umuhimu wa kuwekeza kwao kwa kuwatambua na kuwarasimisha.

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The importance and benefits of investing in the African Healthcare Sector.

We speak with Wilfred Njagi, Co-Founder and CEO of Villgrow Africa where we talk about

1. The value addition in the investment of the Healthcare Industry to impact lives and solve health challenges
2. Challenges of medical devices certification standardization, health funding, and opportunities to reap benefits from healthcare investment
3. Reasons why most investors don’t invest in health and much more.

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Imagine your primary school child learning how to make robots practically.

Imagine if you helped your child discover their innovation and engineering skills early in life like the children in the West.

We speak with Fundi Bots, an organization that promotes Science curriculum in schools and uses robotics to motivate children and girls to love science and ignite their innovation powers

1. How to create innovative technology solutions to solve social problems
2. How to cultivate curiosity and encourage girls and boys into science and stem fields
3. How they have helped and inspired fundi girls and interns to discover their potential and build their own companies.

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As a student, what do you do if you don't have money to photocopy notes for your coursework?

Imagine having access to all the notes, and class schedules for the whole term at an affordable price.

I speak with Deogratius Mosha, Co-Founder of the Smart Uni Education App, and Smart Uni users students Hilary Said Abdallah, University of Dar es Salaam and Pilika Noah Mwamsaku Mbeya Catholic University who share with us

1. How he came up with the app
2. How it helps students to network with other students
3. How students save money on school items that are needed among other things

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Did you know that in Africa you can transform your fuel-powered car into an electric battery-powered car?

We speak with Chukwuemeka Eze, founder of Retrofit Kit, where he transforms cars in order to save costs.

We discuss

1. How his service reduces maintenance costs for drivers
2. His service is available for all vehicles
3. The employment opportunities that have been created by his innovation

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Did you ever know that laptop batteries could be used to power homes and businesses?

We speak with Gibson Kiwago, an expert in clean energy and founder of Waga batteries, where we discuss

1. Why he decided to refurbish used laptops batteries into usable battery packs for homes and businesses
2. Which problems he was solving
3. How he wants to build a solar village among other topics

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We speak with Jumamanne Mtambalike, a Tanzanian innovator, investor, and entrepreneurship ecosystem expert on his observation and insights on the implementation of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA) in Tanzania and Africa to build and promote a strong innovation and technology African Ecosystem.

1. Explore the growth, development, success, and challenges of the strategy

Can Africa use STISA to rebrand and change the negative perspective of the world on the African continent through technology?

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Find the great work the African Union (AU) has done and what it means that the AU is a Coalition for the willing!

In this episode, we speak with some of the AU leadership      His Excellency Ambassador Alfred Chiza Muchanga, Commissioner  for Development, Tourism, Trade, Industry, Mining

Her Excellency Amani Abou Zeid  Commissioner of Infrastructure and Energy Directorate

Godfrey Bahiigwa Director of Agriculture and Rural Development Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

1. How the AU works and the different work insights of their work and countries' development commitments progress.
2. What support does it offer to its members?
3. Sharing where Africa is succeeding and needs improvement to thrive

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"Welcome to 'Discovering Africa through Technology', the podcast series that showcases the brilliance of Africa's great minds, innovators, and experts as they tackle complex challenges with homegrown solutions driven by knowledge, technology, and innovation.

Our podcast is inspired by the AU Agenda 2063 Aspiration 7, which seeks to rebrand Africa and change negative narratives and perspectives through science, technology, and innovation. We believe that Africa has the power to solve its own development challenges and become a strong, united, resilient, peaceful, and influential global player and partner.

Join us as we explore the transformative potential of technology in Africa, with your host Raziah Quallatein Mwawanga, and learn from the experts driving change on the African continent."

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Wakili Msomi Hilda Stuart Dadu ni Mratibu wa Mtandao wa Wanawake Watetezi wa Haki za Binadamu Tanzania (Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders Tanzania) na Katibu wa Mtandao wa Wanawake Watetezi wa Haki za Binadamu Africa Mashariki.  

Mwanaharakati Mbobezi na Mtetezi wa Haki za Binadamu za Wanawake na Makundi Maalum anaelezea mafanikio na changamoto katika kuwekeza katika haki za binadamu Tanzania.

Hilda anasistiza umuhimu wa kuwekeza katika sheria na mifumo bora inayoheshimu, linda na kutekeleza sheria za kuwalinda wanawake watetezi wa haki za binadamu na makundi maalum Tanzania. Kuimarisha utawala bora na usalama wa raia kuzuia uvunjwaji wa sheria, machafuko, ukatili wa kijinsia na matabaka yatakayogharimu taifa gharama kubwa.

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Celebrating International Women's Day Meet Chioma (Kyena) Ogbe, a global business owner and founder of NEO-RITZY LTD, a food processing business in Benin City, Nigeria, and a child nutrition enthusiast.

Chioma explores the importance of investing in women because ignoring them ignores change and the importance of Africans training their children to take up family businesses and build them to create generational brands and legacies that will outlive them.

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Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress

Join Maria Matui, a Feminist Change Maker Champion in Climate Change and Gender Climate Justice and the Country Coordinator of Gender Climate Change Coalition Tanzania, to explore Tanzania's contribution, success, impact, and challenges in shifting to a green economy and care society in Gender Climate Justice.

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Mercy Bruce-Amanquah, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Francis Faki Amanquah Foundation (FFAF), shares how she honoured her late husband's memory and passion through the creation of a foundation to provide scholarships to five talented and academically brilliant female STEM students in financial need to study undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Ghana (KNUST).

Investment in women is everyone’s responsibility and can be done by everyone.

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Sherekea mafanikio ya wanawake bingwa na mashujaa wa kutetea Lishe Bora na Usalama wa Chakula Tanzania. Kutana na Bi Fortunatha Mmari, Mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi wa Afco Investment na Mvumbuzi wa Fortune Foods Lishe bora kwa watu wa kipato cha chini Tanzania.

Je, unajua lishe bora ni muhimu sana kwa kina Mama wajawazito kutoka ujauzito unapoaanza mpaka siku 1,000!?

Utapia mlo unachangia kudumaa kwa watoto na magojwa yasiyo ya kuambukizwa kwa watoto na watu wazima na kugharimu serikali fedha nyingi kutibia?

Je unajua kuhusu viatilishi vinavyoongeza virutubisho vinapatikana katika vyakula maalum na kuongezwa kwenye vyakula kwa gharama ndogo na kupatikana kwa urahisi na bei nafuu kuzui kudumaa na utapia mlo.

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Celebrating International Women's Day by supporting Women Feminist 'STEM Change Maker Champion Data Scientist Pauline Okeyo, a Solution Engineer for the Middle East and Africa Region and a Geospatial Technology professional in location intelligence and analytics at Esri, the global leader in location analytics

Did you know that there are many free, fully funded opportunities to promote women in Data Science?

Research has shown that most Data Science women stay in the profession for only 10 years. Join us to learn the reasons and opportunities in the profession.

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Celebrating International Women's Day by supporting Women Feminist 'STEM Change Makers Champions' with Mercury Shitindo, a Bioethicist and the Chairperson of Africa Bioethics Network from Kenya.

Promoting ethical research practices in Africa, preventing unethical dumping through training Research Ethics Committee, and supporting women researchers with equitable training and working opportunities.

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