VALUABLE STORIES
DEFINING THE TECH INDUSTRY.

On this episode of My Tech Story Africa, Alice Kanjejo speaks with Alesimo Mwanga, Executive Director at PAWA Africa, about building sustainable impact in Africa’s tech ecosystem. She shares insights on supporting youth and women entrepreneurs, navigating regulatory and market challenges, and the importance of relationships, credibility, and collaboration in driving long-term success.

On this episode of My Tech Story Africa, we speak with Luke Naude-Lorentz, Senior Growth and Investments Lead at Mohara, about building businesses with intention. He shares insights on bootstrapped growth, partnering with founders as a technical co-founder, fostering strong teams, and creating Mohara’s culture of stability, quality, and sustainable success.

On this episode of After Hours, in partnership with Tanqueray Africa, we speak with Samuel Njuguna, co-founder of Chumz, about building products that resonate with Africa’s mass market. He shares insights on leveraging business, technology, and psychology to solve real problems, drive adoption through product-led strategies, and make saving and investing engaging for users, all while keeping purpose at the heart of innovation.

On this episode of After Hours, in partnership with Tanqueray Africa, we speak with Felix Macharia, a medical doctor turned crypto entrepreneur and founder of Kotani Pay. He shares how his platform is enabling feature phone users across Africa to transact in cryptocurrency via USSD, tackling dollar scarcity, democratizing financial access, and empowering underserved communities to participate in the digital economy.

On this episode of My Tech Story Africa, Alice speaks with Oscar Koome, investment associate at Acumen and co-host of Mantalk.ke, about his journey from data protection advocate to venture capitalist and media entrepreneur. He shares insights on bridging technology, governance, and finance in Africa, supporting early-stage ventures in climate tech and agriculture, and creating Mantalk.ke to explore untapped opportunities in East and Southern Africa’s male demographic.

On this episode of After Hours, in partnership with Tanqueray Africa, we speak with Caine Wanjau, co-founder and CEO of Digitax, about revolutionizing Africa’s digital financial infrastructure. He shares how Digitax is making tax compliance accessible for SMEs across Kenya, Zambia, and Nigeria, and offers insights on entrepreneurship, long-term thinking, and building tech solutions that solve real problems for African businesses.

On this episode of After Hours, in partnership with Tanqueray Africa, we speak with Ingashian Gibendi, founder of Career Whisperer, about redefining career success beyond titles and LinkedIn profiles. She shares her journey of navigating grief, pivoting across countries, and challenging tech’s hustle culture, while offering practical frameworks to build a career that serves your life, not the other way around.

In this episode of My Tech Story Africa, we talk to James Ahere, co-founder of Weza Interactive Entertainment, about building Africa’s gaming future. From launching their first game Mzito to creating culturally rich experiences that spotlight African stories, James shares insights on entrepreneurship, creativity, and the power of games to unite and inspire across the continent.

In this episode of "After Hours" in partnership with Tanqueray Africa, we sit down with Michelle Watiki, Co-founder and COO of Duck Analytics (Techstars), as she shares her bold journey from chemical engineering in the UK to building a data-driven tech startup in Kenya. From breaking glass ceilings to bridging data gaps for FMCG brands, Michelle reveals how betting on yourself, following your itch, and embracing discomfort can lead to impactful innovation.