The iAfrikan Weekly

Our main guests this week are Sayo Folawiyo and Arjun Khoosal who, along with Lucas du Toit, created the Seedstars South Africa Finals winner, IDWork. The C2C platform allows users to connect with artisans or ‘service providers’, manage their project using WhatsApp and provide a review once the job has been completed. Balungile also caught up with Marcello Schermer, Regional Manager for Africa for Seedstars and Jayshree Naidoo, the Head of the Incubator at Standard Bank. Congratulations to all ten startups that pitched at the finals, namely: - Sort.d - Wumdrop - Crew Pencil - Pargo, - Guardian Angel Safety Solution - You, Baby and I - Vitls - UmoyAir Communications - Riovic Dr Happy Sithole also joined the show to explain why Lengau, a supercomputer developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and its partners, is important for Afrika’s development.

This week's guest is Tomi Davies, a veteran businessman and venture capitalist with a passion for tech and Africa. Tomi's investment portfolio includes Strika, Sproxil and SlimTrader. Tomi discussed his career, his motivations and his new philosophy for building a successful business called POEM (Proposition, Organisation, Economics, Milestones Sean Obedih also joins the podcast to discuss the state of angel investing in Africa and London-based consortium NewGenAngels. As always, Balungile is joined by Ajay Rajani, a welcome contributor to the iAfrikan Weekly's Emerging Market News feature, brought to you by Emerging.News.