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AfricArena Podcast with Patrick Craig, 56 episodes.

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#56 - Grand Summit Spotlight - What to expect from this year's summit!

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Ep #55 - Ecosystem Spotlight - FMO Entrepreneurial Development Bank Ventures Program

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Ep #54 - Why you should not underrate the Senegalese tech ecosystem

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Ep #53 - A Conversation with Kohei Muto from Double Feather Partners

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Ep #52 - A Conversation with Sacha Haider from Global Ventures

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Ep #51 - A Conversation with Papa Amadou from DER

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Ep #50 - A Coffee Conversation with Grace Legodi & Philippe Mourrain

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Ep #49 - A Conversation with Zachariah George (Launch Africa Ventures / Startup Bootcamp)

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Ep #48 - North African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Yasmin Laribi & Wassiem Ben Larbi

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Ep #47 - North African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Matsi Modise

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Ep #46 - North African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Hiba Sharief

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Ep #45 - North African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Salma Baghdadi from Smart Capital's Startup Tunisia

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Ep #44 - North African Summit Mini Series - North African Start up Spotlight'

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Ep #43 - North African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Silicone Badia

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Ep #42 - North African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Cyrine Ben Fahdel from Global Ventures

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Ep #41 - North African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Ben Marrel from Breega

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Ep #40 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Thierry Barbaut

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Ep #39 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Lin Dejean Yun (TranscendanceVC)

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Ep #38 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Tosin Adelowo (Chekkit)

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Ep #37 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Zachariah George

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Ep #36 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Thierno Sakho

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Ep #35 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Mubarak Sumaila (BezoMoney)

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Ep #34 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Tidjane Deme (Partech)

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Ep #33 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Youma Fall (PayDunya)

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Ep #32 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Carine Vavasseur (DER)

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Ep #31 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Gabriela Marin (ParcSmart)

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Ep #30 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Thierry Barbaut

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Ep #29 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Dmitry Fotiyev

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Ep #28 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Christophe Viarnaud

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Ep #27 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Birame Sock

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Ep #26 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Elohor Thomas

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Ep #25 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Baboucarr Njie

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'Ep #24 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Moudilou Dramane (REMA)

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Ep #23 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Adenike Sheriff

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Ep #22 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Mareme Dieng

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Ep #21 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Papa Amadou SARR

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Ep #20 - The State of Tech Report 2021. Facilitated by Patrick Craig ft Darryn Munnik, Papama Nyati, Leo Boisnier, Christophe Viarnaud and Guests

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Ep #19 - The Impact That AI Will have on the African Economies. Facilitated by James Milne (City of Cape Town) ft. Andrea Bohmert (Knife Capital), Glenn Gillis (Sea Monster), Saurabh Sinha (University of Johannesburg) & Isaac Matsaand.

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Ep #18 - How Tech Hubs Contribute to Growing Tech Ecosystems

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Ep #17 - Future of Work. Facilitated by Patrick Craig ft Annette Muller (Flexyforce), Rajiv Daya (Founders Factory Africa), Sean Friedrich & Vincent Viollain (Viva Technology)..

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Ep #16 Smart Cities - Africa & The 21st Century. Facilitated by Aaron Fu (Catalyst Fund) ft Boldewijn Sloet (SolarNow), Abraham Cambridge (SunExchange), Lance Greyling (City of Cape Town) and Vuyisa Qabaka (HYBR Group).

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Ep #15 - Scale Big & Scale Fast. Facilitated by Motlhabane Koloi (Startupbootcamp AfriTech) ft Anton van Vlaanderen (4Di Capital), Louw Barnardt (Outsourced CFO), James Townsend-Rose (JUMO), and Anton Kleingeld (Old Mutual)

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#Ep 14 - Privacy & Ethics Hosted by Mercy Zulu-Hume (Goodwell) ft Eitan Stern (Legalese), Aissatou Sylla (Hogan Lovells) and Gwen Ngwenya (Democratic Alliance).mp4

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#Ep 13 - Facebook for African Startups - Hosted by Ali Parr (Facebook) ft Glenn Gillis (Sea Monster), James Hedley (Quicket) and Antoine Paillusseau (FinChatBot).mp4

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#Ep 12 - Education Enabling Learning Through Tech hosted by Zach George (Startup Bootcamp, Vincent Viollain (Viva Tech), Wesley Lynch (Snapplify), Victoria Jackson (Naspers Labs), Naadija Moosajee (Womhub), Gilles le Cocguen (Bpifrance)

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#Ep 11 - Next Generation Angels facilitated by Tim Harris (Wesgro) featuring Tomi Davies (AFCA) and Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Future Africa).

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#Ep 10 - The 4th Industrial Revolution is No Silver Bullet facilitated by Charlie Stewart (Roger Wilco) featuring Rochelle Mountainy (Microsoft), Antoine Paillusseau (Finchat Bot), Gwen Ngwenya, Courtney Bentley (Visibility Insights), Vusi Thembekwayo (My Growth Fund)

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#Ep 9 - Investing in the tech sector globally and what needs to change in Africa facilitated by Tanya van Lill (CEO at Southern Africa Venture Capital Firm) featuring Clive Butkow (CEO of Kalon Venture Partners), Sascha Breuss (CEO Zando part of the Jumia Group, Mike Mompi (CEO of Enza Capital, Aaron Fu (Head of Growth at Catalyst Fund), Ben Marrel (Founding partner at Breega).

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#Ep 8 - The State of Tech Innovation in Africa - facilitated by Patrick Craig (AfricArena) featuring Philip Kiracofe - ( CEO of Startupbootcamp AfriTech) Seraj Toefy - (CEO of Ukondla Holding & Lecturer at University of Stellenbosch ), Tanya van Lill (CEO of SAVCA), Rochelle Mountany (Strategic ISV Partner, Microsoft), Femi Adeyemo (CEO, Arnergy), Madjid Harfoush (Operation Director, Leroy Merlin South Africa), Vincent Viollain (Co-Founder ofVivaTech)

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#Ep 7 - How to build a successful African startup that you can take global - facilitated by Alison Collier (Endevour) featuring Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Flutterwave / Andela), Ryan Harris (SA SME Fund), Zachariah George (Startupbootcamp AfriTech) & Yvonne Maitin (One Africa Capital)

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Ep #6 - Smart Education: Recruiting and retaining more women in the tech sector " - facilitated by Aaron Fu (MEST) and featuring Andrea Bohmert (Knife Capital), Matsi Modise (Fuhara Solutions), Otemba Yirenkyi (Nexinova), Kate Wilter (We Think Code)

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Ep #5 - Scaling into Africa and beyond. How to build scalable businesses - facilitated by Charles Ojei (Founder of HYBR) and featuring Aubrey Hruby (Insider & African Expert Network), Antoinette Prophy (88 Business Collective), James Milne (Wesgro) and Eitan Stern (Legalese).

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Ep #4 - How to find the right partner for your fund raising process - facilitated by Antoinette Prophy (88 Business Collective) and featuring Siby Diabira (Proparco), Charlotte Koep (4Di Group), Clive Butkow (Kalon Venture Partners) and Justin Stanford (Founder of 4Di Group).

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Ep #3 - Smart Travel: How technology and innovation is changing the world of travel - facilitated by Aubrey Hruby (Insider / AXN) featuring Bruno Duval (Joon Airline), Vuyisa Qabaka (HYBR Group), Jerome Touze (Travelstart) & Rachel Crawford (Village Capital)

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Ep #2 - Raising the amount of investment into Africa - facilitated by James Milne (Wesgro), Kerry Petrie (Silicon Cape), Viola Llewellyn (Ovamba), Cathy Goddard (Firebird Fund Managers), Jake Bright (Author) and Christophe Viarnaud (AfricArena)

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Ep #1 with Christophe Viarnaud, Founder of AfricArena