As promised in Episode 7 of the #AndilesTake podcast, this is the uncut conversation I (Andile Masuku) had with Nigeria's inimitable Andre "Blaze" Henshaw.

Andre is easily one of Africa’s leading broadcasting talents. While he's probably most famous for his work on Nigerian public radio, and hosting primetime extravaganza’s like Nigeria’s Got Talent on television, it’s his work on the My Africa podcast (available on iTunes) that got me sensing a sort of kinship with him. 

He launched the podcast at a time when his media career was soaring, and the whole podcast scene on the continent wasn’t exactly vibing. Even now, podcasts are far from being mainstream commercial platforms, so like me, he certainly didn’t get into podcasting for the money. 

In this conversation, Andre and I chat about a whole range of topics, like how he became a hip-hop head, and what he means when he calls himself a "creative anthropologist". I also got him to explain where his trademark vocal style comes from, and why he's so taken with podcasting as a medium.

BONUS: In Conversation With Andre Blaze Henshaw

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#111 Return of the Russian Passenger

Wambui Kinya is the Chief Strategy Officer at Andela-- a startup helping companies overcome tech talent shortages by delivering high performing distributed engineering teams that leverage some of Africa's finest coding talent.  

Wambui joined Andela after spending over eighteen years working within the professional services space (spanning digital, mobile marketing and technology consulting) in North America, Europe and Africa for companies such as ThoughtWorks (where she notably served as Group Managing Director, Pan-Africa and South America), Praekelt Consulting and IBM Global Business Services.  

In her current role, Wambui has been tasked with developing partnerships with top tech organizations across the continent and with spearheading Andela's tech leadership recruitment efforts. In this candid chat with Andile Masuku, taped at African Tech Summit Kigali 2018 (https://www.africatechsummit.com/kigali/) she unpacks Andela's distinctive approach to capitalising on the global gig economy trend and addresses some misconceptions that outsiders tend to have about how things work at one of Africa's most-publicised startups.

Quick (Tech) Chats

Andela's Wambui Kinya unpacks Andela's gig economy strategy and addresses common misconceptions

The 3rd episode of Africa on Focus aired on the 3rd of June starring Ms.aba who interacted with Andile Masuku, Zimbabwean broadcaster, entrepreneur, tech columnist and co-founder of African Tech Roundup. The South-African based entrepreneur shared how he is keen to interact with Africans in Amsterdam and learn on the strength of connections of Dutch-based Africans with the African continent.

Andile Masuku – The #AfricanNarrative

aKoma Media Co-founder and COO Chidi Afulezi is "a Naija boy true and true". Chidi is an electrical engineer with product-development experience earned working in America's digital wireless network industry. Chidi's resume also features executive stints at top media and entertainment brands such as Time Warner, Sony Music and CNN. While at CNN, Chidi met and began plotting a media coup with one the network's leading international anchors, the Kenyan Zain Verjee, with whom he co-founded aKoma.

In this conversation with Andile Masuku, taped at Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2018, Chidi shares why he is bullish about African storytelling and why he is enthusiastically backing African creators. Listen in to better understand some of the pain points aKoma is looking to solve for and to learn how African media makers, intent on shaping the way the world perceives the continent, are harnessing tech innovation to assert themselves on the global stage.

aKoma Media's Chidi Afulezi on viable digital media models and backing African content creators

Here is my acoustic spin on Stonebwoy’s hit single: ‘Go Higher’ with Nii. A snippet during my rehearsal for my showcase at the Shop Accra in April 2018. 
Get ready for my new single coming out later this year.

Go Higher (#GoHigherLive Stonebwoy acoustic cover)

This week, the return of YYN: from a deranged mascot to the top of the FBI

#131 Surefire Investigations

The Epistle Project

Potential [prod. Moflo Music]

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#AndilesTake is an ad hoc podcast by sense-maker, storyteller, (African) tech and innovation fan, interviewer, profiler and community-builder, Andile Masuku. Andile is Co-founder at African Tech Roundup and serves as Head of Community at Founders Factory Africa. Follow him on Twitter @MasukuAndile.

BONUS: In Conversation With Andre Blaze Henshaw

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