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• June 25, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.17: From Code to Leadership with Stefan Froelich (DumbTechGuy), Engineering Lead, Spry

  Stefan Froelich popularly known as The DumbTechGuy is one of Ghana's bright minds in computer engineering with hands-on experience building tech for the Ghanaian and global markets. In this episode we discuss his journey to becoming a software engineer, how he rose into 'software leadership', his experience building some of Ghana's favourite fintech platforms, and his work at DevCongress.

• June 11, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.16: Unlocking Global Markets for Local Farmers with Desmond Koney, CEO of Complete Farmer

  Desmond founded Complete Farmer seven years ago with the mission of unlocking global market access for local farmers in Ghana.  In this episode, we delve into the journey so far, exploring what drives him as a leader and gaining insights into the innovative projects that Complete Farmer is currently developing.

• May 28, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.15: Diagnosing Big techs influence on innovation in Ghana with Emmanuel A. Gamor, Senior Manager, MTN

  Big techs have helped accelerate growth in Ghana’s tech ecosystem in the past with the presence and activation of Google Ghana, YouTube, Facebook and now with the presence of Google AI office and MTN Ghana. In this episode, we diagnose their impact on innovation in Ghana with Emmanuel A. Gamor current Senior Manager at MTN Ghana and ex YouTube and Facebook employee.

• May 21, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.14: Building tech to support MSME trade with Irina Oduro, CEO of Verifibuy

  Verifibuy (formerly Kudigo) was recently named one of the fastest-growing companies in Africa by the Financial Times, in this episode, we spoke with Verifibuy's CEO Irina Oduro about how they are building technology to support commerce activities of micro, small and medium enterprises in Ghana and Nigeria.

• May 14, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.13: Making B2B payments possible with Ebenezer Ghanney, CEO of WeWire

  Ebenezer Ghanney founded WeWire to make B2B payments possible for all businesses across the world after leaving Yellowcard where he was employee number one in Ghana and led business operations. In this episode, we learn about his journey as an entrepreneur, building WeWire and his general thoughts on the fintech industry in Ghana and globally.

• May 7, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.12: 7 years of covering Ghana’s tech ecosystem with Joseph-Albert Kuuire, Editor, Tech Labari

  In 2017, Joseph-Albert Kuuire founded Tech Labari to address the increasing demand for high-quality local tech reporting on Ghana's tech ecosystem. In this episode of Building Bytes, we chat with him about their seven-year journey as a tech news publication covering Ghana and Africa as a whole.

• April 18, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.11: Building a community for Wikipedia editors with Sandister Tei, Co-founder of Wikimedia Ghana User Group

  In 2012 Sandister Tei co-founded Wikimedia Ghana User Group a community of volunteer editors focused on improving and promoting Wikipedia's knowledge projects in Ghana. In this episode, we ‘delved’ into the birth of the community, and the role they play in advancing digital literacy among others.

• April 9, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.10: Building Accessible Products with Derrick Omari, Accessibility Expert

  For most software businesses in Ghana, accessibility is an afterthought but in this conversation with Derrick Omari, we learn about why building inclusive products is a good business case and how to approach this mind shift.

• April 1, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.9: Building & exiting a Regtech in Ghana with Paul Damalie, Exited Founder of Appruve

  We had an exciting conversation with Paul Damalie who recently exited his startup Appruve to Smile ID. We learnt about the early days of Appruve, what inspired the exit and what Paul is up to these days at Damalie Innovation Holdings Group.

• March 27, 2024Episodes

  Ep 2.8: Diagnosing Real Product Market Fit with Bright Ahedor, Startup mentor at MEST Africa

  What are the indications of a real product market for African startups? What does it take to achieve real product market fit?  We got answers for these and more in our conversation with Bright Ahedo Serial Entrepreneur, co-founder of Kudigo and Startup mentor at MEST Africa with over a decade of experience building, leading and mentoring African startups.