Podcasts about africanisation

Here's a summary with key insights from the LT Marketing and Leadership Show on 12 February 2025:Key Marketing Trends from Kantar's “Marketing Trends 2025” Report (Final Five Trends) 1. Inclusion Imperative (“Woke and definitely not broke”): • Brands ignoring diversity and inclusion risk losing relevance, especially with Gen Z, Millennials, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent individuals, and people with disabilities. • 89% of consumers in emerging markets value inclusivity, compared to 71% in developed markets. • The ‘Africanisation' trend (1 in 4 people will be African by 2050) presents significant opportunities for inclusive branding. • Inclusion is essential for future growth, requiring brands to go beyond token efforts. 2. Slowing Population Growth: • Population growth under 1% poses challenges for market penetration but offers stability in market share. • Changing demographics (delayed marriages, fewer children, smaller households) reduce spending but increase household numbers. • Brands must leverage accelerators like expanding audience reach, enhancing presence, and exploring new markets to sustain growth. 3. Stretching Innovation Limits: • Brands that find new uses or markets for their products double their growth potential. • Examples: Oreo and Ferrero in ice cream, Oral B in bathroom products, Samsung in retail stores. • Innovation requires balancing risk and opportunity, especially for larger brands aiming for incremental growth through category expansion. 4. Evolving Retail Media Networks (RMNs): • RMNs (retailer-operated digital ad platforms) offer precise targeting via first-party data. • By 2028, RMNs will account for 25% of US media ad spend, driven by personalised marketing. • Success depends on collaboration with retailers for data insights, tailored content, and addressing investment challenges like data access and measurement. 5. Livestreaming Growth: • Livestream shopping can boost brand assets by 10-15% (established brands) and drive 30%+ immediate interest (smaller brands). • China's success with platforms like Taobao Live and WeChat sets the trend, with Gen Z and Millennials as key audiences. • Focus on consumer sentiment, engaging narratives, and brand recall for long-term success.Key Takeaways for Marketers: • Embrace Diversity and Inclusion for competitive advantage. • Adapt to Demographic Changes by exploring new markets and enhancing brand presence. • Innovate Continuously by expanding product offerings and entering new spaces. • Leverage RMNs for precise, data-driven marketing. • Capitalize on Livestreaming for immediate engagement and long-term brand affinity.These trends provide a roadmap for future-focused marketing strategies, encouraging brands to anticipate challenges and drive growth through innovation, inclusivity, and digital advancements.Take a seat, tune in, and let's make positive change contagious.Learn more at www.kevinbritz.comhttps://www.kevinbritz.com/book/

On today's episode of the Weird and Wonderful, we tap into the rich history of Opera music in South Africa. From its early roots intertwined with colonial influences to it blossoming as a vibrant expression of cultural identity. This genre has has gifted us with artists such as Pretty Yende and Levy Sekgapane, who lead opera productions on some of the most prestigious stages globally. Are you a fan of Opera music? Tell me why do you love it so much? What are thoughts on the Africanisation of this genre? To unpack this we are joined by Wayne Muller,  A research affiliate at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation at Stellenbosch University who has done research on the performance history of opera in Cape Town. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a podcast recorded with director Alex McCarron, following a comment he made to me in the pub the other day, when I asked “Where is this all going?”. “South Africa,” came the reply. “The South Africanisation of everything.”I'd like to write an article on this subject at some point soon, but for now, here is the podcast.Here's a link to the the YouTube video, Science Must Fall, Alex mentioned in the discussion.Have you got you Kisses on a Postcard CDs yet?If you are interested in buying gold bullion, my current recommended bullion dealer in the UK is The Pure Gold Company, whether you are taking delivery or storing online. Premiums are low, quality of service is high. You can deal with a human being. I have an affiliation deals with them. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

This is a podcast recorded with director Alex McCarron, following a comment he made to me in the pub the other day, when I asked “Where is this all going?”. “South Africa,” came the reply. “The South Africanisation of everything.”I'd like to write an article on this subject at some point soon, but for now, here is the podcast.Here's a link to the the YouTube video, Science Must Fall, Alex mentioned in the discussion.Have you got you Kisses on a Postcard CDs yet?If you are interested in buying gold bullion, my current recommended bullion dealer in the UK is The Pure Gold Company, whether you are taking delivery or storing online. Premiums are low, quality of service is high. You can deal with a human being. I have an affiliation deals with them. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Patrick Awori, Founder and CEO at Imaginarium, a Kenyan-based FinTech behind the Circle, a virtual savings platform, hosted another episode of Voice of FinTech: Africa Series. Patrick spoke to Andrew Barden, Director of Insights at Dedalus Global | Lead Organizer and Content Director at Africa Fintech Summit about the state of play on the African FinTech scene and the upcoming  Africa Fintech Summit in South Africa.See more background here:Despite global tech media coverage being awash with stories of falling start-up valuations and sell-offs witnessed in once-vibrant sectors, Africa is largely defying global trends in VC funding. African start-ups are expected to raise about US$ 7 billion by the end of 2022, representing an almost 60% increase in start-up funding from the previous year, which would be raised by a diverse mix of local and global investors. Fintech continues to dominate, raising about 54% of all venture funding in the continent in 2021. Many reasons have been given for the continued growth witnessed in Africa's fintech sector, including the fact that these start-ups are solving big problems such as access. Others given include the base effect, and st revenue traction and so on. Whatever the case, Africa continues to attract interest and how long the boom will last is anybody's guess. To discuss what he calls “the Africanisation of global fintech,” we interview Andrew Barden, Director of Insights at Dedalus Global, and the Lead Organizer and Content Director at the Africa Fintech Summit. In the episode, Andrew shares his outlook on the state of the sector, tips on how business leaders can build resilience in the face of global economic hardship, and what the general factors that make African markets attractive for investment are, from his perspective as a Strategy Consultant and Lead Organizer of the African Fintech Summit, the continent's leading fintech-focused conference. Finally, we discuss in detail what to expect at the 8th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit, which is coming up in November to be held in Capetown, South Africa, and how to participate in the conference and associated events. He describes why the AFTS is a unique space where ideas are explored, investments are mobilized, and collaborations are formed across sectors and geographies. 

Suzie Savage and Patrick Beale share their views on this year's key investment treaty developments, building on a December 2021 episode in which they anticipated what to expect in the investor-state dispute settlement space in 2022. This discussion covers ICSID rule amendments, green efforts, and Energy Charter Treaty modernisation, through to UNCITRAL Working Group III updates, the theme of ‘Africanisation,' and Section 1782 developments.

Wesley Pepper talks to Isabelle Rorke and Lesego Voster. They discuss the africanisation of imagery in animation and fine art. You can find Isabel on LinkedIn. And Lesego is available on IG or Twitter. This podcast talks art, processes and the politics of art and activism. Wesley is a Contemporary and Street Artist, Social Entrepreneur, and Cultural Activist. For more podcasts in this series visit the feed.

David Mills and Simon Marginson present on the theme of ‘The global and the post-colonial’ What is ‘global’ higher education? Simon Marginson What is the global in higher education and how does it relate to the national domain where institutions and persons are primarily funded and ordered? To grasp this we need to set aside some common assumptions. First, the global and the international are not identities, or ‘dimensions’ integrated into the ‘purpose, functions or delivery’ of education in one university or nation. They can only exist as relationships. Second, global relations are understood in terms of connectedness – people, institutions and ideas crossing borders – but while connections are certainly part of the picture, to define the global in this manner leaves us stuck at the rim of the ‘national container’. We need a way of imagining the global in higher education that brings it into open view, enhances its potential value and interrogates relations of power within it (relationships are not always symmetrical), even while national and local phenomena can also freely appear. The paper will argue that the global is most usefully understood in terms of relational systems at the world and world-regional level, and globalisation as the process of integration on this scale. Just as national higher education is a process of nation-state building, globalisation in higher education and science is a process of world-building. Global systems are partial and uneven, but higher education – especially its knowledge-intensive components – is among the most global of all human activities and constitutes a form of global civil society. From anti-colonial to post-global and back again: Geopolitical imaginaries and the study of ‘global’ higher education David Mills For anticolonial nationalists like Kwame Nkrumah and Nnamdi Azikiwe, the post-war British ‘Asquith’ university colleges represented a second colonialization of the African continent. Instead, Nkrumah argued, such universities, once planted, should ‘take root amidst African traditions and cultures’. These early postcolonial critiques shaped the evolution and Africanisation of universities like Makerere and Dar-es-Salaam. Contemporary visions for ‘post-developmental’ higher education, ‘pluriversities’, or knowledge decolonisation also seek to redefine the contours of higher education systems. In order to understand the influence of these contested geopolitical imaginaries on the field of ‘global’ higher education studies, this paper explores the relationship between policy scholarship, epistemic politics and disciplinary loyalties.

David Mills and Simon Marginson present on the theme of ‘The global and the post-colonial’ What is ‘global’ higher education? Simon Marginson What is the global in higher education and how does it relate to the national domain where institutions and persons are primarily funded and ordered? To grasp this we need to set aside some common assumptions. First, the global and the international are not identities, or ‘dimensions’ integrated into the ‘purpose, functions or delivery’ of education in one university or nation. They can only exist as relationships. Second, global relations are understood in terms of connectedness – people, institutions and ideas crossing borders – but while connections are certainly part of the picture, to define the global in this manner leaves us stuck at the rim of the ‘national container’. We need a way of imagining the global in higher education that brings it into open view, enhances its potential value and interrogates relations of power within it (relationships are not always symmetrical), even while national and local phenomena can also freely appear. The paper will argue that the global is most usefully understood in terms of relational systems at the world and world-regional level, and globalisation as the process of integration on this scale. Just as national higher education is a process of nation-state building, globalisation in higher education and science is a process of world-building. Global systems are partial and uneven, but higher education – especially its knowledge-intensive components – is among the most global of all human activities and constitutes a form of global civil society. From anti-colonial to post-global and back again: Geopolitical imaginaries and the study of ‘global’ higher education David Mills For anticolonial nationalists like Kwame Nkrumah and Nnamdi Azikiwe, the post-war British ‘Asquith’ university colleges represented a second colonialization of the African continent. Instead, Nkrumah argued, such universities, once planted, should ‘take root amidst African traditions and cultures’. These early postcolonial critiques shaped the evolution and Africanisation of universities like Makerere and Dar-es-Salaam. Contemporary visions for ‘post-developmental’ higher education, ‘pluriversities’, or knowledge decolonisation also seek to redefine the contours of higher education systems. In order to understand the influence of these contested geopolitical imaginaries on the field of ‘global’ higher education studies, this paper explores the relationship between policy scholarship, epistemic politics and disciplinary loyalties.

One of the most iconic things to happen on our continent is when Thomas Sankara came to power and changed the name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso - the land of upright men. How may we best carry out Sankara's vision for Africa? This week, I wish to share a pet topic of mine with you - the continuing debate on the role of Africanization and Decolonization on our lives. Are these two movements still relevant? Still necessary? Must we Africanize or decolonize, or must we do both? Press play! Resources Revisiting the debate on the Africanisation of higher education: an appeal for a conceptual shift Africanisation: A rich environment for active learning on a global platform The danger of a single story "Concerning Violence," by Frantz Fanon Mau Mau torture victims to receive compensation THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TRUTH JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION OF KENYA (2013) Image credit

A discussion outlining the contours of the Muslim landscape in Britain.