Podcasts about lusophone africa

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/children-of-the-vietnam-war-131207347/) and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation (https://www.blackangeltechfund.com), created to support and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in technology. She has also held positions at AT&T, Pfizer, and in several innovative entrepreneurial ventures. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, and has served as Treasurer of the Atlanta Chapter of Jack & Jill, a Board Member for Blue Owl Capital (https://www.blueowl.com/), and a Board Member for the Alliance Theater of Atlanta. She also serves on several Task Forces and Committees at both Stanford and Columbia Business School, including serving as a co-chair of the Stanford LEAD Council, a member of the Stanford Humanities & Sciences Council, and a founding member of the Women's Circle at Columbia Business School. It was lovely catching up on the many paths Dana has walked since our days hop, skipping and jumping (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_jump) at the Stanford Stadium. Where to find Dana? https://www.medtransgo.com/ On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaw1/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/dana.ugwonali) What's Dana watching? The Hallmark Channel (https://www.hallmarkchannel.com) Other topics of interest: About the Peace Corps (https://www.peacecorps.gov/about/) Lusophone Africa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese-speaking_African_countries#:~:text=The%20Portuguese%2Dspeaking%20African%20countries,and%20Pr%C3%ADncipe%20and%2C%20since%202011%2C) Islands of Cape Verde (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Cape_Verde) Who is Jodi Kantor? (https://www.nytimes.com/by/jodi-kantor) iPhone's launch @ AT&T (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone#:~:text=followed%20in%202010.-,Connection%20to%20AT%26T,be%20the%20iPhone%27s%20exclusive%20carrier.) Atlanta Influences Everything (https://aie.life) Special Guest: Dana Weeks.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/children-of-the-vietnam-war-131207347/) and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation (https://www.blackangeltechfund.com), created to support and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in technology. She has also held positions at AT&T, Pfizer, and in several innovative entrepreneurial ventures. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, and has served as Treasurer of the Atlanta Chapter of Jack & Jill, a Board Member for Blue Owl Capital (https://www.blueowl.com/), and a Board Member for the Alliance Theater of Atlanta. She also serves on several Task Forces and Committees at both Stanford and Columbia Business School, including serving as a co-chair of the Stanford LEAD Council, a member of the Stanford Humanities & Sciences Council, and a founding member of the Women's Circle at Columbia Business School. It was lovely catching up on the many paths Dana has walked since our days hop, skipping and jumping (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_jump) at the Stanford Stadium. Where to find Dana? https://www.medtransgo.com/ On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaw1/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/dana.ugwonali) What's Dana watching? The Hallmark Channel (https://www.hallmarkchannel.com) Other topics of interest: About the Peace Corps (https://www.peacecorps.gov/about/) Lusophone Africa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese-speaking_African_countries#:~:text=The%20Portuguese%2Dspeaking%20African%20countries,and%20Pr%C3%ADncipe%20and%2C%20since%202011%2C) Islands of Cape Verde (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Cape_Verde) Who is Jodi Kantor? (https://www.nytimes.com/by/jodi-kantor) iPhone's launch @ AT&T (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone#:~:text=followed%20in%202010.-,Connection%20to%20AT%26T,be%20the%20iPhone%27s%20exclusive%20carrier.) Atlanta Influences Everything (https://aie.life) Special Guest: Dana Weeks.

As broadcast October 6, 2023 with plenty of gregarious laughs along the way.  Tonight we welcomed two great Europe-based artists to the show as our Busking World Cup celebration continues into day three.  First up, we welcomed Dutch-Indonesian Dublin-based artist Jacob Koopman, who is the only artist in the world who has featured in both editions of Gwangju's famed celebration of street players everywhere.  Jacob talked about his transition from being a drummer to guitarist, showed a bit of his metal side, and talked some of the music that has inspired his own sound since moving into the multi-instrumentalist realm.  For the second hour, we welcomed a trio of internationalist legends in Diogo Picao, Olmo Marin, and Juninho Ibituruna to the studio for a lot of laughs and an exploration of their friends doing amazing things back home in Lisbon, and the absolutely unbelievable local legend that Juninho is in the Portuguese capital.#feelthegravityBusking World Cup 2023 Special #32023.10.06Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 with Jacob Koopman (00:00)Jacob Koopman feat Neolithic – Tell meJakub Zytecki – Light a Fire (Fight a Liar)brakence – rosier/punk2Sueco – LoserSaibh Skelly feat Jacob Koopman – Is Your Bedroom Ceiling BoredDaisy Chute – London's On Fire Part 2 (31:46)Jacob Koopman – Weight of the WavePolyphia – Playing GodPolyphia feat Sophia Black – ABCDiogo Picão – Ais ou Menos Josiah & The Bonnevilles – Chronically Cautious (Country vers)Futurescape feat Dani Barilli – wake me up Part 3 with Diogo Picão (62:31)Diogo Picão - Palavras CarasSambacalao - Deu à CostaOrquestra Latinidade – CajóCristina Clara - Lua Nicolás Farruggia - Olho d'águaLuca Argel -  Gentrificasamba Part 4 (1:40:03)Diogo Picão - Credo João Pires – CAÊDandara - Para um amor em ParisNancy Vieira - Peca sem dorJhon Douglas – NeuzianaTcheka - Storia Estrada

Cristina Duarte always brings great passion to any task she takes on. Now Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, she works tirelessly to help the continent imagine a better tomorrow, one which not only meets its people's needs, but also fulfills their dreams. “The Africa we want is the Africa the world needs … [one that gives Africans] the social space to fully exercise all the entitlements of a human being.” Born to an activist father who was integral to independence movements across Lusophone Africa, Cristina Duarte grew up instilled with Pan-African values. In this episode, the former finance minister reflects on her role in reforming Cabo Verde's economy, on bringing power to remote villages, and how one chance encounter changed her mind about marriage.

In this podcast, Alberto Simoes and Bridgett Majola of CMS share their insights on the increasing pace and scale of renewable energy projects in Africa, with Africa Legal's Tom Pearson. The good news is that the current upswing in renewable investments in Africa is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Alberto Simoes, a member of the executive team at CMS Africa and partner heading the Lusophone Africa practice, together with Bridgett Majola, a banking and finance lawyer who leads the Project Finance division for Energy and Infrastructure in South Africa, weigh in on the pros and cons of investing in a continent that is rich with renewable energy resources. Africa has 40% of the world's solar energy potential and huge potential in hydro and wind energy, which is why increasing investment here will contribute greatly to renewable energy and achieve energy transition through sustainable development, says Simoes. However, there are limited financial markets, with the exception of South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, which require finance from outside the continent – a trend that Simoes has been seeing. When it comes to Lusophone Africa, he says there has been a concerted international effort to create the conditions required for the development of renewable energy in the five countries. He points out that Angola and Mozambique, which have major potential for producing renewable energy, have attracted more investment in this area compared to the others. “There have been huge efforts to modernise the regulatory framework of these countries. In Angola there has been a recent new private investment law flexibility on the foreign exchange and the possibility of dividend repatriation,” Simoes noted. He is of the view that the government needs to focus on simplifying the licensing of projects which is still a cumbersome issue. Majola highlights that many African countries are able to produce minerals that are vital to producing clean energy, and she has observed a shift from using technology from abroad to local suppliers, partly due to regulations that require this. “I think it will assist with any foreign direct investment that comes in or any offshore producer, to also produce locally, because now it should be easier for them to comply with some of the requirements that made it a bit difficult to manufacture in South Africa or in African countries,” Majola said. She notes that while the local empowerment agenda is being embraced, this isn't happening at the speed it should. Simoes and Majola also unpack other legal and regulatory obstacles that investors, developers and enterprise managers experience when venturing into renewable energy, and how these challenges can be overcome.

In this episode, we explore Lusophone Africa, that is, Portuguese-speaking Africa, through the lens of the revolutionist and Pan-Africanist Amílcar Cabral. Cabral played a critical role in ending colonial rule in Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. We follow his story, legacy, and impact on the rest of Lusophone Africa. Follow us on IG: itsacontinentpod and Twitter: itsacontinent. It's a Continent (published by Coronet) is available to purchase: itsacontinent.com/book We're on Buy me a Coffee too: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent Visit our website: itsacontinent.com Artwork by Margo Designs: https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com Music provided by Free Vibes: https://goo.gl/NkGhTg Warm Nights by Lakey Inspired: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/... Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Sources for further reading: Amílcar Cabral: A Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Revolutionary by Peter Karibe Mendy Amílcar Cabral: Life, Legacy, and the Challenges of Leadership and Governance in Guinea-Bissau (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV3WWjtFyr0)

Dumisani Moyo is the Marketing Director at SAP Africa, where he is responsible for leading marketing efforts across the South, East, West, and Lusophone Africa regions. Moyo is also a member of SAP Africa's Senior Leadership team and the EMEA-South Marketing Leadership team. He has extensive sales and leadership experience in the technology sector and was previously the SAP Head of Sales for Southern Africa. In this interview, Moyo joins Aki Anastasiou to discuss Africa's technology adoption compared to the rest of the world. He talks about the significance of tech-enabled SMEs in Africa's economic development and highlights the challenges that technology can solve to boost business growth.

In this episode we interview António Tomás. Tomás is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He is a native of Angola, and holds a PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University. He has worked as a journalist in Angola and Portugal and has written extensively on issues related to Lusophone Africa.  Back in early December we published an interview with Tomás on his book Amílcar Cabral: The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist. In that conversation Tomás delved into the struggle of the PAIGC, various dynamics of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, and an analysis of Portuguese colonialism and counterinsurgency. Tomás also examined Cabral's theory and practice in relation to Marxist thought and techniques of guerrilla warfare popular at the time. Discussing some of Cabral's unique theoretical and practical interventions along the way. As we mentioned at the time, there were others aspects of Cabral's life we wanted to delve into more deeply. Such as his time with the MAC or Movimento Anticolonial (Anticolonial Movement) his relationships with, and the influence of, figures like Frantz Fanon, Sekou Touré, and Kwame Nkrumah and his thinking on issues of Pan Africanism and internationalism. In this conversation we explore those topics and also further discuss how Cabral's speeches must be read in the context of audience both intended and unintended. As well as in relation to the concrete needs of the PAIGC's liberation struggle in that moment. We also talk specifically about the relationships Cabral had with Léopold Senghor and Sekou Touré the heads of state of Guinea-Bissau's neighbors, who each provided different forms of solidarity, allowed different types of activity from the PAIGC within their state, and embraced a different tactics in relation to the PAIGC's struggle against Portuguese colonialism. Finally, Tomás discusses what he considers Cabral's greatest contributions to African anti colonial struggle.  It's important to remember that many of the questions asked here remain open, but Tomás's insights are very useful in reading Cabral's thought and understanding the practices of the PAIGC in context. This is our fourth episode of the month of February, and currently we're still down 3 patrons for the month. So if you've been thinking about becoming a patron, now is a great time to show your support. You can do so for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism References in the show: Part 1 of this conversation Amílcar Cabral: The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist by António Tomás António Tomás' forthcoming book In the Skin of the City: Spatial Transformation in Luanda Cabral's "Facts About Colonialism" also known as "Facts About Portugal's African Colonies" can be found in Unity & Struggle. Return To The Source (and mulitiple speeches within it) is also referenced in the show. Cesaire's Notebook of a Return to the Nativeland Fanon's Wretched of the Earth  

As broadcast January 27, 2022 with plenty of portugues audio portions to feast on for your evening meal.  Tonight we flew off to Lisbon with Lizz Kalo for her final round trip until March as she's on like, REAL ACTUAL vacation.  However, in continuing with our efforts to get away from winter's cold in our minds, we went to the country named after the city of Porto and had a great time rocking some newer psyche & indie rock along with paying homage to some of the older fado innovators like Amalia Rodrigues and rock innovators like Rui Veloso.  Desfrute!#feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Wilco – Jesus, Etc.Doismileoito – Volta ao mundoGanso – PistoleiraLuis Severo – Boa CompanhiaB Fachada – Cancao de RejeicaoBest Youth – Midnight Rain Part II (32:10)Amalia Rodrigues – Fado portuguesRui Veloso – A paixao (Segundo Nicolau da Viola)Mariza – Quem Me DeraSara Tavares – BalanceMinta & The Brook Trout – FalconRapaz Ego – Crime em TangerFilho de Mae – Encontrei os Teus Dentes Part III (62:39)Madrepaz - BonanzaJP Simoes - AlvorocoSurma - MaasaiLuis Severo - Planicie (Tudo Igual)Filipe Sambado - Deixem LaDoismileoito - Quinta-feira Part IV (92:42)Sara Tavares - GingaLura - Fitiço Di FunanaBana - Cor di RosaSOLUTIONS - In My CityKIRARA - Worries

As broadcast December 22, 2021 with plenty of Luso for you podcastophones.  Tonight we took our final trip of the year with Lizz Kalo to another tropical destination as we freeze here in Korea.  Sao Tome and Principe was originally a penal colony for the Portuguese Empire, and the spirit of defiance lives on in the modern era with a vintage and rebellious sound all their own.  We celebrated some of the music from Angola and Cape Verde as well during the two hours for a real celebration of Lusophone Africa and how music unites very disparate people, even within these countries.#feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Paulo Flores – Herois da FotoAbel Lima – Steba Cu AnabelaCabo Verde Show – Nova ColadeiraQuinto do Canto – Mino di MamaMendes & Mendes – Mitamiyo Part II (30:33)Teta Lando – Muato Wa N' GinjilaTanga – Eme n'gongo iamiTony Gaetano – Pangui Yami UafuaLuiz Visconde – Chofer de PracaBana – Pontin PontinBembeya Jazz National – Petit Sekou Part III (60:52)Sangazuza – IZAURASangazuza – Sun MaleJoão Seria – PedlêloOs Untues – Chi bo sa migu di vedeAfrica Negra – CimodaAfrica Negra – Cumamo Bivalemo Part IV (99:28)Felipe Santo – BudoCamilo Domingos – Porque e Que e AssimCalema - Te AmoEDSONG – Corpo Com CorpoKingston Rudieska - Reggae Bam BamKingston Rudieska – White Winter 

In this episode we interview António Tomás, author of the recently published biography Amílcar Cabral: The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist. Tomás is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He is a native of Angola, and holds a PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University. He has worked as a journalist in Angola and Portugal and has written extensively on issues related to Lusophone Africa.  Recently we held a study group on Cabral's Return To The Source, but one of the things that stood out to many of us in the group was how little we really knew about Guinea Bissau, about the PAIGC and about Cabral and the context in which his writings and thought were produced.  The official archives available to scholars on Cabral and the PAIGC are limited due to the fascistic nature of the Portuguese state at the time among other factors. In 2020 we did an interview with Sónia Vaz Borges on the PAIGC's Militant Education program which filled in some gaps, and we hope that this interview will fill in more.  There are more questions we'd like to ask about his relationships with Frantz Fanon, Kwame Nkrumah, and Sékou Touré all of whom were influential to Cabral important to the PAIGC and are discussed in the book. And more broadly about the network of African liberation movements at the time. Perhaps when our schedules permit we can record a part two to fill in some of those gaps.  Hopefully this conversation will deepen our understandings of Cabral, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and the liberation struggle of the PAIGC. And ultimately of the contradictions which deepen our understanding both Cabral's fate and the developments of the years after his death. Understanding the inner workings of Portuguese colonialism, counterinsurgency, and of the contradictions of the revolution led by the PAIGC, demonstrate just how relevant many of Cabral's theoretical contributions and insights are to struggles against the global capitalist system, and against different forms of colonialism and counterinsurgency.  While the unity Cabral sought to lead between Cape Verdeans and Guineans may have been fraught, it is perhaps in this struggle against its own contradictions that we can find important lessons for movements that at times seem impossible or incommensurable.  Reminder, if you like what we do, please contribute to our patron if you are able. Even if you give $1 a month, it is through many people making contributions like that, that we sustain this show. We are still trying to sustain at least 1,000 patrons of the show, and currently we are at 977, so we can get back to that goal this month, and hopefully sustain that going forward with your support. Now here is António Tomás on the Life of Amílcar Cabral and the Struggle of the PAIGC

On this new episode of  " The Wave" we will be discussing how Africa's music industry is taking off, after exploding on dance floors across the world, how Afrobeats – the exciting sound emerging from West Africa – has entered global music's consciousness and most importantly how to develop a strong market at home. Host Charlotte Bwana,  Head of Business Development & Media Partnerships for Audiomack in Africa, an American youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that provides artists with a platform to effortlessly share their music with the world  Speakers  • Franck Alcide-Kacou is Franco-Ivorian and heads Universal Music Africa. He also recently launched Def Jam Africa. Popularly known as “Black Kent”, he was a singer songwriter and rapper prior to joining Universal.  • Valentine Gaudin is the Managing Director of Trace Southern Africa. With over 10 years of experience in the entertainment / television industry, Valentine is in charge of driving the strategies for the TRACE operations in Anglophone & Lusophone Africa (marketing, communication, digital platforms, sales, tv channels & programming).  • Ladipoe : Nigerian singer, songwriter and rapper. He rose to prominence with the release of the songs “Feel Alright”, on which he was featured by SDC ‘Show Dem Camp', “Are you down?” in 2018 featuring Tiwa Savage. He was the first rapper to be signed to Don Jazzy's Mavin records. During the COVID19 locked down in 2020, Ladipoe went ahead to drop his hit single “Know you” featuring Nigerian singer Simi, that became an internet sensation on social media and won a Headie award just three days ago.   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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On this episode, the ladies of NYAC chat with the incredible Yovanka Perdigao (one-third of Not Another Book Podcast)about lusophone Africa, its under-representation in African literary spaces and the importance of translation of Afro-lusophone narratives. Find Yovanka on: Twitter- @postcolonialchi IG- @postcolonialchild website- https://www.yovanka.co.uk/ Referenced: https://www.ozy.com/opinion/the-case-for-lusophone-african-literature/83117 http://afrikult.com/say-what-where-are-the-black-writers-from-portuguese-africa/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/sep/12/portugal-race Jose Eduardo Agalusa The ultimate tragedy by Abdulai Silá Recommendations from Yovanka: - Confession of the Lioness by Mia Coutu (Mozambican writer) - Sleepwalking Land by Mia Coutu - Malangatana (Mozambican visual artist) - Afrohouse/kuduru (music) - Buraka Som Sistema (band) - Pepetela (Angolan writer) - Good morning, comrades by Ondjaki (Angolan writer) - Sousa Jamba (author from Angola) - The ultimate tragedy by Abdulai Silá (author from Guinea-Bissau) - Francisco Ferreira (poet from São Tomé e Príncipe) - Alda Espírito Santo (poet from São Tomé e Príncipe)

Southern Africa has recently seen several significant political shifts, and countries in the region share many historical trends. We interview expert in Lusophone Africa and bi-fellow at King's College, Cambridge, Dr Justin Pearce and the current political climate in Angola and Mozambique before speaking with Professor Saul Dubow, Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at Magdalene College, Cambridge, to gain an Anglophone perspective on events in the region, as well as exploring conceptual issues surrounding academic and journalistic research in the region.

According to Antonio Nunes, Latin American families spend up to four hours per week in the supermarket. When combined with crippling traffic and safety concerns in many Latin American cities, it becomes clear why delivering groceries in Latin America could be a highly lucrative business. Antonio Nunes noticed that opportunity while living in Bogota and sold everything to go on a mission to deliver Latin America’s groceries in under an hour. In this episode, I sat down with Portuguese entrepreneur, Antonio Nunes, to talk about why Latin America is growing so quickly, why last mile delivery is a better business in LatAm than in the US or Europe, and what he has learned in his journey doing business across borders. People who want to start companies want to change the world Antonio’s first entrepreneurial experience involved founding an NGO in Mozambique when he was 19-years-old. He was focused on making it possible for budding entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world to develop and test their ideas because he believes entrepreneurs are people who want to change the world they live in. This project marked the first step in Antonio’s career in international entrepreneurship that would take him from Asia to Latin America. Find out how Antonio started supporting global entrepreneurship in Lusophone Africa in this episode of Crossing Borders. Scaling e-commerce businesses in Asia and Latin America Antonio scaled a fashion e-commerce business in Singapore from a Starbucks office to a 500-person business in just nine months, knowing little about e-commerce and nothing about fashion. When Rocket Internet brought him to Bogota to build Linio, Antonio was prepared to built Latin America’s Amazon. Linio now operates in Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Check out to episode to learn how building Linio inspired Antonio to found Mercadoni. Why last-mile delivery is a big opportunity in Latin America Latin America is growing and changing much faster than the United States as it leapfrogs over legacy technologies, like landline phones, that hold the US and Europe back. Last-mile delivery has grown particularly fast, with Mercadoni’s competitors like Rappi and Cornershop receiving investment from the US this year. Antonio considers that the tight competition for Latin America’s last-mile delivery market validates this US$300B market opportunity. Antonio explains the unit economics of Latin American delivery services, and why these numbers are better than in the US, in this episode. Delivering fresh fruit means Mercadoni is living its mission Mercadoni seeks to replace grocery store runs for busy Latin Americans so they can focus on their families, jobs, and friends. Of the top ten items ordered through the app, eight are fresh products, including bananas, tomatoes, and meat. According to Antonio, this pattern means Mercadoni is serving its purpose; people are trusting others to choose even their produce, one of the hardest items to buy. Antonio is a serial entrepreneur who has spent his whole career building businesses across borders, first in Mozambique, then Singapore, then in Colombia. His most recent venture, Mercadoni, is fighting for market share in one of Latin America’s most competitive industries, with support from Brazilian tech giant, Movile. Find out more about the opportunities in last-mile delivery and tech in Latin America in this episode of Crossing Borders. Show Notes: [1:48] - Nathan introduces Antonio [3:08] - Why last-mile delivery in Latin America? [6:30] - Antonio’s first time doing business across borders in Mozambique [10:30] - Rocket Internet’s model of building a business [12:08] - Why Antonio does business across borders [17:10] - Surround yourself with people you love working with [19:24] - How to get from Singapore to LatAm [22:19] - The US$300B Latin American grocery industry [24:45] - What it’s like to live and work in Colombia [27:00] - Why does Latin America change so much faster than the US? [30:48] - Trends Antonio sees for the Latin American middle class [32:25] - The decision to leave Linion [34:37] - Antonio’s approach to fundraising [39:09] - What did you learn from fundraising from Colombia? [40:36] - Selling his furniture to get Mercadoni off the ground [44:37] - What people buy on Mercadoni [48:00] - How unit economics affect Mercadoni’s success [49:40] - Why Mercadoni’s competitors validate the market opportunity [53:02] - Antonio’s advice to his younger self Resources and People Mentioned: Freakonomics podcast Guns, Germs, and Steel [Book] 1491 [Book] 1493 [Book] Abstract [Documentary] Oliver Samwer Rocket Internet Linio Mercadoni Fabricio Bloisi Podcast, Movile CEO/Cofounder Rappi Cornershop Glovo

This is the most fun show we’ve done in ages, or maybe ever. My friend Jean-Stephane Gourevitch offered to gather some really interesting people in London to talk about the data economy. We finally sat down last fall, during London’s Regtech Rising conference, and wow, did we talk. Jean-Stephane himself is French, based in London, and works with fintech startups throughout the world. His guests were, first, Edward George, who leads both research and the UK representative office for the pan-African bank, Ecobank. We also had Fiona Ghosh, a top London lawyer in the financial and fintech space -- Fiona is a partner at Addleshaw Goddard. Our other two participants have both founded young fintechs. Lukas Zoerner is CEO of Mespo, a fully independent robo money saver. And Luca Schnettler, from Germany, has founded HealthyHealth, which uses data to change the insurance world and to make people...healthier. We had an incredible conversation. We talked about how Europe’s new data regulations -- PSD2 and the GDPR -- will change banking and fintech (which, by the way, is a revolution that’s being under-discussed in the United States). We covered the opportunities that fintech is opening up in the developing world and especially Africa, where suddenly it’s possible, through the mobile phone, to bring banking to hundreds of millions of people who couldn’t be profitably served before. We talked about the future of cash. We figured out what regulators need to do. For me, probably the most riveting moments were a debate that broke out between the two fintech CEO’s -- both millennials -- who turned out to have strikingly different views about how data should be used, and also about consumers’ responsibility for securing their own wellbeing. I’ve never heard a discussion quite like it. So, we had six people around the table, counting me. It was a yeasty mixture of nationalities, languages, ages, continents, professional expertise, products, and target markets -- and with everyone having a whole lot to say. More about today’s guests Jean-Stephane Gourévitch Jean-Stéphane is an expert of the strategic, public policy and market aspects of digital/mobile payments, mobile money, digital/mobile banking, digital/mobile commerce, fintech, the data economy and innovation ecosystem with over 25 years global experience at senior management levels and a mix of corporate and entrepreneurial experience. He has held senior management positions with International telecom operators including Everything Everywhere Ltd. (EE), Orange, France Telecom, Verizon Business, Colt Technology Services Ltd. He has worked for OFCOM, the UK digital communications regulator. He also has held senior positions with Deloitte Consulting and with strategic marketing and PR/Communications firms. Jean-Stephane created his own management consulting company 5 years ago, combining strategic, public policy and commercial vision about digital convergence, fintech, insurtech and the data economy. He also has global experience mentoring and advising entrepreneurs and start-ups, in particular very young entrepreneurs. A frequent speaker on fintech, payments and insurtech, Jean-Stephane has addressed events such as Fintech Connect Live, Pay Expo, and Money2020. He is also an independent conference director, creating programs/content for major conferences such as Fintech Connect Live in London, INPAYCO Digital Payments in Toronto and Paris, Mobile Payments: Regulation, Risks and Opportunities in Berlin and London, the Africa Fintech Forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. As a mentor and advisor to 24 fintech, insurtech and digital technologies startups and to young entrepreneurs in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin and North America, Jean-Stephane’s expertise lies in strategy, business development, regulatory affairs, public policy, Government Relations, stakeholder relationships management, communication and PR. Edward George Twitter @DrTeddGeorge Dr. Edward George is the head of the UK representative office of pan-African bank, Ecobank, as well as being head of group research. Edward oversees the teams in the London office, with a focus on corporate banking, financial institutions/international organisations and research. As head of research he also manages a team of nine analysts based across Middle Africa covering the fixed-income, currencies and commodities space. His specialties include soft commodities and agribusiness, trade and trade finance, and disruptive technology. Edward is also the bank’s specialist on Francophone West Africa and Lusophone Africa. Prior to joining Ecobank in March 2011 he worked for The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for seven years as a Senior Editor in both the Commodities and Africa Departments. There he was responsible for producing and editing reports on Lusophone and Francophone Africa, as well as on 25 industrial raw materials, food, feedstuffs and beverages. Before joining the EIU, Edward worked as a freelance writer covering the politics and economics of Sub-Saharan Africa. A linguist by training, Edward is fluent in French, Spanish and Portuguese and holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Bristol. His PhD thesis on the Cuban intervention in Angola was published as a book by Routledge in 2005 and as a paperback in December 2012. Luca Schnettler Luca started HealthyHealth  in January 2017 to realize his vision of using digital means to innovate the insurance sector and help customers become healthy individuals. Before having any partners or advisors, Luca was able to persist and focus on the objective, following his goal and passion of building a company that truly changes customers perception on Insurance and helps them to improve their health. Lukas Zoerner Twitter @lczoerner Lukas Zoerner is the Founder and CEO of Mespo, a fully independent robo money saver that detects and executes savings opportunities for consumers. Mespo has established a UK's market first partnership between a FinTech such as Mespo and a Credit Union, My Community Bank. Mespo won the UK's Fintech For All 2017 Financial Inclusion challenge in the category "New Fintechs". Lukas previously worked in Morgan Stanley's investment banking division advising Power & Utility companies across EMEA. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of Mannheim in Germany. Fiona Ghosh Fiona is a Partner in Addleshaw Goddard's Commercial Group, specialising in complex commercial, IS, payment and FinTech arrangements, particularly in the financial services sector where she has focused her practice for more than a decade. Fiona heads the firm’s FinTech Group. Her work has included bringing new payment solutions, including ApplePay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay, to market. She is an appointed expert on the editorial board of the Payments & Fin Tech Lawyer journal. Fiona's expertise also includes outsourcing and other complex commercial arrangements in the investment banking, retail banking, insurance and asset management sectors. She has longstanding experience in strategic advisory work, negotiation and drafting of multijurisdictional business process outsourcings, including back and middle office, platform integration, facilities management and global administration services for multinational corporations, banks, asset managers and global insurers. A leader in her field on advice relating to strategic alliances and joint ventures, Fiona has led several international joint venture arrangements for the provision of pensions, credit cards, loans, mortgages and related insurance products acting for both retailers and for providers. She also specialises in advising in the field of retail payments including payment services and commercial arrangements relating to digital and mobile payment solutions, payment aggregation and merchant acquiry in the UK, US and further afield. Fiona is a regular speaker at international conferences and events on FinTech and payments law including Pay Expo Europe, the Westminster Forum Projects and Digital Payments Intensive. More Links Ecobank Research portal Ecobank Twitter account: @ecobankresearch Edward George: ‘Banks are in danger of becoming utilities’ Africa FICC      It’s the disruption that matters All Hands on Bank: How Mobile Banking is Changing Personal Finance AG Elevate GDPR PSD2 Sanjay Jain Podcast on Barefoot Innovation AFI Podcast on Barefoot Innovation More for our listeners Watch for our upcoming shows, including two more from London. One is with the charismatic CEO of Starling Bank, Anne Boden (who was referenced in today’s show with high praise), and the other is with Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell. Back in the U.S., we’ll have three fascinating CEO’s -- Financial Services Roundtable head Tim Pawlenty; Nerd Wallet CEO Tim Chen, and Cross River Bank CEO Gilles Gade. We also have an inspiring conversation with Michael Wiegand, who heads the Gates Foundation’s work on financial services for the poor. And we’re going to do a special one in San Francisco with my cofounders of Hummingbird Regtech -- so, stay tuned! I’ll hope to see you at upcoming events where I’ll be speaking: March 19-20 - Innovate Finance Global Summit - London April 18 - Bank Director, The Reality of Regtech - New York, NY May 3 - Texas Bankers Association Annual Convention - Houston, TX (and here’s the cover story I wrote for their magazine, on innovation and community banks) May 16 - Comply 2018 - New York, NY June 26, American Bankers Association Regulatory Compliance Conference - Nashville TN As always, please remember to review Barefoot Innovation on iTunes, and sign up to get emails that bring you the newest podcast, newsletter, and blog posts, at jsbarefoot.com. 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In this episode we talk to Wendi Muse, a PhD candidate in History at New York University. Her research concerns intellectual and political exchange between Brazilians and Portuguese-speaking African scholars, journalists, and activists during their concurrent respective struggles against  authoritarian regimes of a military dictatorship and colonialism and its impact on Brazilian leftist practice & thought. Wendi is the creator of the LeftPOC hashtag and the LeftPOCket Project, which bridges academia, activism, and digital media to make the history of leftists of color more readily accessible to the public.

Creative musician Victor Gama is a native of Lusophone Africa and uses his music to address the relationship between technologies and tradition. He is trained in electrical engineering and uses computer generated music heavily. (October 27, 2010)

The objective of this lecture is to offer a critical framework that will provide historical, geopolitical, discursive, and cultural coordinates in order to understand the emergence and development of Lusophone African nations within the larger context of the Portuguese-speaking world and in relationship to Portugal and Brazil. These nations have been varyingly interconnected for several centuries through the experience of colonialism as well as the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but more recently, through globalization. This lecture explores the deep-seated cultural, material, ideological, and political linkages of Lusophone Africa with Portugal as well as with Brazil that are rooted in the colonial era, but that continue to evolve under the ambivalent sign of "postcolonialism."