Tech Aways Podcast

Welcome to Tech Aways, a podcast that explores startups and technology in the Southern African region. techaways.substack.com

Tech Aways Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by Ephraim Modise, with 28 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ephraim Modise hosts Tech Aways Podcast, a technology show with 28 episodes published.

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  Lungisa Matshoba: Why Yoco believes the future of fintech is solving more than payments

  Jun 1, 202638 minS0

  <p>When Yoco processed its first transaction more than a decade ago, the startup had a simple mission: help South African small businesses accept card payments.</p><p>Today, that mission has expanded far beyond payments.</p><p>According to Yoco Chief Product Officer Lungisa Matshoba, the company now sees itself less as a payments provider and more as a technology platform designed to help small businesses run, grow and understand their businesses better.</p><p>“The first product we launched was actually two products,” Matshoba said. “We launched payments, but we also launched a point-of-sale system. From day one, busine...

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  Jesaya Hano-Oshike: How this $10 million fund plans to back Southern Africa's innovators

  May 25, 202618 minS0

  <p>Jesaya Hano-Oshike: How this $10 million fund plans to back Southern Africa’s innovators</p><p>For years, Southern Africa’s startup ecosystem has found itself stuck in an uncomfortable position. The region has no shortage of entrepreneurs building interesting businesses, yet very little venture capital flows into markets outside South Africa.</p><p>Jesaya Hano-Oshike, Managing Director of Bellatrix Investment Managers, believes that the gap represents an opportunity.</p><p>Bellatrix recently launched the Ndjaba Seed Fund, a $10 million venture capital vehicle focused on backing early-stage startups across Southern Africa. The fund will invest in between 35 and 50 startups over a 10...

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  Florence Bavanandan: Inside Botswana Tech Fund's £50 million mission to fund Southern Africa startups

  May 19, 202632 minS0

  <p>For years, most African venture capital has flowed into the continent’s biggest startup ecosystems — Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and South Africa. Southern Africa’s smaller markets have largely been overlooked.</p><p>But according to Florence Bavanandan, general partner of the Botswana Tech Fund, that is exactly where the opportunity lies.</p><p>Bavanandan described the fund’s strategy as a “contrarian thesis” focused on backing startups in Botswana and neighbouring countries like Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.</p><p>“Where everyone is not looking, that’s where the opportunity is,” she said.</p><p>The fund plans to invest in tech-first B2B...

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  Naco Bolote: Assessing the state of cross border payments & remittances in Africa

  May 13, 202650 minS0

  <p></p><p>Africa’s push toward deeper regional trade integration continues to run into a stubborn obstacle: moving money across the continent remains slow, fragmented, and expensive.</p><p>Despite years of fintech innovation and billions of dollars flowing into African startups, cross-border payments across Africa are still heavily dependent on foreign currencies, fragmented regulatory systems, and infrastructure that was never designed primarily for intra-African trade.</p><p>According to Naco Bolote, the continent’s biggest payments challenge is ultimately fragmentation, not just of payment rails, but also of policy, governance, and financial systems.</p><p>“Africa is crying out fo...

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  Tshepo Tshabalala: Exploring media innovation in Africa in the age of AI

  May 6, 202648 minS0

  <p>For years, journalism has had a love-hate relationship with technology. First came social media, then podcasts, and now AI, each wave bringing both opportunity and disruption.</p><p>The rise of content creators and independent publishers has broken traditional media monopolies, giving audiences more voices and perspectives than ever before. But it has also created misinformation, audience fragmentation, and what Tshepo Tshabalala, manager & team lead at JournalismAI, described as “bubble consumption”, where people only follow creators who reinforce their beliefs. </p><p>At the same time, journalism continues to struggle financially. Despite billions flowing into African tech startups over the...

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