0254 - The PMIA Perspective with Fernandos Ongolly

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Fernandos Ongolly discussing African innovations and digital startups.

Today we’re talking with Fernandos Ongolly, to learn about home-grown innovations and digital startups from The Continent – in this case, Africa.  Our hosts are Selma Anya, Safa A. A. Emam, and Diana Achiro, students on the MSc Digital Innovation programme. Fernandos has a PhD from UCD. He is the current “Proudly Made in Africa” Fellow in Business and Development at UCD College of Business, and the founder of – Non-EU Academics and Researchers Community in Ireland. Our audience is the class of 2025 studying the Outsourcing and Offshoring module taught by Allen Higgins. First, Fernandos, would you like to say a few words about your current role and a little about your journey? ·       African nations might not be the first place that investors and business associate with “technology ambition”, can you set the context? [ notes: technical infrastructure, physical infrastructure, population demographics, connectedness etc. ] ·       Talk about some success stories from Africa and the sectors they occur in? [ notes: in FinTech, Education, AgriTech and eCommerce ] ·       What…

People in this episode

Hosts: Selma Anya, Safa A. A. Emam, Diana Achiro

Guest: Fernandos Ongolly

Topics covered

• African innovations
• digital startups
• outsourcing opportunities
• technology in Africa
• business development

Keywords

• Africa
• digital startups
• outsourcing
• technology
• business development
• FinTech
• AgriTech

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCD, Non-EU Academics and Researchers Community in Ireland, UCD College of Business

Places: Africa, Silicon Valley, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

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