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

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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