Shows
Chini ya Maji MediaFounder Series : Samir Ibrahim, Co-Founder & CEO @ SuncultureBetting on Solar Energy to Address Climate Change and Impact Lives
Samir Ibrahim grew up in Orlando, Florida. His parents always told him that the opportunities he had were not available to them back home. As a child of immigrants, Ibrahim knew that it was important to use his opportunities to help others.In this episode of our Founders series, host Mark Karake sits down with Ibrahim, Co-Founder & CEO of SunCulture and dives into his journey of how he ended up building SunCulture and involved in climate action.Listen to how his experience living in Florida and...
2022-09-071h 05Chini ya Maji MediaFounder Series : Idorenyin Obong, Co-Founder & CEO @ GreyTHE 'FOUNDER-PROBLEM FIT' APPROACH
The most overlooked aspect by entrepreneurs
"One of my challenges was realizing I didn't need to have just technical skills... As a founder I need to know how to pitch"Idorenyin Obong or as we'd like to call him 'The Writing Techie' found himself in a situation that a lot of founders find themselves before their light bulb moment: A problem without a solution. The process of accessing payment via foreign currencies was a thorn in his flesh and so many other entrepreneurs. His intuition led him to start a company that...
2022-08-0559 minChini ya Maji MediaFounder Series : Mark Mwangi, Co-Founder & CEO @ AmitruckLeveraging Tech in the African Logistics Landscape
"It's going to take some time for us to stop comparing ourselves to each other and other countries... and start asking the question of why we didn't do better"Mark Mwangi was never your average student, he never settled, not from his days in high school to his days as a truck driver making ends meet for his fees in City, University of London. He is living proof that a tenacious heart will certainly get you where you want to be.Join him and Mark Karake as he takes us...
2022-07-2159 min
Chini ya Maji MediaFounder Series : Richmond Bassey, CEO & Co-Founder @ Invest BambooLET'S TALK INVESTMENT
"We want to turn out one million African investors and we have the capacity to go for such a goal"
Meet Richmond Bassey, the Co-founder and CEO of Bamboo, an investment platform that gives people the tools to build wealth from the ground up through real-time access to the global marketsCatch him and our host Mark Karake as they talk about consumerism in our society, teaching and offering investment opportunities to Africans and a special treat on how he as able to acquire venture capital for his company.An important listen for everyone.
2022-06-1355 min
UnYielded: Thriving No Matter WhatLet Authenticity Lead You - Mark KarakeMark Karake is the founder and CEO of the Impact Africa Network, a nonprofit startup studio in Nairobi with a mission to ensure young, talented Africans have a chance to participate in the digital transformation of Africa as both creators and owners. After 15 years in Silicon Valley, he chose to move back to Africa to immerse himself in this economic development challenge.Contact Mark KarakeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markkarake/Mentioned in this EpisodeImpactAfrica Network - https://impactafrica.network/Mark’s Articles on Me...
2021-01-1354 min
DisrupTVDisrupTV Episode 205 Featuring Mark Karake, Deepali Naair, & Dr. Geeta NayyarThis week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Deepali Naair, CMO at IBM, India & South Asia, Mark Karake, Founder & CEO at Impact Africa and Dr. Geeta Nayyar, Executive Medical Director at Salesforce.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.
2020-09-141h 09
Shape the SystemMark Karake; Founder of Impact Africa NetworkIn episode 5 we chat with the inspiring Mark Karake about the journey he took after a 15 year career working with start-ups in the Silicon Valley/San Fransisco area to repatriate to Kenya to immerse himself in the exhilarating challenge of changing the African narrative by empowering young innovators to be a part of the digital transformation of Africa, helping local start-ups develop companies and cultivate an ecosystem of high performance, high integrity, and high collaboration.https://www.impactafrica.network/Shape the System is an independent podcast with support from KPMG High Growth VenturesM...
2020-02-1138 min
African Tech RoundupSouth Africa's New Banking Wave + Huawei Or The Highway? + Kenyan Repat Diaries feat. Mark KarakeJoining Andile Masuku and guest co-host, Vije Vijendranath, for this episode of the African Tech Roundup podcast is Kenyan repat, founder of Impact Africa Network and host of the Chini ya Maji podcast, Mark Karake.
Following professional stints in Silicon Valley, working for the likes of Google, TrustArc and Oracle, Mark decided to return to his native Kenya in March 2018 to get involved in early-stage startup acceleration and investment activities in Nairobi.
In this show, Andile, Vije and Mark will unpack three weighty questions:
1) What is behind the new wave of banking currently sweeping South Africa? [18:28]
2) Is the African Union's...
2019-06-121h 29Chini ya Maji MediaFounder Series: Mark Karake, Founder @ Impact Africa Network, hosted by Andile NgwenyaThis week we flipped the script and the host becomes the guest. Mark Karake who is the founder and ceo of Impact Africa Network a first of its kind startup studio shares his story and entrepreneurial journey. This is a story about passion and commitment to pursuing your dreams.
2019-06-101h 46
Chini ya Maji PodcastFounder Series: Mark Karake, Founder @ Impact Africa Network, hosted by Andile NgwenyaThis week we flipped the script and the host becomes the guest. Mark Karake who is the founder and ceo of Impact Africa Network a first of its kind startup studio shares his story and entrepreneurial journey. This is a story about passion and commitment to pursuing your dreams. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markkarake.substack.com
2019-06-101h 46
Chini ya Maji MediaThe IntroThis Podcast is an intro to Mark Karake, Mumbi Githuku and the Impact Africa Network (IAN)
Catch us on Twitter @ianetworktweets and our website https://www.impactafrica.network/
2018-10-2630 min
Chini ya Maji PodcastThe IntroThis Podcast is an intro to Mark Karake, Mumbi Githuku and the Impact Africa Network (IAN)Catch us on Twitter @ianetworktweets and our website https://www.impactafrica.network/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markkarake.substack.com
2018-10-2630 min