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Financially IncorrectMoses Kemibaro: Building a Personal Brand & AI-Driven Digital GrowthIn this episode of Financially Incorrect, Moses Kemibaro opens up about his journey as a pioneer in Kenya’s digital space, from starting Dotsavvy in his bedroom to building it into a leading communications agency. He shares why investing in your personal brand is the true currency of entrepreneurship, how frugality and reinvestment kept his business alive for over 20 years, and why money is ultimately defined by value, not just numbers. Moses also dives into the shifting digital landscape, reflecting on the rise of blogging, the smartphone revolution, and now the TikTok era, while highlighting how AI tools are re...
2025-08-221h 01
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 154 - Rethinking Built Environment Security In Kenya: Insights from the RIANA Group Security Executives Forum 2025 Discussion PanelOn Friday, 11th April 2025, I had the privilege of moderating a high-impact panel at the RIANA Group Security Executives Forum at the Hyatt Regency Nairobi. Themed “Integrating Security from the Ground Up”, the discussion explored the vital collaboration between architects, engineers, surveyors, and security professionals in designing and delivering safer, smarter buildings.We’re in an era where traditional approaches to security no longer cut it. Physical barriers, standalone CCTV systems, and manual visitor logs feel almost archaic when juxtaposed with today’s smart technologies, AI-driven threat detection, and integrated systems thinking. This is precisely the lens we appli...
2025-04-251h 02
Conversations and PlugsWhy Every African Entrepreneur Needs to Become a Creator:Moses KemibaroJoin Moses Kemibaro, founder of Dot Savvy and renowned digital strategist, in this compelling episode as he unveils the keys to mastering content creation and digital innovation for African businesses. Moses dives deep into his entrepreneurial journey, practical strategies to amplify your brand's visibility, and how to successfully pivot amid technological shifts like social media and AI.Gain actionable insights, learn how to become your own media house, and discover the power of authentic storytelling to elevate your business.Timestamps:[00:00] Episode Introduction[03:15] Moses’s Entrepreneurial Beginnings[14:42] Building Brands through Content Creation[27:20] Fr...
2025-03-241h 00
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 129 - Unlocking Africa’s Digital Trade Potential: Highlights From TradeMark Africa's Africa Trade Development Forum (ATDF) 2024 Discussion Panel In Kigali, Rwanda.In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, on the 2nd December 2024, I had the privilege of representing Dotsavvy on a distinguished panel discussion titled “I Like My Coffee Black: Trade Today and Trade Tomorrow – The Realities” during the recent Africa Trade Development Forum (ATDF) in Kigali, Rwanda.
This landmark event, jointly organized by TradeMark Africa and Rwanda’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, brought together thought leaders, innovators, and policymakers to address the challenges and opportunities of digital trade in Africa.
Moderated by the insightful Allen Asiimwe, Deputy CEO of TradeMark Africa, the panel featured:
Antoine Sebera, Governme...
2024-12-1953 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 118 - Is Business Ready for 6G? Exploring the Next Generation of Mobile ConnectivityIn this episode of Pure Digital Passion, originally aired on BBC’s Business Daily on Monday the 30th September 2024 hosted by Gareth Mitchell, we explore the game-changing technology of 6G—set to revolutionize the way we connect, work, and live by the 2030s. The episode features insights from experts and business leaders across the globe, including myself, Moses Kemibaro, providing a detailed look at what 6G means for Kenya and Africa, as well as the rest of the world.
The discussion kicks off with Ashish Malhotra, Managing Director of Airtel Kenya, who sheds light on t...
2024-09-3017 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 96 - Safeguarding Growth & Building Resilience - The Future of Africa with AI & Impact of Cybersecurity.This was a panel discussion from the Kenya ICT Authority's Connected Africa Summit held on Tuesday the 23rd of April 2024 for which I was the moderator. The panel focussed on the critical themes of AI and cybersecurity within the African continent's evolving digital landscape. Our panelists for this engaging conversation included the following:
Hon. Waweru John Kiarie, Chair, ICT Committee
Saleh Al-Nemer, Regional CT & Distinguished Technologist, HP Enterprise
Kelvin Mugambi, Cybersecurity Technical Solutions Architect Sub-Saharan Africa, Cisco
Imran Chaudhrey, Country Manager for East Africa, Network Security Business, Fortinet
Michael Odhiambo, Director, Shared Services, Kenya ICT Authority
2024-04-2447 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 95 - Digital Transformation For Insurance Agents In Kenya: Insights From The AKI Agents Forum 2024 Panel Discussion.On March 8, 2024, I had the privilege of participating as a panelist at the Association of Kenya Insurers' (AKI) Insurance Agents Forum, held at Marist International University in Karen. The forum hosted 1,000+ insurance sales agents who excelled in 2023, featuring a broad collective of demographics and expertise.
This gathering served as a critical platform for education, inspiration, and networking, underpinned by the theme of digital transformation in Kenya's insurance sector with a focus on Insurance Agents.
With over 90% of insurance business in Kenya channeled through agents and brokers, digital transformation presents an unprecedented opportunity to enhance efficiency...
2024-04-061h 31
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 94 - A Live Citizen TV Discussion Panel On AI In Kenya: Opportunities, Challenges, & The Road Ahead.On the evening of the 14th of March 2024, the day before World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD), Citizen TV hosted an engaging panel discussion on ethical and inclusive Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Kenya. This year’s global theme for WRCD was “Fair and Responsible AI for Consumers,” making the conversation both timely and critical. The Communications Authority of Kenya, in its commitment to marking World Consumer Rights Day, organized this live discussion as a live broadcast and invited a diverse group of panelists who are at the forefront of technology, regulation, and consumer advocacy.
The following made up the pa...
2024-03-311h 30
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 91 - Unpacking KRA's eTIMS: A New Era For Tax Compliance In Kenya For Businesses & Individuals.I n this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast we delved into the important matter of the Kenya Revenue Authority's (KRA) Electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS). This session brought together key voices from tax compliance and technology in Kenya: Caroline Wacuka from KRA, independent tax and finance expert Limo Taboi, and Caine Wanjau, the Founder & CEO of DigiTax. Together, we explored how eTIMS is revolutionizing tax compliance for businesses and individuals in Kenya.
What is eTIMS?
The eTIMS system is KRA's innovative response to the challenges of tax compliance, designed to facilitate a...
2024-03-1247 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 90 - Don't Give A Human A Robot's Job: 6 Reasons Why AI Will Save Us & Not Destroy Us In The Future Of Work.The Converge III event titled 'AI: Better Marketing Through Experiments' 📊 was held on the 2nd February 2024 in Nairobi 🇰🇪 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Hurlingham.
It featured a stellar line-up of marketers and technology experts 👩💼👨💼 who made presentations and had a discussion panel with impactful conversations 💬, valuable insights, and connections with like-minded people who reshaped views on AI and how it influences marketing strategies 🚀.
During the same, I made a presentation titled 'Don't make a human do a robot's job! 💼🤖: 6 reasons why AI will save us and not destroy us in the future of work'. In the same, I shared the six...
2024-03-0216 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 89 - A Conversation with ALX Africa’s Peter Maina Muriithi on Discovering & Shaping Kenya’s Technology TalentIn the latest episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, we had the privilege of hosting Peter Maina Muriithi, an influential figure in Kenya's fast-growing technology education space where he is currently ALX Africa's General Manager for Kenya with an ambitious mission to nurture the next wave of technology talent in the country. We had a candid and deeply insightful conversation where he shed light on the transformative initiatives being put in place by ALX Africa to massively accelerate the future of technology and education in Kenya and Africa.
A Journey of Purpose.
Our conversation...
2024-02-231h 03
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 88 - Reflecting On The 2024 Customer Experience (CX) Outlook for Kenya.On the 6th of February, 2024, I had the distinct pleasure of joining a vibrant community of Customer Experience (CX) enthusiasts and professionals for The World of CX Weekly Breakfast World of Conversations. I was invited to be a guest speaker by Dr. Lucy Kiruthu of Evolve CX who also expertly moderated our conversation for which I am very grateful.
This virtual event offered me a platform to share insights and engage in meaningful dialogue about the future of Customer Experience (CX) in Kenya, a topic close to my heart both as a consumer and as a digital...
2024-02-0835 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 87 - From Physics To 5G: A Journey Through Telecommunications with Michael Onyango.In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, we had an in-depth conversation with Michael Onyango, an accomplished practitioner in Kenya's and Africa's telecommunications sector. Michael has had an illustrious 20+ years career that has spanned telecommunications giants like Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and now Baicells Technologies.
Michael shared his extensive journey from academia to the forefront of 5G innovation. Join us as Michael shares insights from his early days in Kenya, his educational pursuits in Telecommunications, Physics, and 5G Technology, to his current role as the Business Development Manager at Baicells Technology where he driving 5G deployment and connectivity...
2024-02-071h 00Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 86 - DX5's The Year Ahead 2024 Virtual Event: The Future of Work In A Generative AI World With Moses Kemibaro.In this presentation for the DX5 The Year Ahead 2024 Virtual Event, I shared my thoughts about the future of work in a world where everything will be impacted by Generative AI. I focussed primarily on the area of digital marketing based on my 20+ years of experience as the Founder & CEO of Dotsavvy, one of Kenya's and East Africa's first digital marketing agencies.
I explained the key steps that organizations need to take to make Generative AI work for them starting with a detailed audit of their current business processes and technology platforms to understand where they are...
2024-02-0517 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 85 - A Conversation with BizTalks' Maina Chege On The Impact of Generative AI On Kenya's Business Landscape & The Future of Work.This is a conversation I had with Maina Chege on BizTalks recently where we spoke at length about the implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence or AI on the business landscape in Kenya. At the same, we delved into many of the scenarios where Generative AI is already upending the status quo with massive repercussions.
One such instance that we touched on is in marketing where many leading brands and organizations in Kenya are using AI-generated creative assets for their advertising campaigns to the detriment of stakeholders life film producers, graphic designers, professional photographers, actors, models, makeup artists...
2024-02-0430 minPure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 84 - BBC's Focus On Africa TV Show With Waihiga Mwaura & Moses Kemibaro Discussing Online Child Safety In Kenya & Africa.This is a conversation that I had with BBC's Waihiga Mwaura on the Focus on Africa Show late last week. In our conversation, we explored the recent US Senate hearing where Meta's Mark Zuckerburg made an apology to the parents of minors who have been negatively impacted by social media platforms.
We also spoke about the implications for Kenya and Africa as well as the importance of safeguarding our children's digital future. Lastly, we reflected on how technology affects us all, from Kenya to the rest of the world, in creating a safer, more inclusive digital ecosystem...
2024-02-0405 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 83 - Boresha Radio Tanzania Twitter / X Space On Digital Marketing For Self Employment, Entrepreneurship & Business Opportunities.This is a Twitter / X Space on digital marketing as an alternative form of employment for the youth, personal branding, entrepreneurship, and business opportunities that was hosted last week by Tanzania's Boresha Radio Station where I was invited to be one of the panelists for the same.
It was my first time being on a Twitter / X Space in Tanzania so it was highly appreciated to do so. I managed to share my insights based on my 25+ years of perspectives as a digital marketing entrepreneur and practitioner as well as a technology blogger.
The main...
2024-01-271h 10
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 82 - The Future of Food in Kenya & Africa: Technology, Tradition, & Transformation with Ando Foods' Founder & CEO Asif Khan.In the latest episode of Pure Digital Passion, I had the pleasure of hosting Asif Khan, the founder and CEO of Ando Foods. Asif's journey is a remarkable tale of cultural richness, culinary innovation, and technological integration.
A Recipe Across Generations & Continents.
Asif shared the heartwarming story of Ando's famed Chicken Biriyani from their Mr. Khan brand, a recipe lovingly passed down from his Pakistani mother. This dish is not just a meal; it's a story of heritage and tradition, blending flavors across continents.
An Educational Japanese Journey & Its Influence.
Asif's...
2024-01-131h 26
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 81 - Empowering The Youth, Transforming East Africa, & Innovating for Impact: Inside Shujaaz Inc with Rob Burnet.Welcome to the latest episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast. This podcast was recorded at Shujaaz Inc’s HQ at the Acacia Building in Karen Office Park, where I had the honour of interviewing Rob Burnet, the Emmy Award-winning Founder and Chairman of Shujaaz Inc.
Rob Burnet's Journey: From the UK to Kenya.
In this enlightening session, we delved into Rob's incredible journey from the UK to Kenya. We explored the early influences that shaped his perspective on media and social change, and the serendipitous story of how he landed in Kenya and became an...
2024-01-131h 04
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 80 - Springboard to Success: Harnessing Digital Innovation for Business Growth.I'm delighted to share insights from a recent webinar, "Sustainable Digital Innovation – The Oxygen for Business Success," part of Springboard Capital's BizSmart Monthly Webinar Series.
Digital Innovation: Not Just a Side-Conversation.
The latest edition held on the 27th of November 2023 aimed to shift mindsets, emphasizing that digital innovation isn't just a side topic in business. It's as crucial as finance, business development, and human resources. In today's world, businesses at all levels must recognize the pivotal role of technology in achieving success.
A Journey Through the Digital Landscape.
As the Founder an...
2023-12-2059 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 79 - A Panel Discussion On The Impact Of AI On Business In Kenya With Oscar Limoke of Pawa IT Moderated By David Kiania At The International Christian Centre - Imara (ICC Imara) Seminar.I'm delighted to share insights and highlights from a panel discussion that took place on the 2nd of September 2023, at the International Christian Centre - Imara (ICC Imara).
The seminar, themed "AI-Driven Innovation for SMEs" featured a panel of distinguished experts in the field of business technology and digital marketing. This included Oscar Limoke, CEO of Pawa IT, and myself, Moses Kemibaro, Founder & CEO of Dotsavvy, expertly moderated by David Kiania which provided a platform for an in-depth exploration of AI's role in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya.
The key topics we covered...
2023-12-161h 00
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 78 - EdTech Mondays Kenya November 2023 Edition: Monitoring & Evaluation of Blended Learning Models.In the November 2023 edition of EdTech Mondays Kenya, we delved into the pivotal topic of monitoring and evaluating blended learning models in Kenya's educational landscape.
The Shift Towards Blended Learning.
Recently, Kenya has positioned itself at the forefront of integrating technology into education. This transformation aligns with the Ministry of Education's vision of catering to a technology-driven, globally interconnected economy. Blended learning, which synergizes traditional tools like pen and paper with digital innovations, stands as a testament to this progressive shift.
The Topical Focus.
Our focus was on understanding and assessing...
2023-12-1525 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 77 - A Conversation With IXAfrica's Snehar Shah On Kenya's & East Africa's Newest & Most Advanced Data Center.In our latest edition of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, we recently visited IXAfrica, Nairobi's newest hyper-scale data center located at the very heart of Kenya's vibrant Silicon Savannah. My engaging conversation with CEO Snehar Shah offered a window into the future of technology in Kenya and the broader East Africa region. IXAfrica, operational since October 2023, is not just a data center; it's an embodiment of the region's ambitious push towards the very cutting edge of digital transformation.
A Strategic Location & Size.
IXAfrica stands strategically near Nairobi's CBD and airport, spanning 17,300 sqm. Its substantial size...
2023-12-1528 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 76 - A Fireside Chat with Walid Kilonzi On The Current State & Future of the Metaverse in Africa.Yesterday, I had the privilege of moderating an extraordinary fireside chat organized by Mata at the Youth Connekt Africa Summit, held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi. The topic was none other than the fast-growing realm of the Metaverse and its profound implications for Africa's youth.
The Prodigy Behind the Lens: Walid Kilonzi.
One of the highlights of this session was conversing with Walid Kilonzi, the young and dynamic extended reality (XR) producer from Fallohide Africa. At just 25 years old, Walid's journey in XR began with the advent of the first Oculus...
2023-12-1253 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 75 - A Conversation with Technology Leader Michael Michie On Ensuring Inclusive AI For Africa.In a world rapidly embracing artificial intelligence (AI), Michael Michie stands out as a leader of innovation and inclusivity, particularly in the African tech landscape. I had the privilege of conversing with Michie at the recently held CIO 100 Symposium & Awards in Diani, Kenya, where we delved into his remarkable journey and vision for AI in Africa.
From Gaming to AI Leadership.
Michael's story begins with a childhood fascination with computers and gaming, a passion that ignited his journey in technology. He navigated through various roles, starting as a management trainee at M Oriental Bank and...
2023-12-1048 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 74 - A Conversation with Kenya's & East Africa's 'Godfather of Technology', DX5 Founder & Chairman Harry Hare.In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I had a conversation with Harry Hare, Founder & Chairman of DX5 where we delved into his remarkable journey as a pillar in East Africa's technology ecosystem. Recorded at the 15th edition of the CIO 100 Symposium & Awards a couple of weeks ago in Diani, Kenya, this podcast uncovers the resilience and visionary leadership of Harry, affectionately known as 'the godfather of technology in Kenya and East Africa.
The Early Challenges.
Harry's entrepreneurial spirit was tested early on. His first foray into the media business with publications like...
2023-12-0925 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 73 - Chopping It Up With Africa Online's 'OGs' of Kenya's & Africa's Early Internet Years Going Back 25+ Years Ago!Yesterday evening, we had something of a very special meet-up or reunion with the pioneers of Kenya's Internet sector going back over 25 years ago at Africa Online. Africa Online was one of Kenya's original Internet Service Providers or ISPs of what started off as the dial-up modem via copper-based analogue landline and rain-prone variety around 1995. Africa Online was originally known as Karisi Communications and was founded by the iconic startup team of Ayisi Makatiani, Amolo Ngweno, and Karanja Gakio.
The backstory goes that Ayisi, Amolo, and Karanja were all in the US having completed...
2023-12-091h 01
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 72 - Jane Mukami On Her Incredible Journey From Technology Maven To Award-Winning Health & Wellness CoachIn the latest episode of Pure Digital Passion, I had the unique opportunity to have a conversation with Jane Mukami, also known as the 'Fit Kenyan Girl' — an inspiring figure who seamlessly transitioned from the world of technology to becoming an award-winning health and wellness coach. Her story is a testament to the power of resilience, self-discovery, and leveraging digital channels to create a global impact.
Early Life and Transformation.
Jane's journey began in Nairobi, Kenya, where she was born and raised. However, her path took a significant turn when she moved to Atlanta, USA, in...
2023-12-031h 02
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 71 - The Journey To Achieving World-Class Customer Experience with NCBA Group's Elizabeth OkombaIn a captivating new episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I had the honour of engaging with Elizabeth Okomba, the dynamic Deputy Director and Group Head of Customer Experience at NCBA Bank Kenya. Our conversation wasn't just a deep dive into customer experience (CX) strategies; it was a narrative of exceptional leadership and innovation, especially in the wake of NCBA's recent accolades at the ICX awards and Elizabeth's personal triumph in CX leadership.
Elizabeth's journey at NCBA began with her pivotal role as the merger lead between NIC Bank and Commercial Bank of...
2023-11-2546 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 70 - Strathmore University Business School (SBS) Marketing Roundtable On Marketing In The AI-Tech World: Navigating The Digital Frontier.This was a panel discussion on the 16th November 2023 titled 'Emerging Technologies: What's On The Horizon of Marketing' that was part of the Strathmore University Business School's Marketing Roundtable On Marketing In The AI-Tech World: Navigating The Digital Frontier. The panel had me, Moses Kemibaro, as Founder & CEO of Dotsavvy as well as Anthony Wesonga, Founder & CEO of Cadabra Creative. The forum was organized by students at Strathmore University who are members of the Strathmore Marketing Club.
The Marketing Roundtable provided a platform for cross-industry engagement in the field of marketing in Kenya and...
2023-11-1737 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 69 - Kenya Domain Name System (DNS) Forum 2023 Panel Discussion On Monetizing Domain Names.This was a panel discussion on monetizing domain names at the Kenya Domain Name System (DNS) Forum on the 2nd November 2023 that featured Mbugua Njihia, Venture Builder and Entrepreneur with Moses Kemibaro, the Founder & CEO of Dotsavvy, moderated by Gitau Muraguri, the Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC) Marketing Manager.
In the discussion, we delved into a lively conversation on the past, present, and future of domain names looking at it from both a local and international perspective. It was clear that domain names have massive potential for monetization if looked at from unconventional approaches...
2023-11-151h 12
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 68 - EdTech Mondays Kenya October 2023 Edition: Empowering Kenyan Educators with Digital Tools.In the October 2023 edition of EdTech Mondays Kenya, we continued the conversation started at the Kenya EdTech Summit, focusing on "Building Digital Tools That Empower Teachers." This is a topic close to our hearts, as we strive to bridge the gap between educational technology and its practical, impactful use in Kenyan classrooms.
Summary of the conversation:
Our esteemed panelists brought diverse perspectives to the table. Stephen Ahura, a teacher from Kenya High School, shared his experiences with integrating EdTech in teaching, discussing both successes and challenges. Fridah Ngari, the...
2023-11-1426 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 67 - Understanding the KRA Tax Amnesty: Insights from KRA's Alfred Sikuku and Technology Entrepreneur Mbugua NjihiaIn the latest episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, we took a deep dive into the intricacies of the Kenya Revenue Authority's (KRA) recent Tax Amnesty program. This initiative has stirred the interest of many, particularly individuals and business entities keen on settling their tax obligations. To dissect this topic, we were joined by two distinguished guests: Alfred Sikuku of KRA's Waiver Coordination Unit and seasoned entrepreneur Mbugua Njihia, a stalwart in Kenya's tech industry.
Meet the Experts
Alfred Sikuku is an integral member of the Domestic Taxes Department at KRA, serving in the Waiver Coordination Unit. His insights...
2023-10-2237 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 66 - GA Insurance's ECO DRIVE Electric Vehicle (EV) Launch Discussion Panel On The Current State Of All Things Electric Mobility In Kenya.Recently, I had the privilege to attend and record the launch event of GA ECO DRIVE Insurance Cover by GA Insurance. This product is not only a first in Kenya but also a pioneer in the African insurance market, serving as an example of innovation and foresight in the industry.
GA ECO DRIVE: Comprehensive EV Insurance
The GA ECO DRIVE insurance policy is meticulously crafted for EV owners, providing protection tailored for unique EV-related risks. From safeguarding your vehicle’s battery and charging cable to offering unprecedented coverage like cy...
2023-09-3044 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 65 - A Conversation with Beem's Founder & CEO Taha Jiwaji On Their Official Launch In Kenya, The Conversational Commerce Revolution In Africa, & Their Flagship 'Moja' Offering.Beem offers an omni-channel communication platform that brings together USSD, Airtime, Mobile Payments, SMS, WhatsApp, Facebook & Instagram channels to engage, verify, authenticate, notify or pay customers. Beem is a Pan-African startup with a presence across more than 25 African markets. Beem envisions an Africa powered by enterprises, empowered through technology. Beem strives for this by enabling enterprises to interact and transact with customers across Africa using SMS, USSD, airtime, chat, and other products.
Beem's flagship offering is Moja, a complete business messenger for sales and services. Moja combines the power of WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Google...
2023-09-3029 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Mondays Kenya September 2023 Edition: Enhancing Digital Literacy For Marginalised Communities In Kenya.In September 2023 we had a special edition of Edtech Mondays Kenya that saw us travel to the expansive terrains of Kajiado County where we witnessed how digital literacy is being made possible amidst its arid landscapes, and vibrant Maasai culture.
About Kajiado County
Kajiado, a sprawling county of over 21,000 km squared, is home to over 1.1 million Kenyans who are predominantly from the Maasai community. In this semi-arid region where pastoralism is a way of life, and wealth is often counted in cattle and children, we discovered an amazing organization that brings hope and innovation in...
2023-09-2926 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation with Fika Mobility's Rishi Kohli On Electrifying Boda Boda Transportation In Kenya.In this recent electrifying episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, we had the pleasure of hosting Rishi Kohli, the dynamic CEO and co-founder of Fika Mobility. Through an insightful dialogue, we uncovered Fika's grand vision to drive sustainability, efficiency, and accessibility in Kenya’s bustling Boda Boda sector through innovative electric motorcycles.
The Genesis of Fika Mobility
Everything starts with inspiration, and for Rishi, it was the urge to make a significant positive impact on people’s lives. Fika Mobility, born out of over three years of meticulous market study, aims to offer Boda Boda...
2023-09-2951 minPure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroSocial Media & Content Marketing Presentation at eCommerce Day AfricaeCommerce Day Africa 2023 (www.ecommerceday.africa) is a networking and training event aimed at accelerating and making online businesses more professional. The first edition of eCommerce Day Africa took place from the 20th to the 22nd of September 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, using a hybrid format. The event was made possible by the eCommerce Institute with the support of USAID, the Alliance for eTrade Development (eTrade Alliance), and the American Chamber of Commerce in Kenya (AmCham).
I represented Dotsavvy where I made a presentation on social media and content marketing at eCommerce Day Africa on Thursday the 21st...
2023-09-2718 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation with Africa Data Centres'Dan Kwach On The Changing Landscape of Data Centres in East Africa.As the digital revolution continues to reshape industries across the globe, East Africa has emerged as a hotspot for world-class data centre solutions, led by industry giants like Africa Data Centres (ADC). During the recent International Telecoms Week Africa (ITW Africa) held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi, I had the distinct pleasure of conversing with Dan Kwach, the Managing Director for ADC in East Africa. His insights into the trajectory of data centres in the region were nothing short of enlightening.
A Glimpse into the Past.
Dan's journey...
2023-09-2617 minPure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroThe Evolution of Technology & The Internet: A Conversation with Ali Hussein On The Ali Talks Tech Podcast On My 25+ Year Career In All Things Digital In Kenya, East Africa & Beyond.In a delightful reunion of sorts, I recently had the distinct pleasure of being a guest on the "Ali Talks Tech" podcast hosted by none other than Ali Hussein, a long-time friend and a significant figure in the East African tech scene. We traced back our roots to our days at 3mice Interactive Media, where we were once colleagues in business development at the turn of the century.
Our conversation was not just a trip down memory lane but also a deep exploration of my nearly 30-year journey in the dynamic world of technology, internet services, and...
2023-09-1642 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroFinancing For Consumer Technology Purchases During Challenging Economic Times In Kenya: A Discussion with NTV Kenya’s Winnie Lubembe, Samsung Kenya's Rehema Juma & ABSA Bank Kenya's Pauline Munyoki.On the morning of Monday the 11th of September 2023, I had the incredible opportunity to join the 'Your World' show on NTV Kenya, hosted by the insightful Winnie Lubembe.
In this session, we delved deep into the nuances of navigating the high cost of living in Kenya, focusing on the innovative buy now pay later (BNPL) consumer technology financing partnership between Samsung Kenya and ABSA Bank Kenya.
In attendance, were Rehema Kamau Juma from Samsung Kenya and Pauline Munyoki from ABSA Bank Kenya. Here are the highlights of our enriching discussion:
The Inception...
2023-09-1652 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With Nurani Nimpuno From The London Internet Exchange (LINX) On The Importance of Internet Exchange Points & The New LINX Nairobi Internet Exchange Point.In an increasingly digital-first world, connections mean everything. This was underscored vividly in my recent conversation with Nurani Nimpuno, the Head of Global Engagement at LINX, on the Pure Digital Passion podcast recorded on 13th September 2023.
In this insightful episode, we delve into the intricate world of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) and explore what LINX's foray into Nairobi signifies for the region's digital landscape. Before you tune into the rich conversation, let me set the stage with some vital context about LINX and their groundbreaking venture in Nairobi.
LINX: An Architect of Global Connections.
2023-09-1518 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation with Visa's James Kabuthi & NCBA's Jimmy Mwang'ondi On How The Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) In Kenya & East Africa Enables Fintechs.In the latest episode of the 'Pure Digital Passion' podcast, we took a deep dive into the heart of fintech innovation in East Africa. The session, held at the buzzing SemaBox at Baraza Media Lab in Nairobi on the 5th of September 2023 brought together James Kabuthi from Visa East Africa and Jimmy Mwang'ondi from Loop DFS, a subsidiary of the NCBA Group.
From the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) to the power of strategic partnerships, we unravelled the avenues that are setting the stage for an exciting fintech future in the region. Here’s a glimpse into the sp...
2023-09-151h 04
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Mondays Kenya August 2023 Edition: Bolstering Growth For Nairobi County’s EdTech Ecosystem - Opportunities & Challenges.This was a special edition of EdTech Mondays Kenya hosted and recorded at the inaugural Innovate Nairobi event which was focussed on Nairobi's thriving EdTech ecosystem, unearthing its opportunities and challenges.
An Evolving Landscape: Silicon Savannah.
In the pulsating nerve center of digital innovation that is Nairobi, famously known as the ‘Silicon Savannah’, we convened a dynamic panel of experts to dissect the present state and envisage the promising future of the EdTech landscape in Nairobi County. Before we delve deeper, let's acknowledge the robust support extended by the Nairobi County Government, a catalyst in fost...
2023-09-0724 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroFrom Inception to Controversy: An Exclusive Interview with Tools For Humanity's CEO Alex Blania On Their Worldcoin Journey in Kenya.In this edition of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, we're diving deep into the Worldcoin saga, a digital currency project that has seen an explosive rise in Kenya, followed by suspension by the Kenyan Government due to concerns surrounding its operations and concerns around data privacy in recent weeks. This podcast aims to provide listeners with an objective
understanding, sifting through the myriad of opinions, reports, and sentiments, to get to the truth of the matter.
In this interview, we had a candid and illuminating conversation with Alex Blania, CEO and co-founder of Tools for Humanity, and...
2023-09-0242 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation with Smart Foundry's Johannes Lutainulwa On Rifaly For Business - A Digital Content Aggregation Offering For African Digital Content.In this conversation, we delved into the promising world of African digital content with Johannes Lutainulwa from Smart Foundry on their Rifaly for Business offering that was recently launched.
Rifaly is revolutionizing how content creators and media publishers across Africa can monetize their content at scale whether it's newspapers, magazines, radio, podcasts, or video.
Johannes was able to shed light on the unique value proposition of Rifaly, differentiating it from global giants like YouTube and Spotify. He highlighted Rifaly's robust model that benefits both individual content creators and businesses, offering features like backdated content access...
2023-08-2535 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation with VISA Everywhere Kenya 2023 Winners Radhika Bhachu of Ndovu & Nelson Aseka of AIfluence.Kenya stands out as a hub of innovation, and in this conversation, we get up close and personal with two entrepreneurs at the forefront of digital transformation that is sweeping across Kenya. Nelson Aseka of AIfluence and Radhika Bhachu of Ndovu, recently emerged as winners at the Kenya edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative.
The Visa Everywhere Initiative is a global startup engagement program that tasks start-ups to solve payment challenges of tomorrow, further enhance their own product proposition and provide visionary solutions for Visa and their vast network of partners. Therefore, Nelson's and...
2023-08-1955 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroSamsung's Rehema Kamau & ABSA Bank's Linda Kimani On The Latest Foldables & Affordable Credit Card Financing In Kenya.I had a conversation with Rehema Kamau from Samsung Kenya and Linda Kimani from ABSA Bank Kenya on Samsung’s newest foldable phones and ABSA Bank's innovative Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) credit card financing proposition, 'Buy Now Lipa Pole Pole'.
Rehema shared the advancements and unique offerings of Samsung's latest generation of foldables and flips - the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5. The devices are available for pre-ordering till the 24th of August 2023 at select Samsung stores and online portals in Kenya and as of 25th of August 2023, the actual phones will be...
2023-08-1945 minPure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With Richard Kagoe On The BBC's Focus On Africa Podcast Regarding The Controversial Petition To Ban TikTok In Kenya.Earlier this week a petition was submitted to Kenya's parliament to ban TikTok in Kenya. This triggered a massive debate in parliament with our lawmakers being clearly divided on the pros and cons of the same whilst triggering tremors throughout Kenya's vibrant digital ecosystem. I recently had the privilege of discussing this hot-button issue with Richard Kagoe on BBC's Focus on Africa podcast which you can listen to here.
Kenya, as surprising as it might sound to some, stands tall as a global leader in TikTok engagement! The recently published digital news report by...
2023-08-1906 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroTechnology As An Enabler Of Equity & Inclusion In Education For Learners In Kenya's North & North Eastern Counties.Kenya has one of the best education systems in Africa due to substantial and holistic investments by the Government to enhance teaching and learning for all stakeholders. Even as participation, quality, equity, and inclusion for learners have generally improved in Kenya, access and outcomes for rural learners, girls, learners with disabilities and other vulnerable populations continue to lag significantly in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). 29 counties in Kenya are part of the ASALs which occupy over 80% of Kenya’s landmass, and are home to roughly 36% of the population, 70% of the national livestock herds, and 90% of wildlife.
Ac...
2023-08-0625 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation with Alice Munyua, Senior Director of Africa Mradi at Mozilla Corporation.Dr. Alice Munyua (Alice) is someone I have known for the better part of two decades a pioneer and integral part of Kenya's digital ecosystem in a myriad of ways. I really got to know Alice when we both served on the board of the Kenya Network Information or Centre (KeNIC) which is Kenya's .KE Country Code Top Level Domain (CCTLD) Registry over a decade ago. Since then, Alice has taken up a number of different roles and is currently the brainchild and Director of the Africa Mradi initiative at Mozilla Corporation (Mozilla).
Mozilla's...
2023-07-2249 minPure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation On The IO Kenya Podcast About My Life & An Almost 30 Year Career In Kenya's & Africa's Internet Industry.It's strange to think that for most of my life and my work that everything I have done seems to be underpinned by technology and for the most part the Internet. I had the unusual early start at a very young age being exposed to computers via the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the early eighties and thereafter my father's Amstrad PC. I also learned how to code in BASIC and later in DBASE3 and DBASE4 which built my understanding of how to make a computer do what I wanted.
I attended computer classes as a pre-teen as...
2023-07-021h 16
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Mondays Kenya June 2023 Edition: Accelerating Blended Learning In KenyaThe objective of Kenya’s Ministry of Education (MoE) is to provide quality education and training that prepares learners to competitively thrive within a highly integrated, technology-oriented, and information-based global economy. As a result, technology is being used in educational institutions to support the teaching, learning, and management processes.
Blended learning is an approach to education in which traditional in-person classes are supplemented or supported with technology and learners take advantage of both online and offline resources. Pedagogy is the combination of teaching methods (what instructors do), learning activities (what instructors ask their students to do), and le...
2023-07-0225 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With HID's Colin Herbert Howell & Natascha Trivisas On Realising Trusted identity Solutions For Kenya's & Africa's Citizens & Governments.This a conversation I had with Colin Herbert Howell & Natascha Trivisas from HID, a global leader in trusted identity solutions on their latest innovations in document design, biometric technologies, and secure issuance solutions that are changing the game when it comes to design, security, enrolment, authentication, and verification.
Colin and Natascha were in Nairobi in late May 2023 for the ID4Africa Conference. ID4Africa is a non-governmental organization dedicated to assisting African nations develop and strengthen public and technical systems for identity-related solutions and applications to serve the development and humanitarian action.
Colin is Senior...
2023-06-1743 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With ARC Ride's Bede Hesmondhalgh On Launching The Corbett Electric Bike, 42 Battery Swapping Stations, & Kenya's 1.2 Million Boda Boda Market.A week ago I met Bede at ARC Ride’s facility in Nairobi to have a conversation and record a podcast on the two significant milestones they have achieved this year. The first is ARC Ride’s impressive footprint of 42 fully operational and automated battery-swapping stations in Nairobi and outlying areas. This is surprising in that ARC Ride has invested massively to ensure that if you so choose to acquire or finance any of their electric bikes you can rest assured that finding a battery swapping station should not be a major hassle.
Even more impressive is that...
2023-06-1634 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Mondays Kenya May 2023 Edition: Widening Access to ICT Infrastructure & Connectivity.Since the start of 2023, Edtech Mondays Kenya has explored a range of conversations such as mainstreaming hybrid models of learning, improving foundational literacy and numeracy for young learners, and most recently the role of digital literacy as a crucial component of 21st-century skills.
Throughout our conversations, the lack of ICT infrastructure and connectivity, such as electricity, Internet access, WIFI networks, and mobile networks was a key discussion area on what is needed to make technology-enabled education accessible to all learners in Kenya.
Even though all 47 counties in Kenya have fiber-based connectivity, last-mile links to rural...
2023-06-0400 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroTwitter Space On The State of Connectivity In Kenya & Its Effect On SMEsThis is a Twitter Space that was held on the evening of Thursday the 18th of May 2023 by Liquid Intelligent Technologies in Kenya with the topic 'The State of Connectivity In Kenya & Its Effect On SMEs'. The Twitter Space was hosted and moderated by Nixon Kanali of TechTrends Media and featured a panel comprising Fiona Ngaruro, Ben Roberts of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, and Moses Kemibaro of Dotsavvy. The Twitter Space was centered on the following;
Raise Awareness of the Connectivity Gap in Kenya: Create awareness about the importance of addressing this gap for overall socioeconomic development and how...
2023-05-211h 11
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Mondays Kenya April 2023 Edition: Digital Literacy - A Crucial Component of 21st Century Skills.In the March 2023 edition of EdTech Mondays Kenya, we explored foundational literacy and numeracy: a child’s ability to read basic texts, write clearly and solve basic mathematics problems such as addition and subtraction. We explored how technology can be a key enabler for foundational literacy and numeracy and how hybrid models of learning can improve foundational learning outcomes.
Foundational literacy and numeracy are essential skills for people to navigate the world around them. However, in a world that is increasingly digitized – where government services, banking, and many jobs require citizens to use digital tools – traditional literacy and num...
2023-05-0124 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Mondays Kenya March 2023 Edition: Improving Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Through Hybrid Models of Learning.In the February 2023 edition of EdTech Monday Kenya we explored the topic on the mainstreaming of hybrid models of learning as a means of ensuring that all learners in Kenya can be accommodated in a learning environment that can be in-person or virtual. In hybrid learning, educators can teach remote and in-person students at the same time using tools like video conferencing to make this viable and sustainable. Hybrid learning is increasingly being seen as a way of ensuring that all learners can be accommodated in a learning environment that can be in-person or virtual.
During last...
2023-05-0126 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With iColo's Sales Director Sajid Vayani At East Africa Com 2023 On Their Carrier-Neutral Data Center Business In Kenya.This is a conversation I had with Sajid Vayani who is the Sales Director of iColo at the telco-centric East Africa Com 2023 Conference that was held in Nairobi this week at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Upper Hill. Sajid has an interesting background in that he originally started his career in accounting and at some point managed to pursue his passion for acting by attending a Master's Degree Program in the UK.
He then came back to Kenya and was recruited as a Management Trainee at iColo 7 years ago as Kenya's first carrier-neutral data center business. Sajid then rose through...
2023-04-2630 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Monday Kenya, February 2023 Edition: Mainstreaming Hybrid Learning Models Of Learning In KenyaHybrid learning Involves the combination of in-person learning and remote learning and is not necessarily taught in a traditional classroom. It is increasingly being seen as a way of ensuring that all learners can be accommodated in a learning environment that can be in-person or virtual.
Almost 1.13 million children of primary school age (6 to 13 years old) were out of school in Kenya, according to an Out-of-School Children Initiative study conducted in Kenya in 2020. The situation was worsened due to the impact of COVID-19 related school closures, followed by drought in many of the focus counties. As a r...
2023-03-1228 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroRadio Interview On Entrepreneurship, Blogging, Social Media, Data Privacy, Afrobeats & All Things Digital On 98.4 Capital FM's The Jam Show With June Gachui & Martin KariukiIn case you missed it, this is a radio interview I had with 98.4 Capital FM's June Gachui and Martin Kariuki on their show, The Jam, this past week on Wednesday the 9th of February 2023. The conversation we had was quite different from what I expected in that we went a lot deeper, and, wider on the topics we covered.
For me, in some respects, it was probably the first time I shared some personal details about myself in the media like the early days of my entrepreneurship journey at Dotsavvy, the ups and downs of being an e...
2023-02-1226 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With Illustrator, Content Creator & Writer Chief Nyamweya On Trust - A Graphic Novel, Motion Comic & NFT Collection That Reimagines Africa From A Revisionist Digital Perspective.Chief Nyamweya is an Illustrator, Content Creator, and Writer who I have known for the better part of a decade since the early days of Nairobi's iHub where we used to regularly attend events. I lost touch with Chief for a fair bit of time until sometime during the COVID-19 pandemic when through pure blind luck he and I met as part of a series of interviews for a documentary on the past, present, and future of Kenya's digital ecosystem. That particular documentary never got produced or aired as we expected but as events would have it our paths...
2023-01-0746 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Monday Kenya, November 2022 Edition: EdTech as an Enabler of Education for Learners with Visual Impairments.The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was the 3rd of December 2022 which aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights, and well-being of persons with disabilities. Last year’s theme was “transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world”.
Challenges for learners with visual impairments in Kenya include poor communication, poverty, long distances to school, lacking basic education resources like teachers, and low literacy rates within communities. On a positive note, Kenya has a policy in place that aims to make educatio...
2023-01-0726 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With Laban Cliff On KTN's The Headhunter Show On Building A Personal Digital Brand, Digital Workforce Recruitment & The Post-Pandemic Digital Workplace In Kenya.This a conversation I had with KTN's Laban Cliff on The Headhunter TV Show in November 2022 where we discussed a broad range of topics around the digital future of work in Kenya and beyond. We talked about my own experiences as the CEO of Dotsavvy in terms of how we had to adapt and change as an organization in how we work due to the COViD-19 pandemic almost 3 years ago when we started working remotely on a full-time basis. We also discussed what changes we had to make in terms of managing our business across the board with a...
2023-01-0751 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With Sendy's CEO Meshack Alloys On Building A Pan-African Digital Logistics Business.Sendy as a business has gone through many pivots since it launched a few years ago in Kenya when it initially focussed on providing last-mile e-commerce logistics and fulfillment services for a diverse range of customers, small and large alike. Since then, Sendy business model has evolved to focus primarily on business-to-business or B2B logistics and fulfillment that includes large manufacturers and distributors who don't even do e-commerce at this time.
In my conversation with Sendy's CEO Meshack Alloys, we got to talk at length about the evolution of their business model to go where they...
2022-12-1438 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With Cellulant's CEO Akshay Grover On Expanding Digital Payments In Africa At Scale.Akshay Gover is the CEO of Cellulant, arguably one of Africa's largest and oldest fintechs that is focused on providing a myriad of integrated digital payment services in Africa and beyond. Akshay joined Celluant approximately two years ago at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic during which time the business was undergoing a significant leadership transition with the founders exiting day-to-day management.
Cellulant has a formidable geographical and digital payments footprint across Africa in the many countries where it operates where it connects consumers, businesses, and other stakeholders across its various offerings. During our conversation, Akshay was a...
2022-12-1453 min
The iMarket PodcastThe Future Of Marketing is in Storytelling - Moses Kemibaro | S01E2Moses Kemibaro is the Founder & CEO of Dotsavvy, Kenya's first digital business agency which conceptualizes, develops, delivers, and manages high-performance business results for its clients via digital channels. Dotsavvy has been operational for almost 20 years spearheading next practices across a broad spectrum of digital offerings.Previously, Moses was the Regional Manager for Opera Ads in East Africa, the Commercial Manager for East Africa at the Perform Group, now known as DAZN and Perform Content, as well as the Sales Director at InMobi for Africa where he led sales in Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria, and Ghana...
2022-11-2434 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroUnpacking Web3: Going Beyond The Hype & What It Means For All Things Digital In The Future In Kenya, East Africa & Beyond - eDigital Connect Summit 2022 Presentation by Moses Kemibaro of DotsavvyThis is a presentation I made on the 8th July 2022 at the first-ever eDigital Connect Summit. The topic was 'Unpacking Web3: Going Beyond The Hype & What It Means For All Things Digital In The Future In Kenya, East Africa & Beyond' and we basically broke down the same for the audience so that they can take practical next steps towards realizing the potential of Web3. I hope you enjoy listening to this podcast! You can also access the presentation as follows:
YouTube Video @ https://bit.ly/3WB4sqk
Slideshare Presentation @ https://bit.ly/3Wz7cV9
2022-11-0526 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation with Analogue Teams' Founder & CEO Oladosu Teyibo On Building A Global Technology Services Outsourcing Business With Africa's Best TalentThis is a conversation I had a little while ago with Oladosu Teyibo who is the Founder and CEO of Analog Teams, a global technology services outsourcing business that's based in the US but utilizes the best African talent to deliver high-quality services to some of the world's largest businesses. Teyibo is Nigerian and attended University in the US where he also happened to be a successful track and field athlete. During his time at University, he also ended up meeting Yao Adantor who is also a co-founder at Analogue Teams where they jointly embarked on the entrepreneurship journey...
2022-10-3032 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With Ted Pantone, Turaco's Founder & CEO On Scaling Up Affordable Mobile-First Insurtech Offerings For Underserved Low-Income Consumers In Africa.This is a conversation I had with Ted Pantone who is the founder of an innovative and potentially disruptive insurtech startup called Turaco. Ted has worked for many years in Kenya and Uganda and at one point he was the founder of the Ugandan Franchise of Pizza Hut as well as running development projects in water and sanitation in Western Kenya for the Gates Foundation.
Ted has a passion for looking for solutions to big problems in Africa given the various work experiences he has had on the continent. This is what led him to realize that...
2022-10-2932 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With Jaime Pinto, Software Group's Recently Appointed Chief Commercial Officer for Africa On Delivering Digital Transformation For Inclusive Financial Services.This is a conversation I had with Jaime Pinto who was recently promoted to the position of Chief Commercial Officer of the Software Group. Jaime is an interesting person who has worked in technology-related businesses for decades across many regions and markets both as an entrepreneur and as a senior corporate leader. He has a rich professional background in digital payments and financial solutions as well as mobile banking and mobile money in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Jaime also happens to be a polyglot and is fluent in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian! Jaime is remarkably well-traveled in...
2022-10-2934 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroPanel Discussion At The Launch Of Safaricom 5G In Kenya On Thursday the 27th of October 2022 with Rehema Wachira, Brian “Beast” Diang'a & Moses Kemibaro Moderated by Mbugua Njihia.Safaricom, Kenya's leading mobile network officially launched its commercial 5G services in Kenya during an event on Thursday the 29th of October 2022. As part of the launch, Safaricom had a panel of Moses Kemibaro the Founder and CEO of Digital Agency Dotsavvy, Rehema Wachira a Full Stack Application Developer from Andela, and Brian “Beast” Diang'a a leading Professional E-Sports Athlete in Kenya moderated by Technology Thought Leader and Entrepreneur Mbugua Njihia.
During the panel, we got to discuss different perspectives on what we saw as some of the key benefits that Safaricom's 5G will bring to our profe...
2022-10-2920 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Monday Kenya October 2022 Edition: A Conversation On Advancing Girls’ Education Through Digital Learning in KenyaThe International Day of the Girl Child was 11th October 2022 which recognizes girls' rights, and the unique challenges girls face around the world. This year’s theme is “Digital generation. Our generation”, which provides a platform for the global community to understand the disadvantages girls face online. This is very much in line with our theme for the October 2022 Edtech Monday Kenya which is “Advancing Girls’ Education Through Digital Learning in Kenya”.
In terms of advancing girls’ education through digital learning, the advent of the pandemic brought to the fore technologies, platforms, and processes that can enable education for...
2022-10-2727 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroBasiGo's Jitt Battacharya & KCB's Robert Mburu On Financing Electric Buses For Kenya's Public Service Vehicle Operators.BasiGo is one of Kenya's first companies that has delved into the public transport sector by offering a novel electric bus proposition that will enable public service vehicle or PSV operators to finance the purchase of the electric buses affordably and cost-effectively from the KCB Bank Group. The electric vehicle or electric mobility space in Kenya is quite nascent and hence this is definitely quite unique!
The whole financing approach is genuinely disruptive in that purchasing an electric bus for public transport operators in Kenya with affordable and sustainable for all stakeholders with the KCB Bank Group...
2022-10-231h 03
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroMawingu Networks' CEO Farouk Ramji On Delivering Internet Services To Underserved Markets In Kenya.Mawingu Networks is an Internet Service Provider or ISP in Kenya that has been operational for approximately a decade that has carved out a niche for serving consumers and organisations in parts of Kenya that have been traditionally underserved by larger and better-known ISPs with unlimited Internet access at an affordable price.
I had the opportunity to have an in-depth conversation with Farouk Ramji who is Mawingu Network's CEO in early October 2022 on a number of different aspects of where Mawingu Networks is today as an ISP business and their plans going forward.
What surprised me...
2022-10-2338 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEdTech Monday Kenya September 2022 Edition: A Conversation On Using EdTech To Ensure Internet Safety For Young Learners In Kenya.Earlier this week I hosted my first EdTech Monday Kenya panel on NTV Kenya where we discussed the important topic of Internet safety for young learners in Kenya. This is an especially pertinent topic given that during the pandemic we saw the unprecedented adoption of EdtTch as a key way to ensure continuity of learning in Kenya and globally, via the Internet. However, at the same time, this meant that young learners became increasingly exposed to some of the risks of using the Internet such as cyberbullying, pornography, online predators, identity thieves, inappropriate content, etc , without necessarily knowing how...
2022-09-2819 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation with Vodacom Tanzania's Networks Director Andrew Lupembe On Recently Launching 5G Internet Services In Tanzania.A couple of weeks ago Vodacom Tanzania became the first mobile network in Tanzania to roll out 5G Internet services starting with Dar Es Salaam with plans to expand services to other major cities and towns throughout Tanzania. This makes Vodacom Tanzania really the first mobile network in East Africa to truly bring 5G services to the region at scale and naturally, I wanted to get more insights on how this happened and the next steps.
Through my previous interactions with contacts at Vodacom Tanzania earlier this year I was able to secure this podcast interview with...
2022-09-1330 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation with Firas Ahmad, Founder & CEO of Tanzania's Digital Payments Fintech AzamPay On Sarafu, An E-Commerce Platform For Small Retailers & AzamPesa, A Mobile Money Wallet.This is a conversation I had with Firas Ahmad, the Founder, and CEO of Tanzania's AzamPay back in late March 2022 when they launched AzamPesa, a mobile network agnostic mobile money wallet. For reasons I can't get into it has taken me a few months to finally publish this podcast where Firas shared so much on his personal journey to building what is one of Tanzania's and East Africa's most innovative and successful digital payments fintechs in AzamPay.
During our chat, Firas shared the journey of the building and rolling out Sarafu which is AzamPay's e-commerce platform for s...
2022-08-0933 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Conversation With PesaPal's Founder Liko Agosta On Evolving To Become An End-To-End Digital Payments Ecosystem For Kenya & Africa.It has taken me the better part of two years but finally, I managed to wrangle a podcast with Liko Agosta, Founder of PesaPal, one of Kenya's and Africa's leading and homegrown digital payments services providers. Liko is the type of founder and techie who likes to quietly put his head down and grinds away at solving big business problems without the hype or white hot attention that is currently associated with Africa's burgeoning fintech sector that has seen more than a few unicorns raise astronomical funding rounds during the last few years or so.
Indeed, PesaPal o...
2022-08-0536 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA (Long) Conversation With Ali Hussein On All Things Life, Work, African Fintech & Being A Key Opinion Leader On Linkedin.Ali Hussein is someone I have known for close to three decades since we first met and worked together at 3mice Interactive Media (3mice), arguably Kenya's first digital marketing agency in 2001 (I think?). He and I worked closely in 3mice's business development department where we spent many days and nights with a highly talented and hard-working team essentially pitching, winning, and managing premium clients for a range of website and online marketing services at the time. As events would have it, even after both Ali and I moved on from 3mice, we remained fast friends and we have been...
2022-07-261h 02
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Brief Conversation With Little App's Founder & CEO Kamal Budhabhatti On The Just Introduced 18% Commission Cap For Taxi Hailing App Services In KenyaThis is an interview I had with Kamal Budhabhatti, the founder and CEO of Little App on the 18% commission cap for taxi-hailing apps In Kenya that was announced earlier this week by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. Little App is not really being affected by this new development since they already have a low commission rate of only 15% which is actually below the newly introduced commission cap.
However, the likes of Uber and Bolt in Kenya have been charging a commission of as much as 25% for every trip that their drivers make which has remained unchanged e...
2022-07-0808 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn Interview With Moses Nderitu, BasiGo's Chief Revenue Officer, Serial Entrepreneur & Kenya's Leading Electric Mobility Evangelist.This is an interview I had this week with Moses Nderitu who I have known for the better part of 20 years or longer since he used to run a video and events production company called Level One Productions. Moses is someone I would describe as a classic serial entrepreneur having started other successful companies since then such as Excloosive and Koto Housing. At this time, Moses is the Chief Revenue Officer BasiGo, an electric mobility start-up looking to revolutionize Kenya's public transportation sector by providing public transport bus owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel. However, from my...
2022-07-0638 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroA Surprisingly Candid & Unexpected Interview with Telkom Kenya's Chief Marketing Officer Eric Achola On His Life & Career As A Marketer, Entrepreneur & InnovatorEric Achola is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Telkom Kenya, one of Kenya's Telcos. He has been working with Telkom Kenya for approximately 3 years. I met him today to discuss what I thought would be a podcast conversation around several new offerings from Telkom Kenya like the Changa Bundle which offers an unprecedented 100GB of data for up to 5 users on a shared basis for only Kes. 1,500 a month as well as this morning's buy now pay later (BNPL) partnership launch with Lipa Later where customers can purchase smartphones on 3-month or 12-month payment plans. However, Eric took...
2022-06-2847 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn interview with Addis Alemayehou, Founder & Chairman of Ethiopia's Kazana Group On His Amazing Entrepreneurial Journey in Ethiopia and Kenya.This is an interview that I had yesterday afternoon with Addis Alemayehou, the founder and chairman of Ethiopia's Kazana Group. The Kazana Group currently has a portfolio of over 13 companies operating in marketing, communications, advertisement, fintech, telecom, manufacturing, logistics, technologies, investment management, and advisory services. Kazana Group's mission is to promote economic prosperity by supporting companies in Africa to make impactful changes and solve critical problems in the lives of communities around them. Kazana Group also believes in empowering African entrepreneurs as they are principal stakeholders in the impetus towards inclusive growth and development.
Addis has an...
2022-06-2842 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn interview with Mozilla's Matt Koidin and Carolyn O'Hara on launching Pocket, a web content curation and discovery offering in Kenya.This is an interview I had yesterday evening with Matt Koidin, VP and General Manager of Pocket at Mozilla as well as Carolyn O'Hara, senior director of content discovery for Pocket at Mozilla. Matt was a member of the founding team of Pocket, joining in 2011 as CTO and Head of Operations. He was integral to the Mozilla acquisition of Pocket in 2017, and today is responsible for the entire Pocket platform. Carolyn is the senior director of content discovery for Pocket where she and her team oversee Pocket's recommendations across our apps, emails, and integrations within the Firefox browser.
2022-06-2820 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn Interview with Bulent Boytorun, The Founder & CEO of CryptoSasa, Kenya's and East Africa's First Locally Based Crypto ExchangeThis is an interview I had not too long ago with Bulent Boytorun who is the Founder and CEO of CryptoSasa, Kenya's and East Africa's first locally based crypto exchange. Bulent has been working CryptoSasa for the better part of the last couple of years when he saw a gap in how the whole crypto market was operating in this part of the world given that cryptocurrencies are normally traded on global exchanges. These crypto exchanges have not been developed to serve consumers and businesses in markets like Kenya and Africa so there are aspects that make them expensive...
2022-06-1733 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn Interview with SYSPRO's Doug Hunter On All Things Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP Systems For Manufacturing & Distribution Businesses In Kenya & East AfricaThis is an interview I had late last week in Nairobi with Doug Hunter who heads up Customer and Ecosystem Enablement for SYSPRO Africa. Doug s responsible for Support, Consulting, and Education/User-Enablement services to SYSPRO's channel partners and customers within Sub-Saharan Africa. SYSPRO is a major player in Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP systems used by many businesses in Kenya and East Africa with a focus on manufacturing and distribution.
Doug and I spoke at length on all aspects of all things ERP both positive and challenging based on his perspectives of having worked in this s...
2022-06-171h 00
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroInterview with Belinda Jubilant Wera, Head of Digital Care & Automation at Vodacom Tanzania On Digital Transformation For Enhanced Customer Service During & Beyond The PandemicThis was an interesting conversation I had a couple of months ago with Belinda Jubilant Wera who is the Head of Digital Care & Automation at Vodacom Tanzania. She took me through her career changes prior to and during her time at Vodacom Tanzania and also how they are using digital channels such as chatbots and voice biometrics to ensure enhanced customer service.
She also gave me a sense of how Vodacom Tanzania has been navigating digital transformation initiatives due to the COVID-19 pandemic and this has changed how they engage with customers at this juncture. I hope y...
2022-03-2615 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroInterview On Digital Transformation with Jean-Christian Bergeron, CEO of RUBIS East Africa, Kenya's Largest Fuel Network With 230+ Stations.This is an interview I had with Jean-Christian Bergeron, CEO of RUBIS East Africa on the launch of the RUBIS brand in Kenya following the acquisitions of Kenol Kobil and Gulf Energy in 2020 which has 230+ fuel stations in the region as well as their digital transformation as a business.
RUBIS is using digital technologies to transform the utility and convenience of its offerings such as having fuel stations that offer free WIFI, their cloud-linked fuel card, and a mobile app that has been downloaded over 20,000 as of this recording. Jean-Christian indicated that they plan to have 20% of t...
2022-03-2619 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroInterview with Andy Halsall, Founder & CEO of poa! Internet, An Affordable Internet Service Provider (ISP) Targeting The Low-Income Market Segment In KenyaThis is an interview I had with Andy Halsall, the Founder and CEO of poa! Internet, an ISP in Kenya that has deliberately targetted the underserved low-income market in Nairobi and the rest of Kenya. poa! Internet was established in 2016 and to date has grown significantly with 12,000 paying home customers and tens of thousands of WIFI customers. In January 2022, poa! Internet secured US$ 28M in a Series C funding round led by Africa50, bringing the total amount it has raised to date to US$36M.
In our conversation, Andy shared with me how the business got started...
2022-03-2622 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroInterview with Greg Murray, Founder & CEO of KOKO Networks, An Affordable Bioethanol Cookers Startup With Over 350,000 Customers In Kenya.This is an interview I had with Greg Murray, Founder & CEO of KOKO Networks, a bioethanol cookers startup that has over 350,000 customers in Kenya. KOKO Networks builds and deploys dense networks of cloud-connected "KOKOpoints" inside local corner stores, which serve as consumer access points for goods and services delivered in partnership with major suppliers.
KOKO networks' main offering is a consumer solution of a liquid ethanol cooking fuel, which delivers significant cost savings and quality of life improvements in the multi-billion dollar market for urban cooking fuel. Greg shared his personal journey and that of KOKO networks f...
2022-03-2641 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroInterview with Flutterwave's Omosalewa Adeyemi, Senior VP of Market Penetration & Partnerships and Kanyinsola Ajibade, Head of Investor Relations following US$ 250 Million In Series D Funding.In this interview with Omosalewa Adeyemi and Kanyinsola Ajibade, we get to understand more about the origins of Flutterwave, their massive growth to date as well as massive funding rounds they seem to be attracting that have led the business to have a valuation of US$ 3 Billion which is practically unheard of in the context of technology or fintech startups in Africa.
We get to have an in-depth conversation about the scope of the business today as well as its latest innovations and its plans for the next few years. One thing is clear - that Flutterwave i...
2022-03-2628 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn Interview with Sean Riley, Founder & CEO of Ad Dynamo following their acquisition by the Aleph GroupThis is an interview I had with Sean Riley who is the Founder and CEO of Ad Dynamo, a leading digital media sales business in Africa that represents brands like Twitter, Spotify, SnapChat, and Yahoo! Sean has an interesting part of being involved in various startups focussed on Internet-based businesses before he founded Ad Dynamo that initially started off as a digital ad network reaching over 58 million users in Africa before it pivoted to become a digital media sales business that won a pitch to handle Twitter Ads.
I reached out to Sean after finding out that...
2022-02-0122 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn Interview with Sitho Mdlalose, Vodacom Tanzania's Managing DirectorThis is an interview I had with Sitho Mdlalose, the Managing Director of Vodacom Tanzania. Sitho joined Vodacom Tanzania from Vodacom South Africa where he was the Finance Director in November 2021, meaning he has been in his current role for just a few months. However, in that time, Sitho has been impressed with the enormous potential that the Tanzanian market has from a digital enablement perspective for all Tanzanians from all walks of life. In our interview, Sitho shared his hopes and aspirations for Vodacom Tanzania in terms of what they can achieve across their diverse offerings in the...
2022-01-3015 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn Interview with Kris Senanu, Safaricom's Chief Enterprise Business OfficerThis is an interview I had with Kris Senanu in June 2021 when he joined Safaricom as their Chief Enterprise Business Officer. Kris and I go way back to 1994 when we got to know each other as students at the United States International University Africa or USIU-Africa as undergraduates. Kris and I also ended up living in the same apartment block at the time when I was unable to get accommodation on campus. As events would have it, we became fast friends all those years ago.
Kris and I also ended up both working together in Kenya's nascent...
2022-01-2214 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn Interview with Bernard Momanyi Nyagaka, Founder & CEO of Onesha Technologies, A Talent Marketplace For Creatives In AfricaThis is a really interesting interview that I had with Bernard Momanyi Nyagaka, the Founder and CEO of Onesha Technologies. Bernard started Onesha Technologies when he was still at the University of Nairobi a few years studying economics and planning for a career in banking. He became aware of a gap when he noticed many of his peers were actually already working on client projects but could not effectively market themselves even though the quality of their work was excellent.
This inspired him to learn how to code and build a creative talent platform that soon had o...
2022-01-2238 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroAn Interview with Niladri Roy, COO of Little AppThis is an interview I had with Niladri Roy, the COO of Little App on the 22nd January 2022. Little App started life as a taxi hailing mobile app a few years and is gradually transforming into a 'super app' that enables business and individual customers to access a myriad of on-demand digital services. Niladri shared various perspectives of where Little App is today and where they are going as a business in the fututre.
One of their bigger initiatives is their plan to soon launch a myriad of electric mobility offerings including e-motorcycles, e-bikes, and e-scooters. Little A...
2022-01-2225 minPure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroInterview with Ranjith Cherickel, CEO of IColo on the role of data centres in Kenya’s digital economy and transformationThis is an interview I had with Ranjith Cherickel, the CEO of IColo on the 15th June 2021 on the role of data centres in Kenya’s digital economy and transformation. iColo is a technology infrastructure company that designs, builds, and operates state-of-the-art carrier-neutral data centers which serve a broad spectrum of clients in Kenya and globally. iColo's data centers are hyper-connected hubs that provide colocation services including power, security, network access, redundancy, rack space, and precision cooling to for customers. iColo is part of Digital Realty (DLR) with 275+ data centers in 24 countries across 6 continents.
2021-06-1520 minPure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroInterview with Oscar Pierre, CEO of Glovo, the Global On-Demand Delivery & Quick Commerce Business Valued At Over US$ 2BThis is the Interview I had with Oscar Pierre, the CEO of Glovo when he visited Kenya for the first time on Monday the 7th June 2021. Glovo is on an aggressive expansion plan for Africa in 2021 with Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Morocco all operational and markets like Nigeria coming soon.
The on-demand delivery app, and service launched in Kenya almost 3 years ago. Glovo is a massive business globally with operations in Europe and increasingly in Africa. The business started out in Spain in 2015 and expanded quickly to Europe and thereafter to Latin America which they...
2021-06-1408 min