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Städel MixtapeStädel MixtapeEugenie Bandell - Sonne am Mittag (Wilhelmsbad)STÄDEL MIXTAPE „Sonne am Mittag (Wilhelmsbad)“ in der Digitalen Sammlung Die Farben und Klänge des Sommers: Vögel, die zwischen den raschelnden Blättern der Bäume zwitschern, sanft wiegende Äste im warmen Wind, der Duft blühender Wiesen und das Schattenspiel der Mittagssonne – all das hat Eugenie Bandell in ihrem Gemälde "Sonne am Mittag (Wilhelmsbad)" von 1913 meisterhaft eingefangen. Vor unseren Augen entfaltet sich ein Meer aus leuchtenden Farbtupfern und dicht gesetzten Pinselstrichen, die eine sommerliche Parklandschaft offenbaren. In dieser Folge des STÄDEL MIXTAPE tauchen wir ein in das Formen- und Farbenspiel eines perfekten Somme...2024-07-2641 minBanking on Digital GrowthBanking on Digital Growth368) Financial Inclusion and Future Growth for Financial BrandsFinancial inclusion is not just a concept; it's a pathway to reshaping how we view prosperity and community engagement. But the financial industry still grapples with the complexities of truly achieving financial inclusion. Traditional models are being disrupted, leaving many organizations searching for effective strategies.Viola Llewellyn, the founder and CEO of The Tulle Box, joined the show to share how embracing a future-focused mindset, leveraging technology and innovative approaches drive financial inclusion. This shift is not just beneficial but essential for sustainable growth in today's digital era.Join...2024-01-2342 minStartup FoundationsStartup FoundationsViola Llewellyn: Building Sharia-compliant fintech productsViola Llewellyn is the president and co-founder of Ovamba Solutions, a fintech startup working on financing products for the trade and commodities sectors in Africa and other developing markets. Ovamba works as an ecosystem that helps African businesses with short-term financing and enables sharia-compliant funding structures.We discuss the origin story of Ovamba, how it got its first users and funding, and the meeting of its co-founders - Viola and Marvin Cole. Viola shares her valuable insights into the intricacies of financing the commodities market in Africa and building unique data sets that are based on inventory and...2022-09-1441 minUnlocking AfricaUnlocking AfricaHow Telling the African Story Can Empower and Contribute to the Economic Development of Africa with Lanre AinaEpisode #29 with Lanre Aina who is Co-founder and CEO of ATHLST, a digital sports news and content studio. AHLST works closely with African athletes to transform their personal stories into immersive and impactful content that resonate with sports fans worldwide. In an era where there’s a convergence of entertainment, sports, and culture, the African athlete is 62-65% less likely than his/her American or European counterpart to have their stories told by way of op-ed, documentary or film. ATHLST intends to change that, and in the process meet the news and branding needs of African athletes en...2022-08-011h 15Unlocking AfricaUnlocking AfricaChanging the Financial Landscape of Africa by Creating a New Microfinance Model for the Continent with Viola LlewellynEpisode #28 with Viola Llewellyn who is president and co-founder of Ovamba Solutions, which is an award winning African “TradeTech” company that creates culturally attuned technologies for Banks and Central Banks so that they can serve emerging market SMEs with innovative Sharia compliant trade finance products.Ovamba's "BankPartner Innovations" combine ERP & CRM with, eCommerce, logistics services, and proprietary algorithms and short term capital to drive financial inclusion and promote growth. What We Discuss With Viola LlewellynWhat is the importance of the TradeTech industry in Africa? What role can it play in the deve...2022-07-251h 06Tech ReimaginedTech ReimaginedEnd of Season 2 Mash-UpIn Season 2 of Tech Reimagined we’ve explored some of the big questions around technology and the many ways it influences the industries that are impacting our daily lives. And it has been really insightful to do so with all these amazing guests: Imma Martinez, Brian McBride, Sarah Thomas, Guy Kawasaki, Tom Gruber, John Buyers, Joe Dunleavy, Alex Hunter, Merri Williams, Dave Coplin, Matt Bonetti, Viola Llewellyn, Mark Manley. A huge thank you to all of you for taking the time to join us and our listeners.   Until July we leave you with this mash-up of...2022-04-2110 minTech ReimaginedTech ReimaginedThe Future of Women in TechIs women's economic empowerment linked to their access to knowledge of technology? Viola Llewellyn answers this and many other insightful questions on this week’s episode of Tech Reimagined.2022-03-1018 minThe Impact StoriesThe Impact StoriesRebels with a Purpose S1 E4 Viola LlewellynThe Future of the Digital Divide: It’s Brighter than you ThinkViola Llewellyn, CoFounder of Ovamba, is facing risk head on and helping banks to do the same along the way. The result: decrease of the digital and financial divide and a healthier ecosystem, as those who formerly were turned away when requesting funding are better seen as promise rather than risk. Juggling multiple cultures has given her the unique ability to “code-switch”,  have better access and understand a broad range of stakeholders. One key takeaway - impact investing actually lessens the risk of a portf...2021-11-3043 minThe Impact StoriesThe Impact StoriesRebels with a Purpose S1 E3 Charly KleissnerCharly Kleissner has never met a system he didn’t want to disrupt ….AND…. infuse with consciousness to bring it to its highest level of operation. Charly and his efforts operate at the confluence of technology, impact investing and consciousness with the latter being the key ingredient for true successful systemic change. Is ESG just impact washing? Is it another form of philanthropy being used by corporations? Can tokenization be used to fight us being the product of advertising? Can AI be used for good? A rich conversation with a visionary mind sharing solidly implantable solutions. Jo...2021-11-1652 minTech ReimaginedTech ReimaginedExpanding trade and commodities through tech Brain and Brawn – with brawn being tech – are the two factors that have fuelled some of the biggest changes in the trade and commodities industry throughout the years. But which specific benefits did technology bring to the field, and what can we expect going forward?      Listen to an insightful conversation with Viola Llewellyn, our trade and FMCG expert for the day, to find out.   2021-11-1113 minTech ReimaginedTech ReimaginedFinancial Inclusion Utilising Tech What's the recipe for a more inclusive economy? Find out the answers in a new Tech Reimagined episode, as Bradley Howard talks to equality champion Viola Llewellyn about her passion for creating equality and inclusion in Africa's Fintech sector.   If you would rather watch the latest episode of our podcast, head on over to our Tech Reimagined YouTube channel.   2021-10-2117 minYour Soulful GoddessYour Soulful GoddessSpring Equinox EnergyJoin Sapha and her special guests as they dive deep into the energy for Spring Equinox and Divine Feminine Empowerment! About My Guests: Viola Hug is a channel and psychic expansion coach, best selling author, and host of the global charted SPIRIT SEX MONEY podcast. She works with high level spiritual leaders activating expansion of their soul, wealth, and impact through spirituality, sensuality, and strategy. Viola and her husband traveled the world for almost 2 years as digital nomads, meaning while they travelled the world she built and grew her multiple-six-figure business online with energetic alignment and intuition, before settling in...2021-03-201h 01Change Africa PodcastChange Africa PodcastViola Llewellyn: An Iron Woman Building Technology for Islamic FinanceViola Llewellyn is the CEO OF Ovamba Solutions Inc, an award-winning African “TradeTech” company that creates culturally attuned technologies to serve formal and informal African SMEs in the trade & commodities sectors. Ovamba’s solutions combine innovative Sharia compliant structures with eCommerce, logistics services, and technology to drive financial inclusion and promote growth. Our converation with Viola begins with her journey back to Africa, reshaping her narrative about the continent and loving it for what it is, while she still pursued what she wanted it to become. We spoke about how embracing our problems can be the gateway to innovating solutions to the...2021-02-131h 12Your Soulful GoddessYour Soulful GoddessWelcome 2021!On this SPECIAL EPISODE, Sapha and her guests tap into the energy for 2021 and share their own unique understanding of how we can best step into this new year from a place of power. About My Guests: Viola Hug is a channel and psychic expansion coach, published author, and podcaster. She works with six-figure spiritual leaders activating them to scale by tapping into their soul consciousness, tuning into their spirit team, human design, sensuality, and business. Viola and her husband traveled the world for almost 2 years as digital nomads, meaning while they travelled the world she built and grew her...2020-12-3059 minLouisiana InsiderLouisiana InsiderEpisode 1: Explore Lafayette with travel writer Cheré CoenIn the first episode of "Louisiana Insider," Errol Laborde and Cheré Coen travel to Lafayette, Louisiana. There's music, food and a whole lot of history! -- Cheré Dastugue Coen is an award-winning journalist and author living in Lafayette, Louisiana. A native of New Orleans, Cheré began her career in communications at the 1984 World’s Fair. She has worked for or currently writes for Variety magazine in Hollywood, TravelAge West magazine, AAA Southern Traveler, Country Roads magazine of Baton Rouge, Dreamscape of Canada and Renaissance Publishing of New Orleans, among many...2020-08-0534 minTalking Success | The Home of FintechTalking Success | The Home of FintechViola Llewellyn, President & Co-Founder of Ovamba Solutions - All things FinTech, disaster planning & advice for women leadersSend us a textIn this episode, we sit down with Viola Llewellyn, President & Co-Founder of Ovamba Solutions. Ovamba is an award-winning African “TradeTech” company that creates culturally attuned technologies for Banks and Central Banks so that they can serve emerging market SMEs with innovative Sharia compliant trade finance products. Viola discusses all things FinTech, how she helps African businesses with disaster planning, and dives into her passion for women leaders. TalentintheCloud's Website: https://talentinthecloud.io/TalentintheCloud's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talentinthecloud/Viola Llewellyn's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vallewellyn/O...2020-05-1429 minThe Global Startup Movement - Startup Ecosystem Leaders, Global Entrepreneurship, and Emerging Market InnovationThe Global Startup Movement - Startup Ecosystem Leaders, Global Entrepreneurship, and Emerging Market InnovationAfrican Trade Tech, Sharia Fintech, & more with Viola LlewellynViola Llewellyn is the co-founder and President of Ovamba Solutions. Ovamba is an award winning African “FinTech” company that creates culturally attuned technologies to serve African SMEs with innovative Sharia compliant finance products, eCommerce, and logistics services to promote growth. Ovamba’s technology gives global accredited and institutional investors the opportunity to invest in the fast-growing African private sector.2019-10-2200 minAfricArena Podcast with Patrick CraigAfricArena Podcast with Patrick CraigEp #2 - Raising the amount of investment into Africa - facilitated by James Milne (Wesgro), Kerry Petrie (Silicon Cape), Viola Llewellyn (Ovamba), Cathy Goddard (Firebird Fund Managers), Jake Bright (Author) and Christophe Viarnaud (AfricArena)In this episode recorded at the AfricArena Summit in 2018, James Milne (Wesgro) facilitates a super interesting panel discussion titled "Raising the amount of investment into Africa" with Kerry Petrie (Silicon Cape), Viola Llewellyn (Ovamba), Cathy Goddard (Firebird Fund Managers), Jake Bright (Author) and Christophe Viarnaud (AfricArena).2019-08-1445 minMy Worst Investment Ever PodcastMy Worst Investment Ever PodcastViola Llewellyn – Learn to Embrace FailureViola Llewellyn is the co-founder and president of Ovamba Solutions, Inc. She oversees innovation, strategic implementation, investor communications, and business development. digital undivided included her as one of only 34 black women in the US to have raised more than US$1 million for a technology company. She is a TED speaker and has been lauded as a Global Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Recently she was listed in LATTICE80’s Top 100 Women in Fintech 2019. Her family is from the Central African republic of Cameroon.  She was born and educated in the UK and lives between Africa and the US.    “Oh, t...2019-06-1824 minFintech One•On•OneFintech One•On•OnePodcast 203: Viola Llewellyn of OvambaConnect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes 2019-06-1536 minAfrican Tech RoundupAfrican Tech RoundupThe African Fintech 2018 Retrospective with Viola Llewellyn of Ovamba Part 22018's last in-studio taping of the African Tech Roundup podcast is a two-part affair which guest features the force of nature that is Viola Llewellyn. Viola is the UK-born, Cameroonian Co-founder and President of an award-winning fintech platform called Ovamba. Ovamba relies on proprietary technologies to connect African SMEs to sources of short‐term capital to fund their growth. Viola has spent over 15 years working in the management consulting, technology and alternative finance sectors at firms like of IBM, Unisys, KPMG and Preston Gates Ellis. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of ActivSpaces, AH Partners, the European Women in...2018-12-031h 05African Tech RoundupAfrican Tech RoundupThe African Fintech 2018 Retrospective with Viola Llewellyn of Ovamba Part 12018's last in-studio taping of the African Tech Roundup podcast is a two-part affair which guest features the force of nature that is Viola Llewellyn. Viola is the UK-born, Cameroonian Co-founder and President of an award-winning fintech platform called Ovamba. Ovamba relies on proprietary technologies to connect African SMEs to sources of short‐term capital to fund their growth. Viola has spent over 15 years working in the management consulting, technology and alternative finance sectors at firms like of IBM, Unisys, KPMG and Preston Gates Ellis. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of ActivSpaces, AH Partners, the European Women in...2018-11-2759 minAfrican Tech RoundupAfrican Tech RoundupOvamba's Viola Llewellyn on encoding African IP and the need for Pan-African digital standardsThe third and last episode of African Tech Roundup's (https://africantechroundup.com) miniseries (http://bit.ly/atrudigitalassets) on digital assets features Viola Llewellyn, the UK-born, Cameroonian Co-founder and President of an award-winning fintech platform called Ovamba. Ovamba leverages proprietary technologies to connect African SMEs to sources of short‐term capital to fund their growth. Viola has spent over 15 years working in the management consulting, technology and alternative finance sectors at firms like of IBM, Unisys, KPMG and Preston Gates Ellis. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of ActivSpaces, AH Partners, the European Women in Payment Network and the In...2018-11-2040 minSeven TrillionSeven TrillionEp 4: Investing in the African middle class with Ovamba and Viola LlewellynLatest episode of $7 Trillion Ideas (to Save the World)2018-09-0425 minTech Policy LeadersTech Policy LeadersViola Llewellyn: How Fintech is Changing the Landscape of Venture Capital.Viola Llewellyn (@VALlewellyn) is co-founder, President and CEO of Ovamba Solutions Inc. Based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Ovamba matches global investors to qualified African Small and Medium Sized Enterprises who need short term funding. Ovamba is backed by Crowdcredit in Japan, Courtyard Capital in the UK, and GLI in Guernsey who themselves are backed by Blackrock Global, AXA Investment Managers, and Barclays Wealth. Average size investments in businesses across Ovamba's portfolio is around $50,000, with as little as $3,000 all the way up to $500,000 invested. The success rate of the companies Ovamba works with is 98%, delivering between a...2016-06-2828 minA Measure Of Truth w/ Michael FordhamA Measure Of Truth w/ Michael FordhamA Measure Of Truth 158 w/ Monda Webb & Viola LlewellynAuthor Monda Raquel Webb packs her goodie bag of stories with unabashed honesty, American history and essential life lessons. From the red clay of Georgia to the majestic mountains of West Virginia to the Federal Enclave of Washington, DC, four short stories poignantly demonstrate the resilience of the human spirit over adversity. Viola Llewellyn is a Director with Praxis Asset Management, and Managing Partner with Praxis Asset Management.   Ms. Llewellyn is an award-winning entrepreneur and has been honoured for her achievements in business and her contribution to women in global business.   President Obama’s White House initiative on HBCUs has recogniz...2012-08-071h 30