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Africa Tech RadioThe Gist on Cloud Engineering for Analytics Professionals W/ John EwujiRoles you never knew existed in Tech like SRE - John Ewuji
In this episode of the Data and AI Gist Podcast, host, Philip Ade-Akanbi chats with John Ewuji, a Senior Cloud Engineer at ALAT by Wema Bank.
John shares insights how to get started as a cloud engineer and how to scale your career in cloud engineering.
Currently, John is DevOps Engineer - @ALAT by @WemaBankOfficial and has spent the last half a decade doing the hard things in cloud engineering. He advices that all newbies into the data analytics industry and...
2026-02-1824 minAfrica Tech RadioWOYM Ep 9: Nigeria's Never Ending Electoral reforms & Medical Negligence (Part 2)Can Nigeria transmit election results in real time?
Can care workers have a better attitude?
Elections and Medical Negligence concern and connect everyone like a common denominator!
As Nigeria struggles to find its rhythm through another electoral reform process, Ayisha leads the discussion around the controversies surrounding the electoral reforms and why there’s an outburst towards Nigeria’s National Assembly.
Ekene unearths another cause of medical negligence; negative attitude and lack of empathy among care workers.
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2026-02-1353 minAfrica Tech RadioThe Gist on the Daily Life of an Analytics Professional in a FinTech Startup W/Seyi Oluwagbamila"Dealing with burnout?
Step away from the laptop...have some food & sleep"
In this episode of the Data and AI Gist Podcast, host, Philip Ade-Akanbi chats with Oluwaseyi Oluwagbamila, a Senior Analytics Engineer at Piggyvest.
Oluwaseyi or Seyi or Starboy (as he's fondly called), shares insights into the daily life of an Analytics professional in a fintech startup in Nigeria.
Seyi who moved from Wema Bank to PiggyVest has spent 5 years in the analytics engineering space and is instrumental to PiggyVest's successful use of data to drive financial inclusion in Nigeria.
2026-01-2622 minAfrica Tech RadioWOYM Ep 7: Why I'm Not A Feminist and the US Attack on VenezuelaIs Feminism a "with us or against us" movement?
Should we be concerned about Trump's attack on Venezuela?
In this episode of "What's On Your Mind", Ekene and Ayisha dissect the lived realities of power dynamics from how movements like feminism are perceived to how global politics is shaped.
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"What's On Your Mind", LIVE every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the Month at 6pm WAT on www.africatechradio.com
2026-01-1749 minAfrica Tech RadioThe Gist on the Daily Life of an Analytics Professional in a Bank W/Esther AnaguIt's possible that AI will take that your Job oh ... if you stop learning - @anaest_in_tech , Esther Anagu.
In this episode of the Data and AI Gist Podcast, host, Philip Ade-Akanbi chats with Esther Anagu; Senior Data Scientist at Wema Bank.
Esther (fondly called the celebrity) has worked as a data scientist in the banking industry for over three years where she has helped her organization make informed decisions, better understand customer behavior, and drive strategies for better results.
Outside of her 9-to-5 job at Wema Bank, she shares resources, teaches da...
2026-01-1733 minAfrica Tech RadioWOYM EP 6: Fake Life vs Reality and the relevance of opposition in a societyFake Life versus reality, which do you live?
How do you manage to stay true to yourself in today's increasingly AI-generated world?
Is opposition relevant to the life of a society? Should every society encourage the voice of opposition?
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"What's on Your Mind" is LIVE every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at 6pm WAT on www.africatechradio.com
2025-12-201h 01Africa Tech RadioWOYM Ep 5: Dignity in Labour and Africa’s failing DemocraciesWhat does dignity in Labour and Africa’s failing democracies have in common?
The recent surge in military coups and a decline in democratic qualities especially in the Sahel and West Africa have made us question the practice of democracy across Africa. What can be done to save Africa’s struggling democracies?
In the same breath, we are faced with daily examples of a dysfunctional society and Ekene advocates for dignity in labour, as the way out.
Will dignity in labour bring about respect for all roles and reduce classism? Is it the repa...
2025-12-0753 minAfrica Tech RadioWOYM Ep 4 - Your excuses for being unreliable and Nigeria’s “Oga” CultureWhich is worse - constantly giving excuses for being unreliable and the desire to “Oga” it over someone else?
Why can't you keep your word? What excuses do you give for being unreliable and lacking integrity?
Is any excuse worth not keeping your word?
Does Nigeria have a hierarchical "Oga" culture?
Where does this intense competition to "Oga" it over the next person come from?
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2025-11-191h 04Africa Tech RadioWOYM Ep 3 - GBV and Making the AU more effectiveCan we reverse the Gender Based Violence Trend? Can we make the AU more effective?
Ayisha Osori and Ekene Ezeji in this episode ask daring yet fundamental questions in this episode of WOYM.
Are these issues out of our hands? Can we find any solutions? What are the structural, behavioural, legal and cultural ramifications required to address GBV? And what are the geopolitical and sovereignty related ramifications for AU’s ineffectiveness?
Listen and find out! We had two great interventions from listeners in this episode and look forward to more listeners joining us....
2025-11-0755 minAfrica Tech RadioWOYM Ep 2: Migration and Global Student ProtestsWe have two topical issues on this episode - Migration and Global Student Protests.
1) Are we all Immigrants, Occupants or Settlers?
2) What happened to the idealism and passion of Nigerian Students?
Ekene Ezeji and Ayisha Osori tackle these hydra-headed topics that plague Nigeria, Africa and the global community.
The politics of migration is not just abroad, it is also at home in Nigeria.
Similarly, the idealism and passion usually exhibited by students and young people always seems to get hijacked but that should not stop others from trying; we...
2025-10-2451 minAfrica Tech RadioSocial Media Regulation: The Pros And ConsMuch of the talk about regulation of social media has been linked to misinformation and intentional disinformation. Two major groups have reacted much differently to this. On one hand, politicians, government and regulators who got busy drafting laws and on the other, civic society groups with journalists, who were either busy trying to stem the tide of misinformation or stop the laws by the first group from seeing the light of the day.
Would it make any difference if both parties ever considered a concerted effort? This goes straight to the heart of the dilemma facing stakeholders...
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