Embedded, an original podcast from The Rundown Studio.
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Embedded, an original podcast from The Rundown Studio.
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May 13, 2025
How AI Can Unlock Opportunities For Africa’s Informal Economy
<p>Featuring Maxwell Gomera, Executive Director of UNDP Africa Sustainable Finance Hub & UNDP South Africa Resident Representative.</p><p><br></p><p>In this sixth and final episode of a special series of the Embedded podcast, host Zain Verjee speaks with Maxwell Gomera about how artificial intelligence can reshape international development across Africa. From his early work developing bio-economic models for elephant conservation to his current role leading UNDP's sustainable finance initiatives, Maxwell shares his vision for using AI to solve longstanding development challenges. The conversation explores how AI can unlock financial access for the informal sector, create jobs for Africa's growing youth population, and help communities address problems that have persisted for generations. Recorded at the Global AI Summit on Africa in partnership with The Rwanda Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this episode examines how data sovereignty and locally-relevant AI solutions can create a more equitable path forward for the continent.</p><p><br><strong>Key Highlights</strong></p><ul><li><p>🐘 Maxwell's journey from building mathematical models for elephant conservation to leading UNDP Africa's sustainable finance initiatives</p></li><li><p>💰 Using AI to unlock credit for small businesses in township economies through alternative data and risk assessment</p></li><li><p>🏬 How the informal sector employs 60% of South Africa's population yet remains financially excluded from traditional banking systems</p></li><li><p>📊 Building AI datasets that enable financial institutions to better assess creditworthiness of individuals in informal economies</p></li><li><p>🌐 UNDP's exploration of how pension funds can be mobilized to support African startups and innovation</p></li><li><p>👩💻 Creating technological jobs across the spectrum - from coding to technical maintenance of data centers</p></li><li><p>🧠 The importance of empowering Africans to shape AI development on the continent rather than remaining bystanders</p></li><li><p>🍳 Addressing persistent challenges like cooking energy access that traditional technology has failed to solve</p></li></ul><p><br><strong>About Our Guest</strong></p><p>Maxwell Gomera serves as the UNDP Resident Representative for South Africa and Director for the UNDP Africa Sustainable Finance Hub. With over 20 years of experience as a resource economist specializing in nature conservation and agricultural development, he has made significant contributions to economic development initiatives, including being part of the team that developed the 'Global Green New Deal' following the 2008 financial crisis.</p><p>In his work at UNDP, Maxwell focuses on how AI can serve as a practical tool for Africa's financial transformation, particularly in using alternative credit data to unlock financing for small businesses traditionally labeled as "too risky" by conventional banking systems. Rather than seeing AI merely as climate technology, he positions it as essential for economic justice and shared prosperity, enabling Africa to transition from resource extraction to becoming creators of sustainable solutions tailored to local realities.</p><p><br><strong>About UNDP Africa Sustainable Finance Hub</strong></p><p>The UNDP Africa Sustainable Finance Hub supports countries' efforts to build sustainable finance architectures that advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Key achievements include $750 billion aligned and leveraged for the SDGs in 2022-2024, almost US$30 billion of thematic bonds issued with UNDP's support, and over 100 countries supported in sustainable finance initiatives.</p><p>The Hub's services include Public Finance for the SDGs, Private Finance for the SDGs, Integrated National Financing, and the SDG Finance Academy, which builds capacity for sustainable finance globally.</p>
April 29, 2025
Nigeria’s Strategy For The AI Age
<p>Featuring Dr. 'Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Federal Republic of Nigeria</p><p>In this fifth episode of a special series of the Embedded podcast, host Zain Verjee speaks with Dr. 'Bosun Tijani about Nigeria's approach to artificial intelligence and digital transformation. With his unique background as both a successful tech entrepreneur and government minister, he shares his vision for leveraging AI to drive productivity across key sectors while creating jobs for Nigeria's youthful population. The conversation explores the importance of data sovereignty, the need for African nations to build their own AI capabilities, and how collaborative infrastructure can support continental innovation without compromising national interests. Recorded at the Global AI Summit on Africa in partnership with The Rwanda Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this episode offers insight into how Africa's most populous nation is positioning itself at the forefront of the AI revolution.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Key Highlights:</strong></p><p>🚀 How AI can drive productivity across sectors from agriculture to education, creating economic growth and job opportunities</p><p>👨💻 The critical importance of moving beyond mobile-first to investing in fiber optic networks and computing infrastructure</p><p>🌍 The need for African nations to build their own language models rather than outsourcing their digital realities to others</p><p>⚖️ Balancing pan-African collaboration with national sovereignty in AI development</p><p>🏢 Creating innovation hubs with shared infrastructure where entrepreneurs can access computing resources and develop solutions</p><p>📊 Reimagining regulation as a tool to open opportunities rather than stifle innovation</p><p>👥 Nigeria's National AI Trust initiative to engage billionaires and influential leaders in supporting AI development</p><p>🔬 The importance of research and development partnerships with nations that have decades of AI expertise</p><p><br /><strong>About Our Guest:</strong></p><p>Dr. 'Bosun Tijani is the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Dr. Tijani advocates for a distributed approach to AI development in Africa, emphasizing that the continent must invest in connected ecosystems with diverse innovation hubs rather than centralized control. He sees AI as fundamentally different for Africa compared to the Global North - African countries view AI primarily as a tool for economic growth, productivity enhancement, and job creation.</p><p>He champions linguistic diversity in AI and has spearheaded Nigeria's development of a multimodal, multi-language large language model covering multiple Nigerian languages, asserting that AI must reflect local cultures and languages to be truly beneficial. His vision centers on building sovereign AI capabilities while maintaining collaborative networks across the continent.</p><p>Prior to his ministerial appointment, he co-founded and led Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), Africa's leading innovation center with presence in Nigeria, Kenya, and Rwanda. Since its launch over a decade ago, CcHUB has become the home for more than 50 Nigerian start-ups, including among others BudgIT, Wecyclers, Lifebank, GoMyWay, Vacantboards, and Autobox. In 2021, he was recognized and honoured with the Global icon of African excellence Award by the New African Magazine, which is the oldest and definitive annual listing of Africa’s most influential people.</p><p><br /><strong>Connect With Embedded:</strong></p><p>Website:<a href="http://www.therundown.studio" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.therundown.studio</a></p><p>Twitter/X: @Rundown_Studio_</p><p>LinkedIn: The Rundown Studio</p><p><br /><strong>Connect With The Rwanda Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution & The Global AI Summit on Africa:</strong></p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://rw.linkedin.com/company/c4ir-rw" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://rw.linkedin.com/company/c4ir-rw</a></p><p>Twitter/X: @c4IR_rw</p><p>Website:<a href="https://c4ir.rw/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://c4ir.rw/</a></p><p>The Global AI Summit on Africa:<a href="https://c4ir.rw/global-ai-summit-on-africa" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://c4ir.rw/global-ai-summit-on-africa</a></p><p><br /><strong>Connect With Minister 'Bosun Tijani:</strong></p><p>Twitter/X: @bosuntijani</p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bosuntijani/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a>https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-%E2%80%98bosun-tijani-1b027b/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
April 22, 2025
Data Sovereignty & Building Up Africa’s AI Ecosystem
<p>In this fourth episode of a special series of the Embedded podcast, host Zain Verjee speaks with Kate Kallot about building the fundamental data infrastructure needed for Africa's AI revolution. As the founder and CEO of Amini AI, Kallot shares her views on AI as a pivotal technology that can either perpetuate colonial patterns of dependence or become a mechanism for sovereignty and inclusive prosperity in the Global South. Her work focuses on making environmental data accessible and actionable to empower communities at the forefront of climate change while building local AI capacity. Recorded at the Global AI Summit on Africa in partnership with The Rwanda Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.</p><p><br><strong>Key Highlights:</strong></p><p>🔄 Amini AI's approach to collecting, structuring, and fusing diverse data sources for actionable insights</p><p>🌍 Kate's mission to create an equitable, African-made AI ecosystem to prevent digital colonialism</p><p>🛰️ The power of data when combined with ground-level information to create incredible insights</p><p>📊 The urgency of data sovereignty, with only 2% of African data currently processed on the continent</p><p>🧩 Breaking data silos between government ministries and organizations</p><p>👩💻 Why women don't need technical backgrounds to succeed in AI, drawing from Kate's own journey from political science to tech</p><p>⚖️ The challenges entrepreneurs face with cross-border business, IP registration, and taxation across African markets</p><p>🔬 How Amini focuses on useful, contextually relevant AI rather than chasing the latest architectural innovations</p><p><br><strong>About Our Guest:</strong></p><p>Kate Kallot is the Founder and CEO of Amini, a Nairobi-based startup building data infrastructure for Africa and the Global South to regenerate natural capital at scale. Named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI in 2023 and a Young World Entrepreneur of the Year in 2024, she currently serves as Vice Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce Global Environmental and Energy Commission and is a member of EY's Global AI Advisory Council.</p><p>Before founding Amini in 2022, Kate held leadership positions at global tech companies including NVIDIA, where she led global developer relations and expansion into emerging markets, and Arm, where she was instrumental in the Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML) movement. At Intel, she led the development of the world's first AI development kit in a USB form factor, the Neural Compute Stick, bringing computer vision and AI to IoT and edge devices for millions of users.</p><p><br><strong>About Amini AI:</strong></p><p>Operating in over 25 countries with 2.5TB of training data and analysis of 80 billion hectares of land, Amini provides insights that help farmers understand soil health, crop conditions, potential disease outbreaks, weather forecasts, and yield predictions. The company works with a network of data partners in a revenue-sharing model that returns value to communities while breaking down data silos across organizations and governments.</p><p><br><strong>Connect With Embedded:</strong></p><p>Website:<a href="http://www.therundown.studio" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> www.therundown.studio</a></p><p>Twitter/X: @Rundown_Studio_</p><p>LinkedIn: The Rundown Studio</p><p><br><strong>Connect With Zain Verjee:</strong></p><p>Twitter/X: @Zain_Verjee</p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zain-verjee-97747467" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/zain-verjee-97747467</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect With The Rwanda Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution & The Global AI Summit on Africa:</strong></p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://rw.linkedin.com/company/c4ir-rw" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://rw.linkedin.com/company/c4ir-rw</a></p><p>Twitter/X: @c4IR_rw</p><p>Website:<a href="https://c4ir.rw/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://c4ir.rw/</a></p><p>The Global AI Summit on Africa:<a href="https://c4ir.rw/global-ai-summit-on-africa" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://c4ir.rw/global-ai-summit-on-africa</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect With Kate Kallot & Amini AI:</strong></p><p>Twitter/X: @katekallot</p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/katekallot/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/katekallot/</a></p><p>Amini AI:<a href="https://www.amini.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://www.amini.ai/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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