E49: ISAAC SESI - The Founder of Sesi Technologies, a Leading Agribusiness Startup in Ghana, discusses his entrepreneurial journey and how his company allows African farmers to reduce inefficiencies.
Isaac Sesi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacsesi/) is an entrepreneur, engineer and innovator passionate about leveraging technology to solve some of Africa's most pressing problems. He leads the team at Sesi Technologies (https://sesitechnologies.com/) where they are developing affordable technologies to solve problems in the world's food systems with a focus on Africa. They currently develop and manufacture a suite of post-harvest management technologies aimed at helping farmers and agribusinesses reduce losses, maximize productivity and increase their income. He is a 2019 MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35. His work has been featured in several prestigious publications and he has had the opportunity to showcase his work to several heads of states including the president and vice president of Ghana, the former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and Prince Charles of Wales.
7 Mar 2023
E48: ANASTASIA TSILOGLOU - The General Manager of Action Finance Initiative discusses microfinance in Greece as an instrument for building entrepreneurship
Anastasia Tsiloglou (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsiloglou/) began her career as a projects coordinator at BP. She later became Business Planning Manager at Microsoft-Greece. In 2010 she joined Doctors without Borders and became aware of her interest in social entrepreneurship. This led her to joining the newly founded Action finance Initiative (https://www.afi.org.gr/en/home) in 2014, as its first General Manager. She helped this fledgling NPO develop into the most significant microlender in Greece. In this episode, she discusses microlending in developed countries as well as developing countries, and explains ways in which microlending can help local entrepreneurs launch new and much needed businesses.
28 Feb 2023
E47: ALEXANDRA MITSOTAKI - Founder of ActionAid Hellas and World Human Forum, discusses her work on empowering individuals and encouraging bottom-up community development
Alexandra Mitsotaki (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-mitsotaki-118849186/) was born in one of Greece's most prominent political families, but chose to turn her back on 'party politics' and focus on what she calls 'Political Activity with a Capital P'. She is Co-Founder and Chair of the World Human Forum (https://worldhumanforum.earth/), which was the result of 20 years of experience in different social initiatives, starting with the creation of ActionAid Hellas (https://www.actionaid.gr/) in 1998 and followed by work on cultural diplomacy, as since 2009 she chairs and directs the Greek Cultural Centre (CCH) (https://cchel.org/) in Paris, promoting Greek culture in the Francophone world.
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