African Spirit American Spin

Published: July 4, 2016, 6:16 a.m.

b'It\\u2019s the 4th of July, and in honour of the fact that our biggest audience outside of Africa is based in the USA, this week\\u2019s African Tech Round-up episode has a decidedly American spin.\\n\\nPlaying guest-host in this instalment is very good friend of the show, aka \\u201cThe American Homie\\u201d, Trevor Wolfe\\u2014 Co-founder and CEO of Delvv.io.\\n\\nTrevor is fresh off a plane from Europe and the States where he\\u2019s successfully closed a round of funding for his crowdsourced research startup. In addition to factoring in on the week\\u2019s headlines, Trevor shares some interesting insights on what it takes to launch and operate a tech startup on the continent, while maintaining a global outlook. But that\\u2019s not all, folks\\u2026\\n\\nThis week\\u2019s show also features two Stateside-based personalities who are extremely active on Africa\\u2019s tech scene\\u2014 namely, Maya Horgan Famodu, Founder and CEO of Ingressive, and Toro Orero, Co-founder and Managing Partner, at DraperDarkFlow.\\n\\nListen in to hear Maya share some of what she\\u2019s observed while leading high profile investment tours to Africa, and explaining what operating in Silicon Valley is like on the day-to-day. Then tune in to listen to Toro share what he and Tim Draper look for in startups they hope to invest in, as well as dish on the pros and cons of running an Africa-focussed VC firm that\\u2019s headquartered in Silicon Valley.\\n\\nMusic Credits:\\nMusic by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\\nMusic licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0'