Broken Worlds Thinking: Startup Ecosystems Across Emerging Markets. Episode 108 with Ethiopian Anteneh Tesfaye

By rarebirds 30.01.20

January 30, 2020 by rarebirds

Broken Worlds Thinking: Startup Ecosystems Across Emerging Markets. Episode 108 with Ethiopian Anteneh Tesfaye

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

His Interests in China, Africa & India
Maximising His University Experience Studying Economics
Working for a Startup in Bangalore, India
Lessons Learned from India- Customising Your Products to Suit Your Audience
There is No One Solution that Works for the African Continent
Dopamine Driven Conversations Around the African Continent
Maintaining Balanced Conversations between Macro & Micro Changes for Growth & Development Across the African Continent
Choosing to Stay or Go Abroad-Why He Chose to Stay
Studying Languages to do Business Across the African Continent
Building Shega
Being the Country Lead for Africa’s Talking
His Interest in Blockchain, CryptoCurrency and Small Scale Investing
Using Technology & Entrepreneurship to Facilitate Change in Emerging Markets
Understanding the Ethiopian StartUp Ecosystem-Fintech, Agrotech & Edutech
Technology in Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti & Sudan
If You Want to be a Clear Thinker You Cannot Be Involved in Politics
Positive Reflections on China
The Connection Between Confidence & Nation Building
Looking for a Saviour
Encouraging Words for the Younger Generation

MORE INFO ON ANTENEH:

Anteneh is an Ethiopian from Addis Abeba who works as country product lead for Africa’s Talking. Africa’s Talking is a Pan-African technology company with operations in dozens of African countries. Africa’s Talking provides communication (SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime) and Payments (mobile money, bank, card) infrastructure to software developers and businesses’. Essentially the aim is to have businesses’ focus on creating great experiences for their customers without worrying about the infrastructure to deliver these experiences.

He is also the founder of Shega. Shega is an online publication and research platform which focuses on the Ethiopian tech and startup space. Shega also organizes events and tech meetups as well as support and consultation to local and international investors, incubators/accelerators and startups.

Anteneh is interested in Innovation and startup ecosystems across emerging markets with a more specific focus on Africa, China and India. His curiosity for emerging technologies also led him to blockchain and crypto, where he spends his free time reading and engaging in the subject area. He is also the community organiser of Digital Asset Ethiopia, together with other enthusiasts.

Before Africa’s Talking and Shega, Anteneh worked for Indian Fintech startup, Cred which to date has raised over $100 million. Anteneh is an Alumni of AIESEC, where he volunteered for three years and is a member of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI).

You can also listen in via Anchor, Breaker, Overcast, Radio Public, Soundcloud, itunes, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify

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