| This Week in African Tech Ep 5 | Real Unicorn IPO’s , Another Forbes 30 under Fraud and Twitter fights

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Welcome the 5th Episode of  ‘This Week in African Tech’ , This show was created as a witty way to discuss and diagnose the African tech ecosystem , If this is your cup of tea? Enjoy

FULL SHOW Below 

This week we discuss

Rapid Fire News

1.Guess Who is based in Nigeria and gearing up for a 1.5bn USD IPO in London  …

 

 

2 .Another Forbes 30 under 30 Fraud Story ?

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21 year old , Ghanaian born the self-made entrepreneur Iddris Sandu has hailed for his many accomplishment
At the age of 13, Iddris Sandu was discovered in the library by a designer from Google and landed his first internship with the multinational technology company.
With a passion for tech and culture, Sandu has written algorithms and code for tech giants like Uber, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat, received the Presidental Scholar Award from President Barack Obama.

But there are inconsistencies in his story , we discuss the details …

 

3.Data and Elections

We talk about the Obama staffer that used Data Analytics to help the incumbent in Senegal win elections 

 

4.Twitter Fights, Women in Tech and All hands on Deck