Africa’s Internet: Driving Economic Empowerment

30/10/2020 48 min

                    Africa’s Internet: Driving Economic Empowerment

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Episode Synopsis


Cassandra Enyan shares her experience working for Google on projects across the African continent. Working with local partners from Ghana to South Africa to expand internet accessibility, she’s had a front-row seat to the digital revolution changing small businesses and livelihoods across Africa. She shares with Prof. Maillet some of the innovative ways local African companies are using technology – particularly digital banking and payments – and explains the continent’s budding startup scene.
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