How would you build it‪?‬ How Would You Build It?

Discover the transformative power of UX within your product team! In this episode of "How Would You Build It," we delve into the crucial role of user experience in fostering innovation and synergy among product managers, designers, developers, and data analysts.

Join us as we sit down with the founder of a leading UX and design company, who shares decades of insights on creating effective, collaborative environments that drive successful outcomes. Whether you're part of a startup, an SMB, or a corporate giant, you'll uncover actionable strategies to elevate your team's productivity and creativity.

Learn:
How to integrate UX principles to enhance team collaboration.
Techniques for building a culture that supports innovative thinking.
Key factors that define a successful and innovative product team.
Don't miss out on these expert tips that could redefine the way your team operates and innovates. Tune in now to transform your product team into a powerhouse of innovation!

You have an idea for building an EdTech platform, but you don't know how to go about building it. After working with over 55 African EdTech platforms over the past few years, Krista and her team at Injini are helping EdTech startups around Africa navigate this complex value chain.

We chatted about how Injini is on a mission to improve the quality, accessibility and relevance of education on the continent. So if you are looking to start an EdTech company and want to better understand the industry, then this one is for you.

00:00 Intro
01:17 Welcome
02:14 Intro into Injini Incubator
15:24 Where can EdTech provide the biggest impact
19:37 Examples of EdTechs in South Africa
23:52 The role of Whatsapp and the like
26:31 Evidence-based decisions
32:45 Start with your theory of change

On 'How Would You Build It?' we interview people who are helping build awesome products and businesses in South Africa and Africa. We get first-hand stories, tactical advice and stories to help you launch and grow your product or business.

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Gabi started MindJoy which is an AI EdTech platform before the release of ChatGPT in what she calls a perfect example of timing in the startup world.

It is becoming a known fact that the world is running out of teachers. The profession is not valued as it once was, and schools are struggling to retain teachers in the current climate. This is only one of many things we discussed in this candid conversation.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
10:48 How AI can impact the teacher shortage
15:42 Should Education be free?
26:43 Identifying customers in EdTech
33:03 Buiding an AI Startup to compete with Microsoft
39:56 Lessons for early stage founders
47:17 The cost of creating teachers
52:16 Not so lightning round

On 'How Would You Build It?' we interview people who are helping build awesome products and businesses in South Africa and Africa. We get first-hand stories, tactical advice and stories to help you launch and grow your product or business.

Subscribe to the channel: https://bit.ly/3odL81p
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With the ongoing threat of climate change and the lack environmentally sustainability, there is a need for people to start being rewarded for tweaking their behaviours.

In today’s episode, we had the founder of Tweak, Camille O'Sullivan join us. Tweak is an environmental app that is being built to track your spending behaviours and simplifies the process of being rewarded people for sustainable habits.

With Tweak, you can measure, track and lower emissions through your most valuable asset being your people. We chat with her as she tells us more about her app and how Climate Technology can be beneficial in today’s environmental crisis.

0:00 Intro
02:19 Creating sustainable behaviours
11:52 Selling your Carbon footprint
13:41 Finding Adoption
17:09 African problems bigger?

Finding Product Market Fit is hard. Finding it in Africa is even harder. Roger Norton has been working in the Product and Innovation space as a Product Manager in South Africa and South Africa for years and has been involved in many products breaking into the market. Recently, he moved to OkHi, a Nigerian based company that has been on a mission to solve the problems faced in Africa's informal areas by building tech that can help people verify their addresses, opening them up to many opportunities that were otherwise unavailable. He helps us unpack the concept of product-market fit, what any company needs to do to achieve it and references how OkHi is on it's way to becoming a leader in the continent.


0:00 Intro
01:42 Solving Africa's Informal Addresses Issue05:11 Building in Africa
15:04 How to use product principles to build innovation
17:59 Convining corporates to do business with a startup
48:32 Potential impact of doing Product better in Africa
55:32 Lightning Round

We always get such strong feedback when we cover the untapped market in South African townships. This week we have Leon Qwabe, the founder of Oder Kasi who has been specialising in last-mile delivery services for the townships since 2018.



He shares his experience over the years while pointing out the secrets to getting things right if you want to take advantage of the untapped potential.