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How Zambian Startups Are Growing Beyond Their Own Borders w/ Mulumba Lwatula The Worldly Marketer Podcast
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Mulumba Lwatula is an entrepreneur, a business consultant, and a technologist based in Lusaka, Zambia. He is the Acting Deputy Head of Investments (Mining, Manufacturing & Agribusiness) at IDC (Industrial Development Corporation), a state-owned enterprise whose mandate is to spearhead the Zambian Government's commercial investments agenda aimed at strengthening the country's industrial base and job creation.
With an MBA and a background in Systems Analysis and Design, Mulumba has built a deep expertise in the development and delivery of technology-driven solutions in emerging markets on the African continent. Since beginning his career over 20 years ago, he has gone from as a Developer, to a Webmaster, to an IT company co-founder, to an Independent Consultant for the United Nations, he has founded a number of companies.
Aside from his role at IDC, where he focuses on Mining, Manufacturing, and Agribusiness, Mulumba co-hosts Scale Up Africa, a podcast on building resilient African entrepreneurs and businesses, and he is a co-founder at Soqo, a data analytics and payments startup.
In this interview, Mulumba talks about his work at IDC, how he sees Africa’s burgeoning startup ecosystem, what foreign brands need to know about Zambia’s rapidly changing marketplace, and how the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is creating new opportunities for local entrepreneurs. Catch his valuable insights!
Links:
IDC website IDC on Facebook IDC on Twitter IDC on LinkedIn Scale Up Africa Podcast website Scale Up Africa Podcast on LinkedIn Scale Up Africa Podcast on Instagram Scale Up Africa Podcast on Twitter Soqo website Soqo on Twitter Mulumba’s personal website Mulumba on LinkedIn Mulumba on Instagram Mulumba on Twitter
This epsiode was sponsored by Vistatec.
Mulumba Lwatula is an entrepreneur, a business consultant, and a technologist based in Lusaka, Zambia. He is the Acting Deputy Head of Investments (Mining, Manufacturing & Agribusiness) at IDC (Industrial Development Corporation), a state-owned enterprise whose mandate is to spearhead the Zambian Government's commercial investments agenda aimed at strengthening the country's industrial base and job creation.
With an MBA and a background in Systems Analysis and Design, Mulumba has built a deep expertise in the development and delivery of technology-driven solutions in emerging markets on the African continent. Since beginning his career over 20 years ago, he has gone from as a Developer, to a Webmaster, to an IT company co-founder, to an Independent Consultant for the United Nations, he has founded a number of companies.
Aside from his role at IDC, where he focuses on Mining, Manufacturing, and Agribusiness, Mulumba co-hosts Scale Up Africa, a podcast on building resilient African entrepreneurs and businesses, and he is a co-founder at Soqo, a data analytics and payments startup.
In this interview, Mulumba talks about his work at IDC, how he sees Africa’s burgeoning startup ecosystem, what foreign brands need to know about Zambia’s rapidly changing marketplace, and how the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is creating new opportunities for local entrepreneurs. Catch his valuable insights!
Links:
IDC website IDC on Facebook IDC on Twitter IDC on LinkedIn Scale Up Africa Podcast website Scale Up Africa Podcast on LinkedIn Scale Up Africa Podcast on Instagram Scale Up Africa Podcast on Twitter Soqo website Soqo on Twitter Mulumba’s personal website Mulumba on LinkedIn Mulumba on Instagram Mulumba on Twitter
This epsiode was sponsored by Vistatec.
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