AT Podcast | Africa is Talking Africa's Talking

This is the third part of our episode with the incredible and inspiring Dr. Julius Weche.

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This is the second part of our episode with the incredible and inspiring Dr. Julius Weche.

View Important Links:
https://linktr.ee/africastalking

And follow us on social media:
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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@africas_talking
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AfricastalkingLtd

This is the First part of our episode with the incredible and inspiring Dr. Julius Weche.

View Important Links:
https://linktr.ee/africastalking

And follow us on social media:
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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@africas_talking
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AfricastalkingLtd

Leyla Hussein is a consultant, psychotherapist, and international lecturer on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and gender rights. She currently works as the Global Advocacy Director and Deputy Team Leader of the Africa-led Movement to End FGM, fighting to eliminate violence against women and girls. In October 2020, Leyla was elected to become the first Black female Rector of the University of St Andrews and now works closely with a team of student activists to fight for more access, action, and accountability in higher education.

She is the founder of the Dahlia Project, a specialist psychotherapeutic and counseling service for survivors of FGM, and Magool, an organization promoting the rights and well-being of women and girls. Leyla is very experienced in providing safeguarding training to activists, well-being professionals, and others who confront the physical, psychological, and social implications of violence in their work. In 2020, Leyla co-founded Safe Spaces for Black Women alongside Fatima Hagi to create an emotional support and well-being community for Black women worldwide.

Leyla's work has been presented at Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, Leeds, Exeter, and many Ivy League universities across the US. She is also a published writer, holding her own pages with the Huffington Post, Global Citizen, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and The Guardian. She frequently lobbies at a political level, advises policymakers, and triggers much-needed national and international debate.

Dr. Leyla Hussein Gikandi
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drleylahussein/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeylaHussein

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Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcast/at-podcast-africa-is-talking/id1657468274
Spotify podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5tUXKGoXAlVZJVqkqZZjRY

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Teddy Warria (Kenya) is the author of 'Son of the Nile', an African entrepreneur, and youth advocate. He co-owns and is Chief Storyteller at Africa's Talking Group Ltd,  and Focus Mobile Ltd and supports access to educational opportunities worldwide for young minds. He is a Director of Climate Advocates Voces Unidas (CAVU.ORG). He is a champion for Africa 2.0, a pan-African civil society organization working towards an inspiring and prosperous Africa.

Samuel Gikandi co-founded Africa's Talking in 2010, with Eston Kimani, both graduates of MIT. Together, they built a company that has consistently worked on reducing the high barriers of entry for developers and companies in gaining access to telecommunication infrastructure through easy-to-use and robust customer engagement APIs.

Prior to founding Africa's Talking, Sam, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni. worked for 6-years as a Software Developer and Trading Strategist in Morgan Stanley’s New York and Hong Kong offices. He was involved in building the trading infrastructure across Morgan Stanley’s global equities business. Sam also helped establish and grow the High-Frequency Trading Desk for the Systematic Trading Group in Asia.