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Africast

Podcast by Africast

2019/12/21

Ep7 - Economy and Startups

Welcome to the seventh episode of the Africast podcast! In today's episode, Collins Agyemang, who studied and worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Professional Studies in Accra, talks the economy of Ghana and its new startup environment. In particular, he talks about a startup that helps local farmers with weather predictions in their native language. What is the Africast podcast? Africast started as a group project within the scholarship program of the TUM: Junge Akademie. The three students behind this project are Jaimee Lau, Marius Merkle and Patrick Sowinski, all of them students at the Technical University of Munich with different study backgrounds. Currently, a total of seven podcast episodes is planned to be released in 2019. The guests will range from students and academic workers to researchers and professionals from Ghana. Our goal is to raise awareness for academic projects in Ghana and to help people from Germany and Europe to learn more about them. The project was inspired by the TUM Africa Initiative, which aims to strengthen the collaboration between the TUM and different universities in Africa. In the next episode, Collins Agyemang will talk about start-ups in Ghana! Links: TUM: Junge Akademie - https://www.ja.tum.de/en/home/ Info about Africa Initiative: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35122/ UCC: https://ucc.edu.gh/ KNUST: https://www.knust.edu.gh/ Intro music: Rollin at 5 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

20 分钟
2019/12/03

Ep6 - Land Management

Welcome to the sixth episode of the Africast podcast! In today's episode, Prof. Dr. Walter Timo de Vries, who leads the chair of land management at TUM, talks about land use in Africa and which problems occur. He also talks about the TUM Africa Initiative, a network of African universities, which cooperate with TUM to strengthen academic projects in African nations. TUM Chair of Land Management: https://www.lrg.tum.de/en/bole/home/ ADLAND consortium: https://nelga.org/nelga-2/affiliates/adland/ What is the Africast podcast? Africast started as a group project within the scholarship program of the TUM: Junge Akademie. The three students behind this project are Jaimee Lau, Marius Merkle and Patrick Sowinski, all of them students at the Technical University of Munich with different study backgrounds. Currently, a total of seven podcast episodes is planned to be released in 2019. The guests will range from students and academic workers to researchers and professionals from Ghana. Our goal is to raise awareness for academic projects in Ghana and to help people from Germany and Europe to learn more about them. The project was inspired by the TUM Africa Initiative, which aims to strengthen the collaboration between the TUM and different universities in Africa. In the next episode, Collins Agyemang will talk about start-ups in Ghana! Links: TUM: Junge Akademie - https://www.ja.tum.de/en/home/ Info about Africa Initiative: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35122/ UCC: https://ucc.edu.gh/ KNUST: https://www.knust.edu.gh/ Intro music: Rollin at 5 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

20 分钟
2019/11/28

Ep5 - Infrastructure

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Africast podcast! In today's episode, Dr. Samuel Dodoo, who has a PhD in Physics from the TU Berlin and an MBA in Finance from the KNUST, talks about infrastructure and mobility in Ghana. Dr. Dodoo has experience with renewable energy systems and is currently working with MGM Trading & Engineering as a project manager. We also learn about the aCar project, which aims to bring electric vehicles to developing countries. The projects was started by the TU Munich in collaboration with the KNUST in Kumasi. It has led to the creation of the startup Evum Motors, with the founders Martin Šoltés and Sascha Koberstaedt. Evum Motors: https://evum-motors.com/ MGM Trading & Engineering: http://mgm-trading-engineering.com/ What is the Africast podcast? Africast started as a group project within the scholarship program of the TUM: Junge Akademie. The three students behind this project are Jaimee Lau, Marius Merkle and Patrick Sowinski, all of them students at the Technical University of Munich with different study backgrounds. Currently, a total of seven podcast episodes is planned to be released in 2019. The guests will range from students and academic workers to researchers and professionals from Ghana. Our goal is to raise awareness for academic projects in Ghana and to help people from Germany and Europe to learn more about them. The project was inspired by the TUM Africa Initiative, which aims to strengthen the collaboration between the TUM and different universities in Africa. In the next episode, Prof. de Vries will talk about the collaboration between TUM and KNUST! Links: TUM: Junge Akademie - https://www.ja.tum.de/en/home/ Info about Africa Initiative: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35122/ UCC: https://ucc.edu.gh/ KNUST: https://www.knust.edu.gh/ Intro music: Rollin at 5 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

19 分钟
2019/11/27

Ep4 - Renewable Energy

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Africast podcast! In today's episode, Johannes Winklmaier, founder and CEO of TU eMpower Africa, talks about creating decentralized, renewable energy systems in rural regions. TU eMpower Africa e.V is a non-profit organization, which unites students, researchers, alumni and friends of the Technical University of Munich: https://tu-empower-africa.org/ What is the Africast podcast? Africast started as a group project within the scholarship program of the TUM: Junge Akademie. The three students behind this project are Jaimee Lau, Marius Merkle and Patrick Sowinski, all of them students at the Technical University of Munich with different study backgrounds. Currently, a total of seven podcast episodes is planned to be released in 2019. The guests will range from students and academic workers to researchers and professionals from Ghana. Our goal is to raise awareness for academic projects in Ghana and to help people from Germany and Europe to learn more about them. The project was inspired by the TUM Africa Initiative, which aims to strengthen the collaboration between the TUM and different universities in Africa. In the next episode, Dr. Samuel Dodoo will talk about infrastructure and mobility in Ghana! Links: TUM: Junge Akademie - https://www.ja.tum.de/en/home/ Info about Africa Initiative: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35122/ UCC: https://ucc.edu.gh/ KNUST: https://www.knust.edu.gh/ Intro music: Rollin at 5 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

21 分钟
2019/09/13

Ep3 - Electronic Waste

Welcome to the third episode of the Africast podcast! In today's episode, Frank Achampeong, a student of industrial chemistry and environmental resource management talks about the challenges of waste management in Ghana. In particular, electronic waste which results from the import of used electronics. What is the Africast podcast? Africast started as a group project within the scholarship program of the TUM: Junge Akademie. The three students behind this project are Jaimee Lau, Marius Merkle and Patrick Sowinski, all of them students at the Technical University of Munich with different study backgrounds. Currently, a total of seven podcast episodes is planned to be released in 2019. The guests will range from students and academic workers to researchers and professionals from Ghana. Our goal is to raise awareness for academic projects in Ghana and to help people from Germany and Europe to learn more about them. The project was inspired by the TUM Africa Initiative, which aims to strengthen the collaboration between the TUM and different universities in Africa. In the next episode, we will learn about TU eMpower Africa! Links: TUM: Junge Akademie - https://www.ja.tum.de/en/home/ Info about Africa Initiative: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35122/ UCC: https://ucc.edu.gh/ KNUST: https://www.knust.edu.gh/ Intro music: Rollin at 5 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

18 分钟
2019/08/01

Ep2 - Cultures of Ghana

Welcome to the second episode of the Africast podcast! In today's episode, Michael Anokye from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) talks about his experience in academia and education in Ghana. He also explains how the different cultures of the different regions of Ghana come together at university. What is the Africast podcast? Africast started as a group project within the scholarship program of the TUM: Junge Akademie. The three students behind this project are Jaimee Lau, Marius Merkle and Patrick Sowinski, all of them students at the Technical University of Munich with different study backgrounds. Currently, a total of six podcast episodes is planned to be released in 2019. The guests will range from students and academic workers to researchers and professionals from Ghana. Our goal is to raise awareness for academic projects in Ghana and to help people from Germany and Europe to learn more about them. The project was inspired by the TUM Africa Initiative, which aims to strengthen the collaboration between the TUM and different universities in Africa. In the next episode, Frank Achampeong will talk about the challenges of electric waste management in Ghana. Links: TUM: Junge Akademie - https://www.ja.tum.de/en/home/ Info about Africa Initiative: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35122/ UCC: https://ucc.edu.gh/ KNUST: https://www.knust.edu.gh/ Intro music: Rollin at 5 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

21 分钟
2019/07/06

Ep1 - Ghana Student Life

Welcome to the first episode of the Africast podcast! In today's episode, Jemima Yeboaa Ansu Gyau from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi talks about her experiences as a student in Ghana. If you do not know anything about Ghana yet, the first episode also explains some basic information about this emerging country in West Africa. What is the Africast podcast? Africast started as a group project within the scholarship program of the TUM: Junge Akademie. The four students behind this project are Jaimee Lau, Marius Merkle, Michael Würth and Patrick Sowinski, all of them students at the Technical University of Munich with different study backgrounds. Currently, a total of six podcast episodes is planned to be released in 2019. The guests will range from students and academic workers to researchers and professionals from Ghana. Our goal is to raise awareness for academic projects in Ghana and to help people from Germany and Europe to learn more about them. The project was inspired by the TUM Africa Initiative, which aims to strengthen the collaboration between the TUM and different universities in Africa. In the next episode, Michael Anokye will talk about his experiences as a student of the UCC in Cape Coast. Links: TUM: Junge Akademie - https://www.ja.tum.de/en/home/ Info about Africa Initiative: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35122/ KNUST: https://www.knust.edu.gh/ Intro music: Rollin at 5 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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