Tech For Granted

Tech For Granted

Technology has changed our lives for the better, but we take it for granted. Hosted by Eugene Nzioki, Cynthia Muriithi, Levy Riungu, Melissa Malala, and Michel Atieno

  1. 2021. 09. 24.

    Musings and Monologues: Episode 6: An African Millenial's Perspective On The Future of Technology ft. Roina Ochieng

    Roina is a Technical Program Manager at Microsoft where she supports the developer experience work on the Microsoft Graph SDKs. Roina is passionate about product, African developer ecosystem, technical talent. She currently writes about Product, African Feminism, Talent, Scala, Kotlin, Java and Flutter.  Roina Ochieng previously worked at Sendy, as a Product Manager (Core and Scaling) where she supported a great group of Backend, Frontend and Middleware engineers to build great core infrastructure. At Africa’s Talking, she was a Developer Relations Lead and Program Manager where she was in charge of actively headhunting for technical and non-technical talent and developing programs to build an inclusive, diverse, and positively impacting team across Africa. She has worked at Google Developer’s Group where she was the Lead Community Organizer, GDG Nairobi and was in charge of organizing community events for over 500 members of the developer ecosystem who span from beginner level developers to industry experts. While at Strathmore University, she was a  Lead Community Organizer, GDG Strathmore and she improved student participation in the group's program by 84% and increased female attendance by 124% upon entry as the lead organizer. Roina designed an effective hand-over shadowing training program for handing over the lead organizer to the co-lead for the group to enable the continuation of the group's program despite leadership changeovers and put together a specific rubric for integrating women tech makers events and general events to improve female participation.  In this episode, she shares her musings as a monologue on technology in Africa yesterday, today, and beyond.

    Musings and Monologues: Episode 6: An African Millenial's Perspective On The Future of Technology ft. Roina Ochieng
  2. 2021. 09. 24.

    Musings and Monologues Episode 4: Running Down To The Riptide - How Bluewave Insurance Is Redefining the Global Insurance Experience ft. Adelaide Odhiambo

    Adelaide Odhiambo has received unrivaled experience in designing both Conventional and MicroInsurance products in the market. Adelaide Odhiambo's vision is to use this experience to eradicate poverty and at the same time play a key role in improving Insurance uptake and penetration. Get insurance very close to the people who need it most. The mass-market faces the highest level of risk in Africa but has the least access to insurance. Typical barriers to insurance are Cost, Accessibility to insurance, Trust and Understanding of how Insurance really works. To tackle mass-market insurance the above barriers MUST be overcome. Adelaide Odhiambo is creating innovative solutions to meet this untapped demand, drive customer value, and expand financial inclusion on an unprecedented scale for African customers. Adelaide Odhiambo seeks to position Insurance not just as a risk mitigation tool but a channel to grow revenue inbusiness. Insurance has struggled with low penetration for years, Adelaide Odhiambo intends to increase penetration by creating a range of innovative solutions that will attract the masses and also create a channel to bring the retail consumer closer to an insurance ‘self-service’ solution. Adelaide Odhiambo's experience has led me to work with some of the Top brands globally. Listen in!

    Musings and Monologues Episode 4: Running Down To The Riptide - How Bluewave Insurance Is Redefining the Global Insurance Experience ft. Adelaide Odhiambo

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Technology has changed our lives for the better, but we take it for granted. Hosted by Eugene Nzioki, Cynthia Muriithi, Levy Riungu, Melissa Malala, and Michel Atieno