[New Podcast] Glass Houses & Glass Ceilings: Mary Njoki on Building A Pan-African PR Agency & The State of PR in Africa Report 2026
There is a specific kind of conviction that precedes building something from nothing. Not optimism — conviction. The belief that you are supposed to be doing this, at this moment, even when the evidence is thin. Mary Njoki had that conviction at 23, with a modem, a laptop, a free website template,
[New Podcast] The Bolt Kenya & Ipsos Gig Economy Report Launch Media Discussion Panel
One week ago, I published my detailed analysis of Bolt Kenya and Ipsos’ Gig Economy Kenya report: Kenya’s US$1.2B, 1.5M‑person gig economy is no longer a side hustle. That post unpacked the staggering scale — over KES 100 billion or US$ 1 billion in annual economic impact, 150K+ Bolt drivers, top Bolt
[New Podcast] Actnable AI’s Dharmendra Jain & Josiah Kimanzi Make African Research Faster, Smarter, & Actionable
When Dharmendra Jain talks about spending day and night processing data for India’s massive Indian Leadership Survey — reaching 240,000 people — he’s not just telling an origin story. He’s explaining why Africa needs its own AI research revolution right now. In the latest Pure Digital Passion podcast, Dharmendra (Founder & CEO of Actnable