Ehi Binitie Clearspace Labs: In this series, business leaders and innovators from the Ghanaian and African Diaspora / Black Business Community talk about the future of doing business in Africa and across the Diaspora community.
In this episode, Ehi talks to Amma Gyampo, Co-Founder ScaleUp Africa about his work deploying emergent technologies to achieve global impact and doubling down on values in times of uncertainty.
He also makes the case for applications of basic services deployed via high-tech solutions for the mass markets and essential services needs of the African population. The smartphone moved from being a luxury device to an essential device. B2B tech interventions will make an immense difference at a fundamental level if the target problem is clearly defined. The knock on effect will be on the consumer.
AI: All the major telcos are already using AI for customer service, sales, healthcare in Africa. AI is also being deployed for back office processes. For SMEs, AI presents and entrepreneurial and efficiency opportunity.
Top ScaleUp Tips: Focus on the problem. Keep it simple and focus on what creates money based on what people find useful.
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Ehi Binitie Clearspace Labs: In this series, business leaders and innovators from the Ghanaian and African Diaspora / Black Business Community talk about the future of doing business in Africa and across the Diaspora community.
In this episode, Ehi talks to Amma Gyampo, Co-Founder ScaleUp Africa about his work deploying emergent technologies to achieve global impact and doubling down on values in times of uncertainty.
He also makes the case for applications of basic services deployed via high-tech solutions for the mass markets and essential services needs of the African population. The smartphone moved from being a luxury device to an essential device. B2B tech interventions will make an immense difference at a fundamental level if the target problem is clearly defined. The knock on effect will be on the consumer.
AI: All the major telcos are already using AI for customer service, sales, healthcare in Africa. AI is also being deployed for back office processes. For SMEs, AI presents and entrepreneurial and efficiency opportunity.
Top ScaleUp Tips: Focus on the problem. Keep it simple and focus on what creates money based on what people find useful.
ScaleUp Africa - Ecosystem Conversations - Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship
IGNITE Insights and Solutions
25 minutes 36 seconds
4 years ago
ScaleUp Africa - Ecosystem Conversations - Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Joe Mensah & Gary Stewart - demonstrate the impact of bold leadership required from the corporate sector and share their respective experiences at KOSMOS Innovation Centre and WAYRA (Telefonica's flagship entrepreneurship and innovation programme)
Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy and requires innovation to optimise its potential. To date, KIC has created 16 start up companies, training over 500 entrepreneurs and has been well received in Ghana and globally for its innovative approach to helping SMEs.
Bridging the gap between big business and small business: Telefonica's flagship innovation programme used the power of a large corporate to add value to its start up cohorts: revenue, investment, support.
Listen to learn more.
IGNITE Insights and Solutions
Ehi Binitie Clearspace Labs: In this series, business leaders and innovators from the Ghanaian and African Diaspora / Black Business Community talk about the future of doing business in Africa and across the Diaspora community.
In this episode, Ehi talks to Amma Gyampo, Co-Founder ScaleUp Africa about his work deploying emergent technologies to achieve global impact and doubling down on values in times of uncertainty.
He also makes the case for applications of basic services deployed via high-tech solutions for the mass markets and essential services needs of the African population. The smartphone moved from being a luxury device to an essential device. B2B tech interventions will make an immense difference at a fundamental level if the target problem is clearly defined. The knock on effect will be on the consumer.
AI: All the major telcos are already using AI for customer service, sales, healthcare in Africa. AI is also being deployed for back office processes. For SMEs, AI presents and entrepreneurial and efficiency opportunity.
Top ScaleUp Tips: Focus on the problem. Keep it simple and focus on what creates money based on what people find useful.
