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#154 Nitin Gajria - Director at Google Sub-Saharan Africa Feb 28, 2020

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In this episode, Grey Jabesi interviewed Nitin Gajria, the Director at Google for Sub-Saharan Africa. He has been at Google for more than five years and led the YouTube business in India, as well as Google’s teams in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Google is building its brand in Africa on a mission to get more Africans online and to offer users relevant local content.

Nitin is looking to build on what Google South Africa has done. He’s passionate about the power of the Internet to change lives for the better and help fine-tune Africa’s technological future.

We discussed the following topics in this interview;

His early childhood.
How built a successful life and career.
His defining moments.
His roles at Google as a director.
Projects and initiatives he’s most excited for the year 2020.
His five survival skills and many more.

#153 Simon Dingle - Money, In Math We Trust Feb 17, 2020

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Simon Dingle is the CEO of Inves Capital, before that he was part of the teams that started 22Seven, Curve and Luno after which he founded his own company, Inves Capital. He has also been a columnist for Finweek Magazine, Brainstorm, Computing SA and other titles, and hosts a weekly technology show on 5FM in South Africa. Simon is the author of In Math We Trust and has been using and contributing to Bitcoin since 2011.

He worked as a communications consultant, podcaster, product manager and entrepreneur.

In this episode with Simon, we talked about money.

You can Follow Simon dingle on Twitter @SimonDingle

Visit his website:https://www.simondingle.com/

#152 Reuben Yap – Privacy, and Why You Should Care Feb 05, 2020

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Reuben Yap is the Chief Operating Officer at Zcoin. He was a corporate lawyer for ten years specializing in institutional frameworks before joining Zcoin.

He has played a pivotal role in Zcoin’s strategy and vision, and oversees all operational aspects of the project. He has been an early adopter of cryptocurrencies, being the first merchant in Malaysia to accept them, and gained a holistic view of the space from being involved in mining, educating and contributing to other early cryptocurrency projects.

Reuben is a vocal privacy proponent and founded one of the top VPN companies, BolehVPN, in South East Asia in 2007 to combat internet censorship and mass surveillance. He also has a wide knowledge of blockchain privacy protocols and frequently gives keynotes, talks, and workshops worldwide to raise awareness about the importance of privacy.

For more info visit https://zcoin.io/

#151 Carmelle Cadet - How Banks Are Reacting To Blockchain Jan 17, 2020

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In this episode, I interviewed Carmelle Cadet , a passionate advocate of Blockchain and Digital Currency Technology for modernization, financial inclusion and economic development efforts. She is the Founder and CEO of EMTECH, a fintech company helping Central Banks in emerging markets modernize their financial market infrastructure.

In her 10-year career at IBM, Carmelle led the global business development efforts for the digital currency segment in IBM Blockchain.

Through EMTECH, Carmelle is on a mission to transform the financial market infrastructures with Modern Central Bank Platforms, Digital Currency Systems and Artificial Intelligence. This enables regulators to have modern tools to effectively manage digital currency payments solutions.

We Talked alot but the most notable key points includes:

Personal background
What is EMTECH and its role
The reaction Central Banks in opposing to digital currency
Government Regulation to Cryptocurrency
The challenges cryptocurrency and blockchain companies facing in emerging markets.
Payments
How Blockchain can solve the problems of financial inclusion in Africa

Follow Carmelle Cadet on Twitter @CarmelleCadet

Visit EMTECH:https://www.futuremtech.com/

#150 Reflecting on 2019, Setting new personal rules, 2020 Visions Jan 04, 2020

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As challenging as 2019 was for me, the last decade was exceptionally good for me. I can only recall a few unpleasant moments. In fact, if I had to draw a chart for it, it would look like a straight verticle line from a distance.

I decided to end the year alone to pause and reflect. I ended up in the mountains where I hiked and made lists of what I did right and where I failed myself in 2019.

This episode is about that experiment. I share some of those lists, I also share some of the new things I identified in 2019 that you can apply in your personal life or hustle.

#149 Meir Ezra - Be Interested, Not Interesting Dec 19, 2019

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This is the last episode for the year with Meir Ezra .He’s the most inspiring speaker ,mentor and regular guest on this podcast. I interviewed him at Workshop 17 seminar at Watershed V&A Waterfront.

In this interview, we discussed the following:

Definition of success
The Concept of being interested instead of being interesting
Love and Relationships
EffectiveProblem Solving process
How to distinguish the state of being still and stone
Relationships with Money

Follow Meir Ezra on Instagram @meirezraofficial

To attend Free sales seminar with Meir Ezra visit Workshop17 Watershed, Watershed, 17 Dock Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002, South Africa every Friday's

Book Free Tickets Online:https://www.empowerfunding.co.za

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#148 Apollo Eric - Aeternity Hub Africa Dec 18, 2019

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Apollo Omer Eric is the founder at Aeternity Hub Africa. He is the driving force behind Aeternity Hub Africa - an entity supporting education and entrepreneurship all over the continent. Its main goal is to encourage developers, entrepreneurs, and designers to build on top of Aeternity blockchain and to turn their ideas into viable businesses.

We covered the following key points in this interview:

Personal Background
How he got started into markets trading
His trading style methodology
Bitcoin vs Forex trading markets: Understanding The Differences
How he discovered Aeternity
The role and responsibility of Aeternity Hub Africa
Projects implemented by Aeternity and many more

You can check out Aeternity :http://aeternityhub.africa/

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aeternityproject/

#147 Ed Latimore - Heavyweight boxer, The 4 Confidences, Not Caring Dec 10, 2019

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Ed Latimore is one of the most unique personalities out there. He’s a heavyweight boxer, physicist, author and chess enthusiast. Graduated from the school of hard knocks with a history of alcoholism and despair. He beat the odds and made something of himself. He uses his experiences in the ring, the lab and life to uncover deep truth about the world.

As the best selling author, he’s well know for; Sober Letters to My Drunken Self, The 4 Confidences, and Not Caring What Other People Think Is a Superpower: Insights from a Heavyweight Boxer. In this episode, we explore the inspiration, lessons, and the philosophy behind these books.

We discussed:

Confidence
Not caring what others think
Masculinity

Millions of people have learned from Ed's insights and experiences through his writing.He teaches the lessons he's learned via his unique path through life at his blog, at http://www.edlatimore.com. He also delivers daily wisdom and observations at his on twitter @EdLatimore.

#146 Lorien Gamaroff - Who Created Bitcoin? Nov 28, 2019

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Lorien Gamaroff is the founder/CEO of Centbee, a blockchain-based remittance solution built on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. He also founded Bankymoon, a blockchain and cryptocurrency consultancy.

As Africa’s reputable Blockchain expert, he has addressed and advised the United Nations, IMF, World Bank, FBI, and Commonwealth Secretariat, the South African Reserve Bank, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, TEDx and a host of professionals in multiple industries and attorney generals throughout the world.

Lorien has been on the show before on episode #116 where we discussed the Bitcoin vs Bitcoin SV debate, we also covered his early beginnings. In this new episode we discuss:

Centbee
Bitcoin and government
Why he’s convinced Craig Wright is the creator of Bitcoin
Cypherpunks and Bitcoin personalities(Nick Szabo, Adam Buck, Peter McCormack)
Why Bitcoin SV is a better chain

You Can visit CentBee:https://www.centbee.com/

You can Follow Lorien on Twitter @gamaroff

#145 John McAfee - Governance, Wealth, Polygamy, Family and Freedom Nov 18, 2019

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This podcast is brought to you by Divi Project

John McAfee is by far one of the most interesting, as well as the most controversial public figures today. He’s a British-American computer programmer and businessman. He founded the software company McAfee Associates in 1987 and ran it until 1994, when he resigned from the company. McAfee Associates achieved early success as the creators of McAfee, the first commercial antivirus software, and the business now produces a range of enterprise security software. The company was purchased by Intel in 2011 and spun back out in 2017 with TPG Capital owning a majority stake, though the software has always borne the McAfee brand name. McAfee's wealth peaked in 2007 at $100 million before his investments plummeted in the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

McAfee is also a political activist, who sought the 2016 Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election, losing to former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson.

John McAfee has become one of the best-known Bitcoin supporters but his story goes far deeper than being a crypto expert. He is considered to be one of the most controversial figures in the world of crypto and technology, with countless ups and downs throughout his life. His life filled with fascinating anecdotes, disputed events, drug abuse, several arrests, and return to the public scene as a well-respected crypto soothsayer and surprising twists that have brought him to where he is now.

In this exclusive with John McAfee, we discussed the following:

His early life
McAfee Antivirus Software
The idea of freedom
Loss of his fortune following the 2007 - 2008 economic collapse
The reason why he moved to Belize for a while
Wealth and responsibilities
His experience marrying and with living seven wives
His allegations about pumping coins
His upcoming movie, King of the Jungle.

John McAfee Youtube Video:https://youtu.be/86u_-AGiaUk

Gringo - The Dangerous Life of John McAfee documentary movie:https://youtu.be/TjBgNwAVLWQ

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