Pure Digital Passion with Moses Kemibaro
Moses Kemibaro
199 episodes
This is pure digital passion, the podcast of Moses Kemibaro, one of Kenya's and Africa's leading digital marketers, techbloggers, and technology analysts. Join me for insightful interviews and commentaries on all things digital from across the African continent on a myriad of compelling topics and themes. I share Africa's stories of pure digital passion!
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Episode 199 - Jaza Supermarket's Willy Kimani, Visa's Anne Kinuthia-Otieno & KFC's Jacques Theunissen On The Future of Digital Commerce In Kenya
Three businesses, one Kenyan consumer, three very different answers. Willy Kimani left Naivas to build Jaza Supermarket, a neighborhood affordable supermarket chain that sells on WhatsApp. Anne Kinuthia-Otieno built…
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Episode 198 - Klaas Glenewinkel On Monetizing Africa's Radio Stations & Building An App To Stream African Radio
Not every episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast is recorded in a studio. This one was recorded a few weeks ago on a phone, audio only, at a restaurant table in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya with Klaas Glenewinkel,…
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Episode 196 - How This Is Digital Trained 800+ Professionals On AI & Became Meta's AI Training Partner In Kenya
Just over a year after launching This Is Digital, co-founders Grace Murugi and Greg Wanjama have trained more than 800 professionals, served more than 40 organisations, and reached a milestone that could significantly…
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Episode 195 - Airtel Money Kenya’s Michael Bonke On Winning 14M More Users, Bizna Wallet & The Future Of Digital Finance
Airtel Money Kenya is entering a new chapter under Acting Managing Director Michael Bonke.In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sat down with Michael shortly after Airtel Money launched its Bizna…
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Episode 194 - Produce in Shillings. License in Dollars: Jason Corder’s Plan for African Media
I met Jason Corder last week to discuss NorthSouth Media, and our meeting became what I like to call a “gangster podcast”: an informal, impromptu Pure Digital Passion conversation recorded without the usual studio…
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Episode 193 - “This Is Just The Beginning”: Inside Djibril Tobe’s Airtel Kenya Growth Playbook
Airtel Kenya is entering a new chapter under Managing Director Djibril Tobe. In this special episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sit down with Djibril shortly after Airtel Money launched Bizna Wallet and…
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Episode 192 - 4 Perspectives, 1 Protection Gap: The Jubilee Health Insurance & bolttech Embedded Insurance Panel
This video captures the full "Connected to Protect" discussion panel on how health insurance can become more accessible, relevant and useful within the everyday lives of Kenyan and East African consumers. I moderated…
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Episode 191 - Fixing The Nation On Ride Hailing Minimum Fares, Driver Welfare, & Passenger Affordability In Kenya
In this episode of NTV Kenya's Fixing The Nation, I joined Mariam Bishar, Eric Latiff and Fellaris Wambui to unpack Kenya’s growing debate around minimum fares for ride hailing. The discussion was focussed on the…
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Episode 190 - WhatsApp Usernames, Privacy, Fraud & Digital Identity: An Interview with the BBC's Nkechi Onyinyechi Ogbonna on the Focus on Africa Podcast
WhatsApp is preparing to introduce usernames that will allow people to communicate without publicly sharing their phone numbers. The feature could deliver a meaningful privacy improvement, particularly in group…
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Episode 189 - Africa’s Scam Economy Has Industrialized: What Telecom Operators Must Do Next
Africa’s scam economy is becoming more organised, automated and sophisticated. What was once the occasional fraudulent SMS has evolved into smishing, vishing, identity theft, business impersonation, SIM-swap-enabled…
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Episode 188 - From Data-Rich to Insight-Driven: How AI Is Reshaping Retail in Kenya & Africa
Kenyan and African retailers generate enormous volumes of information through point-of-sale systems, inventory platforms, loyalty programmes, e-commerce, mobile applications, social commerce, delivery platforms and…
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Episode 187 - The Future Of Lending In Kenya & Africa: AI, Alternative Data, Digital Identity & Automation
What does a truly future-ready African lender look like? Is it enough to launch a mobile application, automate loan approvals or introduce artificial intelligence into the credit-scoring process? Or does meaningful…
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Episode 186 - CTRL + ALT + HUMAN: What a Room Full of Business Leaders Taught Me About AI and the Future of Work in Kenya & Beyond
What happens to the humans when the machines can increasingly do the work? Recorded live at the Ikigai Industry Nights event in Nairobi on the 2nd July 2026, this special episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast…
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Episode 185 - Building Innovation in Africa & the Middle East at Celpay & Zain: The Making of Tito Alai | Part 3
The final part of my three-part conversation with Tito Alai begins with one of the most important and least widely understood stories in African technology: the origins of Celpay. According to Tito’s first-hand…
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Episode 184 - Reinventing Brands Globally at Africa Online, Kodak, & Celtel: The Making of Tito Alai | Part 2
Part 1 of my conversation with Tito Alai ended just as he was leaving Unilever and joining Africa Online. Part 2 begins at that exact inflection point. After almost a decade in one of the world’s most sophisticated…
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Episode 183 - From Kenya to Unilever’s Global Stage: The Making of Tito Alai | Part 1
I had initially planned to record one Pure Digital Passion Podcast conversation with Tito Alai. We ended up recording three. By the end of this first session, we had only managed to cover Tito’s early life, education,…
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Episode 182 - Akili AI’s Simon Bransfield-Garth & Shikoli Makatiani Unpack Practical AI For Businesses In Kenya
In this follow-up episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sit down again with Simon Bransfield-Garth, Founder & CEO of Akili AI, this time joined by Shikoli Makatiani, CTO and technical lead at Akili AI. Our…
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Episode 181 - Farayi Ziswa On Selling To Africa’s Informal Markets, Route-To-Market Strategy & The Future Of African Retail
In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I had an in-depth conversation with Farayi Ziswa, Founder & Executive Director of BTL Consulting Ltd, Co-Founder of Mapepa Karatasi, Founder & Executive Coach at…
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Episode 180 - Creating Lasting Impact: A Conversation with Incoming Rotary International President Yinka Babalola
In this conversation recorded during the Rotary Zone 22 Regional Team Learning Seminar in Diani, Kenya, a few weeks ago, I sat down with Rotary International President-Elect Olayinka Hakeem Babalola for a deep and…
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Episode 179 - The Current State & Future of BPO & AI In Kenya & Africa with Teleperformance's Sven De Cauter
In this recent episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sat down with Sven De Cauter, CEO of Teleperformance (TP) Kenya and Nigeria, for a revealing conversation about the growth of one of Kenya’s most remarkable…
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Episode 178 - Denis Bundi, Kenya, & the Agentic AI Era: Why Infrastructure, Not Hype, Will Decide Africa’s Future
In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sat down with Denis Bundi, a Kenyan-born AI-Native business builder, engineer, and founder of Agentyc, DBX Engine, and ClawFolks, to unpack an extraordinary…
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Episode 177 - Earn in USD from Kenyan Real Estate – The TRIFIC Green USD I‑REIT with Brenda Mbathi & Pius Muchiri
Kenyans have always loved real estate – from shambas and plots to townhouses and apartments. But the classic model is capital‑intensive, illiquid, and almost always shilling‑denominated. In this episode of the Pure…
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Episode 176 - From Neural Networks at Cambridge to AI Governance in Kenya with Akili AI's Simon Bransfield-Garth
Simon Bransfield-Garth was writing his doctoral research on artificial neural networks at Cambridge in 1985 — forty years before most people had heard of AI. In this episode, he traces that journey through Myriad…
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Episode 175: Kasi Insight’s Yannick Lefang On Building Africa's Leading Indigenous Decision Intelligence Company
In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sit down with Yannick Lefang — Founder & CEO of Kasi Insight, Africa's leading decision intelligence company — for one of the most intellectually rich…
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Episode 174: Glass Houses & Glass Ceilings: Mary Njoki on Building A PR Agency & The State of PR in Africa Report
81% of African PR professionals are using AI — but are they using it right? Mary Njoki breaks it down. In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I sit down with Mary Njoki — Founder & CEO of Glass House PR —…
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Episode 173: The Bolt Kenya & Ipsos Gig Economy Report Launch Media Discussion Panel
Kenya's gig economy drives over KES 100 billion in annual economic impact and supports 150,000+ jobs. Top Bolt drivers earn up to KES 400,000 monthly, with 53% citing ride-hailing as their primary income source and 98%…
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Episode 172: Actnable AI's Dharmendra Jain & Josiah Kimanzi Make African Research Faster, Smarter, & Actionable
Dharmendra Jain (Founder & CEO) and Josiah Kimanzi (Client Service Director) reveal how Actnable AI is transforming market research across Africa—from emotional response analysis to qualitative automation. Given their…
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Episode 171: Building Kenya’s & Africa’s Technology Talent with Moringa’s CEO Nikki Germany
In this episode of Pure Digital Passion, I sit down with Nikki Germany, CEO of Moringa, to explore how a girl from rural Australia — the Land of Oz — ended up leading one of Kenya's and Africa’s most impactful…
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Episode 170: A Conversation on AI, Cyber Risk & Digital Trust in Kenya & East Africa with Smartcomply’s Founder & CEO Gbemisola Osunrinde
Recorded live at Radisson Blu Nairobi – Hours before The Secure Horizon executive breakfast and the launch of Smartcomply's "AI & the Cyber Frontier" report with TechCabal on the 26th February 2026. Kenya recorded 4.5…
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Episode 169: 30 Years In Technology, Content, & Digital Marketing | The First Tech It From Me Podcast Episode
I had a fantastic time joining Joan Anyango for the very first episode of her "Tech It From Me" podcast. We took a deep dive into what drives me from those early dial-up Internet days in 1997 to building Dotsavvy right…
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Episode 168 - Alice Ndung’u & Jacob Kyalo on the benefits of the Redington Sticker for the iPhone in Kenya
In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I sat down with Alice Ndung’u, Head of Apple Marketing at Redington Kenya, and Jacob Kyalo, Apple Certified Trainer, to unpack everything you need to know about the…
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Episode 167: A Conversation with Martin Kigondu on the Casually Human Podcast: 25+ Years of Internet Startups, Digital Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Personal Branding & AI
I was recently a guest on the Casually Human podcast with Martin Kigondu for an in-depth and candid conversation covering my 25+ year journey in technology, digital marketing, entrepreneurship, personal branding, and…
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Episode 166 - Planet Group International’s Fethi Amara On Transformational Enterprise Content Management In Africa
In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I was joined by Fethi Amara, Senior Executive at Planet Group International (PGI), for a deep and inspiring conversation on the invisible but powerful engine behind…
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Episode 165 - CarDuka's Steve Kahugu On Building A Trusted Digital Car Sales Marketplace For 3M Users in Kenya
In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sit down with Steve Kahugu, the Chief Technology Officer at CarDuka, to unpack how one of Kenya’s fastest-growing digital car marketplaces is solving the country’s…
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Episode 164 - ALN ATLAS 2025: Phyllis Migwi, David Bunei, & Shikoh Gitau On Building Africa’s Digital Legal Infrastructure
At the ALN ATLAS 2025 – Africa Law & Tech Symposium on the 12th November 2025, I had the privilege of moderating a panel discussion exploring one of the most important conversations of our time: How Africa can build a…
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Episode 163 - Fuelling The Hustle: MESH CEO Anuj Tanna On Identity, AI, & The Future of Work In Kenya & Africa
In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I sit down with Anuj Tanna, Co-Founder and CEO of MESH, for a deep dive into the platform that is fuelling Kenya's vibrant hustle economy. Anuj shares the…
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Episode 162 - Affordable eSIM Mobile Data Roaming For Kenyan & African Travellers with Mandeep Birdi & Peter Lubia
Tired of shocking data roaming bills after your travels? The eSIM revolution is here to put an end to that. In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion podcast, I sit down with Mandeep Birdi, CEO of RoamBuddy, and…
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Episode 161 - Charting Africa’s Digital Transformation with Balancing Act's CEO Russell Southwood
In this episode, I sit down with Russell Southwood, CEO of Balancing Act and author of Africa 2.0 and the Africa Interconnection Report 2025, to unpack 20+ years of telecoms, internet, data centres, AI, and policy…
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Episode 160 - PAMRO Conference 2025 Preview: Joe Otin & Maggie Ireri On Trust, Truth & The Future of African Media
In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I got an exclusive preview of the landmark 25th Annual PAMRO Media Research Conference, which returns to Nairobi after a 16-year hiatus. I was joined by two…
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Episode 159 - Unlocking Kenya's & Africa’s IoT Potential with Fahrettin Oylum of Teknopalas & Doğuş Teknoloji
In this episode of Pure Digital Passion, I speak with Fahrettin Oylum, the Co-Founder of Teknopalas and senior executive at Doğuş Teknoloji—two technology leaders from Turkey that are bringing their bold,…
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Episode 158 - Safaricom’s FY25 Annual Report Business Performance Analysis in Kiswahili [Uchambuzi wa Kina wa Utendaji wa Safaricom Kenya FY25] – A NotebookLM Audio Overview Experiment
In this episode, I take you through my latest experiment with NotebookLM, converting my recent blog post, An In-Depth Analysis of Safaricom Kenya’s FY25 Business Performance, into a Kiswahili audio overview. This…
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Episode 157 - Breaking Down Kenya’s National AI Strategy in Kiswahili [Mkakati wa Kitaifa wa AI wa Kenya] – A NotebookLM Audio Overview Experiment
In this episode, I share my first experiment using NotebookLM, Google’s AI-powered research and note-taking tool, to create a Kiswahili audio overview of my blog post, 30 Key Takeaways from Kenya’s Just Released…
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Episode 156 - Anne Muhia's Improbable Journey From CFO In The Corporate C-Suite To Becoming A Successful Business & Entrepreneurship TikToker In Kenya
On the sidelines of the Zaumu launch yesterday, I finally met Anne Muhia in person — someone I had been introduced to virtually through a mutual friend a year or two ago. Life and packed schedules meant we never got to…
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Episode 155 - Cedric Nzomo's Keynote From The Kenya Launch of Zaumu - Pan-African & Creator-First Content Marketplace
Yesterday, I attended the launch of Zaumu — a digital platform designed to reshape how content creators and brands collaborate, starting from Kenya but built for a Pan-African future. The event, hosted in Nairobi,…
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Episode 154 - Rethinking Built Environment Security In Kenya: Insights from the RIANA Group Security Executives Forum 2025 Discussion Panel
On Friday, 11th April 2025, I had the privilege of moderating a high-impact panel at the RIANA Group Security Executives Forum at the Hyatt Regency Nairobi. Themed “Integrating Security from the Ground Up”, the…
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Episode 153 - The Digital Hospitality Reset: Insights from Strathmore University's School of Tourism & Hospitality Digital Marketing & AI Roundtable
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in a compelling and deeply insightful panel at Strathmore University’s School of Tourism and Hospitality, focused on how AI and Digital Marketing are transforming Kenya’s…
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Episode 152 - How Citi, Visa, and Cellulant Are Transforming B2B Payments in Kenya With Citi Optimized Pay
Last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down at the Visa Innovation Studio in Nairobi 🇰🇪 with three exceptional leaders—Olivia Etyang’ from Visa 💳, Evans Toroitich from Citi 🏦, and Catherine Wangechi from Cellulant…
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Episode 151 - Creditinfo’s Michael Nyaga on Embedded Finance, AI, eKYC & Digital Lending As A Lifestyle In Kenya
🎙️ In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sat down with Michael Nyaga, Regional Consultant for East and Southern Africa at Creditinfo Kenya, to explore how Creditinfo is transforming the onboarding…
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Episode 150 - Creditinfo’s Rob Meakin On Digital Identity, Trust & The Future of eKYC To Fight Fraud At Scale
🎙️ In this episode of the Pure Digital Passion Podcast, I sat down with Rob Meakin, Director of Fraud & Identity at Creditinfo Group, during the official launch of Creditinfo’s new Identity | KYC | Fraud platform in…
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