Best WeMove Podcasts (2024)

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Our Nervous System is rooted in the Earth - Episode 127 - Kate Kavanaugh 1:46:43

2M ago1:46:43

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Hey there are welcome to the wemove podcast. This week we continue Chris’s conversations into the Nervous System. In conversations one and two of this series, the focus has been with experts in nervous system regulation in Irene Lyons and Dominik Koch. Both of whom Chris has worked with and learned from in his own explorations and practices in NS r…

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Reconnecting the body to its Movement - Episode 126 - Dominik Koch 1:45:37

6M ago1:45:37

1:45:37

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast . The next episode in our exploration of the nervous system, this week Chris talks Dom Koch, one of the practitioners we have worked with for many years, about how the nervous system is the governing body for our movements, but when it feels unsafe or from past experiences, it might reduce the number of o…

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Nervous System Healing - Episode 125 - Irene Lyon 1:48:12

6M ago1:48:12

1:48:12

The weMove podcast is getting in to the Nervous System, what it is, what it does for us and how we can relearn how we communicate with it to take us from a place of fight, flight, freeze, fawn to a more regulated alert and healthy state giving us back the power to experience life and movement. We have heard the phrase Nervous System many times and …

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Cofundie: Crowdfunding affordable homes built with alternative materials 35:24

1+ y ago35:24

35:24

In this episode meet Chukwuemeka Ndukwe, co-founder of Cofundie, a real estate platform operating in Ghana and Nigeria. When we interviewed Emeka back in 2019 they were just about to fund their first project and deliver their proof of concept for crowdfunding real estate projects implemented with alternative materials such as rammed earth. In the i…

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Eat.Drink.Lagos: From Food Blog, to Festival to Event Tech Company with Nosa and Folayemi 31:42

1+ y ago31:42

31:42

In this episode, meet Nosa Oyegun and Folayemi Agusto, the Co- Founders of EatDrinkLagos, a food website that allows residents and visitors in Lagos to find places to eat and drink, and find information about Nigerian food, including restaurant reviews and articles. Eat Drink Lagos also organizes food festivals in Lagos and Abuja that promote culin…

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The Dairy Farmer - Episode 124 - Sophie Gregory 50:05

1+ y ago50:05

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Hi there and welcome to the weMove podcast. This episode revisits our farming series ran a few months ago as since then Chris has been documenting in film the farmers and the relationships the farmers have with the land and most importantly the animals on the land. This podcast directly accompanies Chris’s film The Dairy Farmer, hearing how Sophie …

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Cycling with Emotional Durability - Episode 123 - Universal Colours 1:29:54

2y ago1:29:54

1:29:54

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WeMove Technologies: Building Technology for Transportation in Nigeria with Chima Ezeokoye 31:08

2y ago31:08

31:08

In this episode, meet Chima Ezeokoye, co-founder at WeMove Technologies, a Tech Startup Building Solutions for Mobility and Transportation in Nigeria, including the possibility to hire agricultural equipment, cars, busses, trucks etc. In the interview Chima shares... What his personal learning journey was from his first beginnings in business to be…

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IndiLang: Creating an indiginous content platform for children with Zamaswazi Mfusi 45:50

2y ago45:50

45:50

In this episode meet Zamaswazi Mfusi the founder of IndiLang, a platform for delivering indigenous content tailored to African children. In the interview we did with Zamaswazi Mfusi, she shares: what inspired her to create content for children on the African continent what challenges she faced in launching her project and what her advice to young S…

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Bjorn Wiedow - Teaching Youth Coding, Design & Digital Fabrication with ROBOT School Namibia 31:40

2y ago31:40

31:40

In this episode, meet Bjorn Wiedow, the co-founder of ROBOT School Namibia. So at the ROBOT school Namibia the from about eight year olds are being taught the the curriculum from university in software, coding, design, robotics and digital fabrication. In the interview Bjorn shares: - How the Robotschool business model works and how they came up wi…

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RAD Global, it's a vibe - Episode 122 - RAD Global 54:03

2y ago54:03

54:03

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. It has been a while. This week's episode is with Ben Massey, the founder, and creator of RAD Global, the new upcoming brand in the fitness and training space. A hybrid of CrossFit, streetwear, and action sports. An interesting mix of worlds but authenticated by Ben’s history in the elite training and Cro…

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Sizwe Cele: Building things and solving problems around transportation and internet access in South Africa with Khomba and Socly 36:48

2y ago36:48

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In this episode, meet Sizwe Cele, the co-founder of Khomba, a startup tackling the optimization of transportation with mini busses in South Africa. More than anything Sizwe seems to love to build products and solutions for all sorts of problems he comes across. In his early twenties, he built a product to lend out heavy machinery that sits idle. He…

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UPCYCLING IN SENEGAL: How Selly Wane transforms trash into furniture with SWANE-Design 33:12

2y ago33:12

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In this episode, meet Selly Wane, the founder of SWANE-Design, an upcycling business transforming trash into furniture and creating an ecological and social impact in the process. As a child Selly had always been fascinated by people who were transforming trash into something useful. And being interested in sustainability but also design, it comes …

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Kaveto Tjatjara: Bringing Ecological Sanitation to Namibia with Worldview Technology 28:05

2y ago28:05

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In this episode, meet Kaveto Tjatjara, the Founder of Worldview Technology. With 54% of Namibians living without access to adequate sanitation, Worldview Technology is on a mission to provide sanitation for all, especially for the urban poor population by use of ecological, sustainable sanitation solutions. In the interview Kaveto shares; 1. His ex…

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Changing Urban Mobility in Namibia with founder of LEFA Transportation Services, Melkisedek Melkies Ausiku 46:10

2y ago46:10

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In this episode, meet Melkisedek Melkies Ausiku, founder of LEFA Transportation Services, an urban mobility startup connecting passengers on the one hand with drivers on the other, to make moving around Windhoek and Namibia more convenient and safe. In the interview Melkies shares about his first experience using Uber in South Africa and how the id…

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High performance with low impact - Episode 121 - Hylo Athletics 1:03:46

2y ago1:03:46

1:03:46

Hey there and welcome to the we move podcast. We have been away for a few weeks again whilst we waited for our next two pods both of which are a bit more gear based, specifically footwear and the ideas behind the two brands. We love brands, and gear, like we love food and farming and we also love the world around us and these two worlds often times…

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How Sebastian Patel is driving financial inclusion in South Africa with the Franc Investment App 20:38

2y ago20:38

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In this interview, meet Sebastian Patel, co-founder of Franc, an investment app in South Africa with the aim of promoting financial inclusion by removing minimum investment amounts and taking the complexity out of putting your money to work for you. In the interview we speak about: How the business was born and how they financed the launch What mak…

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Cold Water is our simple connection to the outdoors - Episode 120 - Gilly McArthur 59:43

2+ y ago59:43

59:43

Hey there and welcome to the weMove Podcast. Today we are following on from Simon Jeffrey's podcast on resilience taking excuse the pun, a dive into cold water immersion and wild swimming with Gilly MacArthur, who has a long background in the outdoors being a climber and a face within the industry but she's also the co-founder of @bluemindmen and @…

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How Ervina Nina Clinton is empowering young people with Liberian Threads 33:38

2+ y ago33:38

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Meet Ervina Nina Clinton , founder of Liberian Threads Incorporated, a manufacturing company using local fabric to create products for the local market. Ervina is using the business to also activate young people, to help them discover and develop their talents and see that they can do something, that they can contribute and that they don’t have to …

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The Natural Edge - Resilience and Emotional Awareness - Episode 119 - Simon Jeffries 1:04:49

2+ y ago1:04:49

1:04:49

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast This week we are going into world of mindset and specifically resilience with a chap who’s about as as well versed in resilience as you can be as he served in the UK Special Forces for many years. Simon Jeffries has taken much of what learned during his time at the pointy end of things and combined it wit…

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Regen Agriculture Takes No Sides - Episode 118 - Josiah Meldrum 1:26:04

2+ y ago1:26:04

1:26:04

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. This week is the last of our series on food following on from Dr. Jenny Goodmans 2 episodes “Staying Alive in Toxic Times”. I have to say it was an unexpected podcast and as is often the way just an unexpectedly good conversation, full of insight from left field and an area that we hadn't necessarily tho…

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Regenuary is for Life - Episode 117 - Glen Burrows aka The Ethical Butcher 57:22

2+ y ago57:22

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Hey there and welcome to the we move podcast. So we've had a few weeks off for the start of the year coinciding with a few weeks of waiting for our guests to become available. So this week we are continuing our conversations about food and farming, all linked with the podcast titled Staying Alive in Toxic Times. and because, food is super important…

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My Virtual Planning: Online Sexual Education in the DRC with Ulrich Kouesso and Flore Yemdjie 31:46

2+ y ago31:46

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Meet Ulrich Kouesso and Flore Yemdjie, the co-founders of My Virtual Planning, a social enterprise helping youth to prevent unwanted pregnancy and infections by doing online sexual education, giving individualised advice and sharing safe practices. In the interview they share: How they came up with the idea and why they chose an online format for s…

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Nurturing Female Technology Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Creators with W.TEC founder Oreoluwa Somolu 1:01:15

2+ y ago1:01:15

1:01:15

Meet Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi the founder of Women's Technology Empowerment Center or short W.TEC a nonprofit organization based in Lagos, that aims at raising the next generation of female technology entrepreneurs, leaders and developers through technology camps, school clubs and mentoring. In the interview Oreoluwa shares How she came up with the ide…

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Pipers Farm: Farmers Doing it Differently - Episode 116 - Peter Greig 1:02:39

2+ y ago1:02:39

1:02:39

Hey there and welcome to the we move podcast. So today we are speaking to Peter Greig from Piper's farm. Peter is not only a generational farmer but also a generational retailer in the sense that the produce the farms grew, they also sold directly through their own family food retail business. Pipers farm started as something different, by Peter to…

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What is Regenerative Agriculture? - Episode 115 - Abby Rose 1:09:17

2+ y ago1:09:17

1:09:17

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. This week we explore a couple of the themes from our episodes with Dr Jenny Goodman, author of Staying Alive in Toxic Times. Why is food today not what food was when our parents and their parents were growing up? What has happened to cause this shift? It became apparent in the podcasts with Jenny that we…

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Staying Alive in Toxic Times Pt 2 - Episode 114 - Dr Jenny Goodman 1:30:00

2+ y ago1:30:00

1:30:00

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. Part 2 this week of our conversation with Dr Jenny Goodman on how to stay alive in toxic times. For those coming to this podcast at this episode, I would recommend listening to part 1 after or before this one. We are talking health, what it is, what it means to be (healthy) and how we can maintain our he…

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YouFarm: Providing funding solutions for small scale and commercial farmers with John-Paul Matenga 37:16

2+ y ago37:16

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Meet John-Paul Matenga, the founder of YouFarm. YouFarm was started with the idea of a platform that provides farmers with access to collateral free finance by getting people to invest in crops and livestock through YouFarm. And then when the produce goes to market the farmers, the investors and YouFarm share in the profits. In the interview JP sha…

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Staying Alive In Toxic Times Pt 1 - Episode 113 - Dr. Jenny Goodman 1:25:36

2+ y ago1:25:36

1:25:36

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. Start of a new series with this podcast. Inspired by our guests book, which when I picked up felt like the eloquent and authoritative documentation of methods, approaches, tips and tricks that I have been learning since 2014 when I realised my own health journey was not perhaps the most enjoyable one. An…

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Donate-ng: How Aheeb Afeez helps connect charities and projects with donors 29:26

2+ y ago29:26

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Meet Aheeb Afeez, co-founder of crowdfunding website donate-ng, a portal that connects charities and projects needing funds to people wanting to donate. Afeez got into the project because a childhood friend contacted him and asked him to vet and manage the first fundraiser that was to go live on the site, which was for a little girl battling cancer…

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Equip - Thrudark, Episode 112 37:43

2+ y ago37:43

37:43

Hey there and welcome to the wemove podcast. So, we're now back and looking forward to bringing you the next sort of series of podcasts, we've got two gear ones lined up with a couple of brands that we really fond off for doing very, very different things. And then back to our usual journeying amongst ideas of movement health, well being. So today,…

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Equip - Blue Elvin, Episode 111 59:10

2+ y ago59:10

59:10

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. Another gear one this week where I talking to two founders Lamorna and Tamara of Blue Elvin on a mission to transform a woman's ability to train. Blue Elvin which makes very specific products for power is engineered for women who do functional training, and uses pioneering impact technology to protect th…

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Jini: How Hammi Boukhari and Lamana Elkanti launched a Ride Hailing App in Ad-Dakhla 14:26

2+ y ago14:26

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Meet Hammi Boukhari , the founder of Jini Ride Hailing App and Lamana Elkanti, his business partner. Hammi saw the need for a local ride sharing service for Ad-Dakhla, when he witnessed his mom having challenges to catch an early morning flight from the airport as neither taxis nor busses were driving that early. And so he set out to research solut…

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DreamGirls Academy: Connecting Girls in South Africa to Economic Opportunities with Ezlyn Barends 41:14

3y ago41:14

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Meet Ezlyn Olivia Barends, the co-founder of DreamGirls Academy an organisation in South Africa, dedicated to shifting girls and young women from a space where they are economically dependent to connecting them to economic opportunity, through mentoring and education. In the interview Ezelyn speaks about: How a quarter life crisis led her to explor…

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Kepya: How Marcio Castro and Arão Guerreiro help Angolan Farmers with Reliable Offtake and Logistics 52:00

3y ago52:00

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Meet Marcio Castro and Arão Guerreiro co-founders of Kepya , an online market place that connects farmer directly with offtakers and freight companies and helps them to get higher prices for their produce and farm with increased predictability. In the interview Marcio and Arão share How they came up with the idea for the venture How they tested the…

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How her Daughter Inspired Zodidi Gaseb to start Holistic Skin and Hair Care Company African Naturals 20:06

3y ago20:06

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Meet Zodidi Gaseb, the founder of African Naturals a Namibian company producing skin and hair care products, made from plant based, organic ingredients. In the interview Zodidi shares: How her daughter led her to start the company when Zodidi realised that to teach self-acceptance she had to live it for herself She shares how she launched the busin…

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Snapslip: Digitizing Receipts to Save Paper and Provide Consumer Insights with Lynton Naicker 29:28

3y ago29:28

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Meet Lynton Naicker, the co-founder of Snapslip a digital receipting and analytics platform that allows for endusers to receive digital receipts on their purchases and for stores to save money on receipt printing while also giving them detailed consumer insights and analytics. In the interview Lynton shares: How him and his co-founder managed to pi…

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BezoMoney: Digitizing Traditional Savings Groups & Driving Financial Inclusion with Mubarak Sumaila 25:26

3y ago25:26

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Meet Mubarak Sumaila, co-founder of BezoMoney, a business in Ghana that is Digitizing Traditional Savings Groups, helping group members to build a favourable credit history and getting access to formal financial products and services. They also run a financial literacy platform that provides practical information on how to grow and manage your fina…

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The Nut Place: Bringing Healthy Affordable Special Diet Food Options to Nigeria with Chigozie Bashua 37:17

3y ago37:17

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Meet Chigozie Bashua, the founder of The Nut Place, a nut processing company in Nigeria that processes edible nuts into gluten free products for middle and low income earners and helps people that are on a special diet to have access to healthy and affordable food options. In the interview Chigozie shares about: How she came across the idea while g…

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How Macoumba Diagne Cleans up Senegal & Transforms Waste into Wealth with Proplast Industrie 24:50

3y ago24:50

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Meet Macoumba Diagne the co-founder and CEO of Proplast Industrie, a company that helps collect and recycle plastic to then help create new products from this recycled plastic for the local market. In the interview Macoumba shares: How he transformed himself from a manager in the corporate world to a social entrepreneur and the head of a waste mana…

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LiFi-Led: Bringing Light and Internet to rural regions in Côte d’Ivoire with Cédric Doffou 21:18

3y ago21:18

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Meet Cédric Doffou the co-founder of LiFi-Led an Ivorian company bringing light and internet to rural areas in Côte d’Ivoire. In the interview Cédric shares How their products and solutions tackle two challenges of the rural areas at the same time How an experience of his co-founder and mentor Ange Frederick Balma led them to start work on LiFi-Led…

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Saving Water and De-Risking Agriculture Using Soilless Farming with Mevis Aiyeju 39:52

3y ago39:52

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Meet Mevis Aiyeju, the co-founder of M.E. Solutions, a company modifying and experimenting with technology to solve problems in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector, with their farming solutions ranging from a reengineered soilless farming technology adequate for the often low power supply in the Nigerian context, to low energy consuming irrigation sys…

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How Heinrich Hafeni connects Tourists with Local Communities in Townships 45:18

3y ago45:18

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Meet Heinrich Hafeni, the founder of Hafeni Tourism Namibia a business focusing on Cultural township tourism Or as Heinrich puts it taking tourists to townships and introducing them to the real Namibia. Heinrich grew up in a township himself and then worked his way up from dish washer to waiter to cook and finally overland tour guide in 14 African …

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How Chérif Tall started The Hub Dakar and House of Jouvence 42:26

3y ago42:26

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Meet Chérif Tall, the founder of production company House of Jouvence and The Hub Dakar an Art & Culture Club, Café, Lounge and Gallery in the heart of Senegal's capital. In the interview Chérif shares about 👉🏾 How his journey led him from a childhood dream to build a school for the arts to founding The Hub Dakar 👉🏾 How his mentors influenced him t…

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Equip - Ryan Willms, Run and Recover, Episode 110 45:58

3y ago45:58

45:58

Hey there and welcome to the weMove Gear podcast where I talk to brands who have caught our eye by doing something we find interesting or would wear and use. These are not gear reviews per se, rather conversations about the journey from the start to the present and onwards. Inspired by my interest in the people behind the brand, because it is their…

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Creating Wood for Floors and Walls from Palm Waste with Mohammed Harakate from Alternative Solutions 40:30

3y ago40:30

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Meet Mohammed Harakate, the co-founder of Alternative Solutions, a startup in Morocco that transforms palm fronds, a renewable source and byproduct of the date cultivation, into wood. In the interview Mohammed shares: How reverse engineering helped them to build their own machine to convert palm fronds into wood blocks How in depth research helped …

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How Onyeka Akumah started the Crowdfarming Platform Farmcrowdy & Impact Funding Platform Crowdyvest 36:48

3y ago36:48

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In this episode meet Onyeka Akumah, a serial-entrepreneur and the co-founder of Farmcrowdy and Crowdyvest. Farmcrowdy is a digital agriculture platform in Nigeria that connects small-scale farmers with investors for the purpose of boosting food production, while Crowdyvest became a platform where members get access to impact-driven investment oppor…

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Kitchen Table Convo Series - Youth - Episode 109 1:12:09

3y ago1:12:09

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Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast We have been having many conversations with people as we work out the route forward for the podcast and weMove as a whole. Most we haven’t recorded, but these four seemed right record and put out. In a way they are the types of conversation we have when we are on our travels, following a curiosity but wit…

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Kitchen Table Convo Series - Paul Jones - Episode 108 1:22:45

3y ago1:22:45

1:22:45

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast We have been having many conversations with people as we work out the route forward for the podcast and weMove as a whole. Most we haven’t recorded, but these four seemed right record and put out. In a way they are the types of conversation we have when we are on our travels, following a curiosity but wit…

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