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Trailer for our first episode with Brian Munyao Longwe is up, will air within the next fortnight. youtu.be/G2Yjc87KfSI Interview by Josiah Mugambi @tommakau

Stories are inherently human. They are how we learn from the past. How we learn about other members of societies, other cultures other experiences that we may not be able to experience ourselves.

In Africa, our stories were passed down through oral tradition. A critical, but fairly ephemeral way of communicating culture and history as the stories were a plague / war away from being wiped out

We live in the modern age, we have the written word, audio recording, video recording, there are limitless ways to tell our stories.

Given this, we felt that it was unfortunate that one of the key pillars of the Kenyan society and economy was unspoken.

The story of how we got to now. How we moved from one monolithic organisations handling most of the communication in Kenya to this modern era where we have multiple ISPs, television stations and endless content.

It would be unfortunate if given all this technology we didn’t tell the story of Kenya, this history of us. How we evolved and how we are shaping Africa and the world.

This is the motivation behind the iO Kenya Podcast. It’s taken some time to put together, getting the right hosts in Josiah Mugambi @tommakau and Nduku Kiteng'e but the labour is worth it.

Our ecosystem punches above it’s weight in Africa. We may not realise it now, but we are living in historic times in Kenya tech.

Few guest could better capture this than Brian Munyao Longwe. A highly talented, dedicated and resilient professional who embodies everything good about the ecosystem in Kenya. Humble, knowledgeable, competent and dedicated to a better future for Africa

We learnt a lot interviewing him and we are looking forward to sharing his story with you in the coming weeks.

We have also interviewed Moses Kemibaro and Ivar The Boneless. We have more guests planned for the next few weeks. It took a village to build this ecosystem and we are telling the story of the village

Thanks to Dan Aceda Doris Onyango and the entire SemaBOX Africa crew. They are consummate professionals who are able to convert a random thought into a fully executed podcast.

When an early-career candidate showed potential in complex problem-solving but lacked certain skills, June Odongo wanted to give her a chance. The Senga CEO created a 6-month “bridging course” for the applicant with MIT OpenCourseWare's free computer science classes. bit.ly/3Sxa98L

We are so proud of our software team! Thanks for putting a spotlight on our efforts, MIT Open Learning!

Death and loss are so weird, like one moment you're with someone and the next you have to adjust to referring to them in the past tense...

Anyway, rest in peace, MM, until we meet again.