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0254 - The PMIA Perspective with Fernandos Ongolly
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- Dec 12, 2025
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Summary
Today we’re talking with Fernandos Ongolly, to learn about home-grown innovations and digital startups from The Continent – in this case, Africa. Our hosts are Selma Anya, Safa A. A. Emam, and Diana Achiro, students on the MSc Digital Innovation programme. Fernandos has a PhD from UCD. He is the current “Proudly Made in Africa” Fellow in Business and Development at UCD College of Business, and the founder of – Non-EU Academics and Researchers Community in Ireland. Our audience is the class of 2025 studying the Outsourcing and Offshoring module taught by Allen Higgins. First, Fernandos, would you like to say a few words about your current role and a little about your journey? · African nations might not be the first place that investors and business associate with “technology ambition”, can you set the context? [ notes: technical infrastructure, physical infrastructure, population demographics, connectedness etc. ] · Talk about some success stories from Africa and the sectors they occur in? [ notes: in FinTech, Education, AgriTech and eCommerce ] · What are the opportunities for outsourcing to Africa? [ notes: BPO, content moderation and specialized services, much of today’s AI is/was trained by centers in Africa ] · For the startup environment, like Silicon Valley, where are the incubators, clusters, and centers of excellence? [ notes: the three big regions East, West and South – Kenya; Nigeria; South Afric a] · Can you talk about the role culture plays. No doubt there are challenges but opportunities too? [ notes: strong social ties, high-trust cultures, entrep…