CodeCast Zambia

On this episode, we talk about the effects of Working Autonomously and Working in a Team. Our Guest Alick runs us through the different experiences he has been through since deciding to join the technology scene.

We talk personality traits, the Dunning-Kruger effect as well as whether money should be apart of a companies culture.

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On this Episode, hosts, Cynthia, Wezi, Elias & Mukuma welcome Muchu, CEO of Apptorney as we discuss approaches to Scalability in the Tech space. We give insights on Circuits approach to Scalability in the short and long term especially with Apptorney. We talk about the progress on Women in Tech activities in Zambia, electronic voting systems as well Facebook and Google's brief disruption in services on some their platforms.

We gave a slight insight into technology stacks that give you the best options when you build with Scalability in mind with Apptorney, Netflix and Microsoft as use cases. We discuss how programming languages have evolved to give us scale in the long term and what to look out for including tips on distributed platforms to help you scale without a lot of overhead especially for 1-2 man teams and/or small businesses.

The Swiss e-Voting system bug and bounty hunt program is on in the month of February and March, take your chance to win a piece of $150,000. We discuss suggestions that Block-chains distributed ledger is the answer to the security questions around e-Voting. Project Civil is one such use case using Block-chain to scale the media industry.

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On this episode, hosts Elias, Mukuma and Wezi sit down with Mvesesani Co-founder Twaambo. He shares his story tech journey, gives some tips on the entrepreneurial journey and the tools in a developer's arsenal, and the team talks about open source and bootstrapping projects into revenue generating businesses.

In the news, the team talks about Google Stadia, which was unveiled at at this year's GDC, how feasible it is as a model, and the effect it may have on the gaming industry.

Then, Apple's March event. We look in-depth at Apple Arcade, and how this approach contrasts Google's, Apple Card, and whether Apple are running out of ideas on how to make money.

And finally, MTN let's you top up using WhatsApp (only available in South Africa though), but the team asks, why would you you use this over a dedicated app, or USSD

For some other references from this episode, take a look at The Dip by Seth Godin, a handy article about making it through The Trough of Sorrow by Kyle Wong, and the first season of StartUp by Gimlet.

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On this episode, hosts Cynthia, Elias, Mukuma and Wezi sit down with HR Expert Musonda. We share our stories around interviewing for jobs, "entitlement" both from a recruiter and job seekers perspective.

In the news, the team talks about Disney+, which was unveiled in California by Disney CEO Robert Iger. With so many streaming services slowly joining the digital TV market, we ask ourselves if the bubble is about to pop.

Also in the news, Google launched the first AI lab in Africa, the Lab is located in Ghana and the goal of It is to provide the necessary tools to build products that can solve Africa’s problems in every field, particularly in health and agriculture. Cynthia highlights why it is located in Ghana especially that it isn't the most geographically central place in Africa as Mukuma highlights in this tweet.

Musonda shares the current local and global environment in the world of HR as well the challenges in integrating as a Business Partner in every organization. She shares tips on how to approach interviews and after interview etiquette.

Elias brings up video games again....

Cynthia talks about what could be her most frustrating experiences job hunting as a developer.

The team also argue the impact of Social Media on securing the bag, do potential employers need to use your twitter feed as a benchmark before considering you?

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On this episode, we reflect on the conferences, events and working lifestyle amidst concerns regarding COVID - 19. Let us know how you are coping by sending us a voice note using the link below.

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