Episode 233: Talent + City = Itana with Victor Ndukwe

Florence Amerley Adu — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -0400

Greetings Glocal Citizens!

Increasingly, I am thinking thoughts about places of being that better reflect citizen-centered social, economic and built enviroments. In recent conversation with Paul Damalie and following the works of another fellow GC, Chinedu Echeruo (which happens to be how I came across this week’s guest), those thoughts are beginning to rise into a mental framework for manifesting that new world. Born and raised in Nigeria, Victor Ndukwe is an Architect that has evolved over the years straddle tech and design. He is currently a founding team member of Itana (formerly Talent City) and is positioned to change the environmental and economic landscape in Africa.

Victor developed a keen mind for technical things in his formative years and honed his creativity in architecture school. He is a T-shaped individual with strong skills in Architecture and environmental planning and secondary skills in programming - a hardcore java developer once upon a time. He has worked in architecture firms, software development firms, real estate development firms, and now city developers. He has his eyes set on developing the infrastructure in Africa by unlocking capital for development as well as solving the critical problem of energy in Africa. Victor’s optimism and committment are clear as you’ll come to understand in our conversation, and with this blueprint, his vision is looking like a present many on the Continent have been anticipating.

Where to find Victor?
Find out more about the Donacare Foundation
On LinkedIn
On X

What’s Victor listening to?
[Johann Sebastian Bach](lin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGA1v6gZj1s)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
George Frideric Handel

Other topics of interest:
Umahia or Ama Ahia in Abia State, Nigeria
About Governor Alex Otti
Discovery Channel
Charter Cities Institute
Computer Village. Ikeja Lagos
The Echelon Conspiracy Film
NIIT Nigeria
Free Trade Zones in Nigeria
What is Industry 3.0?
Special Guest: Victor Ndukwe.

Episode 142: Design Thinking Your Why with Tiambi Simms

Florence Amerley Adu — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week's guest fully embraces glocal citizenship; she has a place called "home" on three continents.

A Brooklyn native, Tiambi Simms' passion lies in building solutions that matter by diving into customer problems and solving them with modern technology. Her expertise is in creating, scaling, and optimizing products and services that are impactful. She realizes this passion as a business designer, product manager and in her role as a co-founder of social enterprise, SheFarms. As a social entrepreneur her guiding question is how are we going to feed 9.7 Billion people by 2050? This drives her work in the agri-fintech sector, bringing the power of tech to the lives of smallholder farmers, particularly for women. Tiambi's global perspective in management, marketing, business development, product management, fundraising, and entrepreneurship are at the core of her ability to cultivate strong relationships with stakeholders across their value chains, allowing her to connect and grow alongside of them.

Where to find Tiambi?
www.tiambi.com
On LinkedIn
On Instagram

What's Tiambi reading?
Will by Will Smith (Author), Mark Manson
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle

What's Tiambi listening to?
The Science of Getting Rich Podcast
Dissect Podcast

Other topics of interest:
On Water Management in the Netherlands
EIT Climate-KIC ClimateLanuchpad
Mfoum, Central Region, Ghana
On Matrilineal Societies
On Design Thinking

Special Guest: Tiambi Simms.

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