Breakfast Connect

Passwords as a form of security date back centuries, evolving from verbal statements to written words and on to secret codes. Today it is everywhere, well known but then how secure are they?
If it isn’t how can we overcome the password conundrum-securely?
Yaron Assabi, CEO and founder of Digital Solutions Group (DSG) speaks to Nonso Mordi on Overcoming the password conundrum - securely.

On the show, Hajara Pitan shared with Nonso Mordi insights about leadership and wealth creation- key factors on how one can maximise their potential and wealth using certain tools.
Hajara is the Founder & Head Coach at The Audacity to Soar Network, a platform through which she offers leadership and wealth coaching.
Hajara is also the CEO & Head of Chandler at Owambe Candles, a candle, and scents-making company, where she has taught Candlemaking to over 50 women who have mostly gone on to start their businesses and employ other Nigerians. With Owambe Candles, Hajara pioneered the use of custom-made handblown glass picked off the streets of Lagos as vessels for candlemaking, thereby cleaning up the environment and creating beauty.

The world observed World AIDS Day but despite technological advancements, HIV and AIDS continue to claim many victims, whose conditions have been exacerbated by COVID-19. Although the world has come a long way since the sombre AIDS epidemic days of the 1980s – with HIV no longer being viewed as the death sentence it once was – it is vital that the condition is detected as soon as possible.
On the show, we look at how we can overcome these challenges, especially the geographical divide, and how we can impact the next generation across Sub-Saharan Africa.
We have Luckson Soda, Country Director, DAPP Zimbabwe to speak to us on this.

To the average person, the actions of Elon Musk can sometimes seem strange and unpredictable.
Given the impact he is capable of having on the world, Our guest, Fred Razak, Chief Trading Strategist at CMTrading, shares insight into how we can understand this seemingly erratic billionaire.

Climate change is impacting communities in every country, across every continent. Rising sea levels. Extreme weather events. Disrupted economies. Food and water insecurity. Resource scarcity. Conflict.
Yet global efforts to combat climate change and achieve sustainable development are falling short.
One of such challenge in Africa is climate finance but that will soon change as Rwanda is playing a key role in Implementing climate finance with the recently launched sustainable financial roadmap.
On the show, we have Antonny Mukulu Nshimye, the Chief Legal Officer / Company Secretary of Rwanda Finance Limited to speak to us about this initiative.
He is responsible for legal advisory, regulation, and compliance.

Women in tech startups in South Africa make up less than 25% of the workforce but those that do thrive, stand out.
Amanda Fischer is a partner and head of legal and compliance at Skrmiish, ensuring all the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed but also, helping to pioneer a unique company that is operating on the threshold of global tech.
On the show, She, alongside Chris Heaton, the Founder and Managing Director of Skrmiish- the world's first app that gives any gamer the opportunity to monetize their matches in the games they love to play, share with Nonso Mordi, the journey so far and how Tech startups can navigate in the legal world.

55% of African GDP and 41% of African employment is in services – but the service SMME sector in Africa is often overlooked by investors, and under-served by technology and finance, despite its massive economic importance.
 On the show, Nonso Mordi and Arjun Khoosal, Co-founder of Kandua look at the service SMMEs, the opportunities available in the sector, and what needs to be done to encourage its growth.

On the show, we journey to Uganda, where there is this wonderful initiative known as project shelter wakadogo.
Project Shelter Wakadogo is a school in northern Uganda, which was founded in the wake of war and now educates over 450 children with one of the highest student retention rates in the country. Recently it was named the winner of the inaugural World’s Best School Prize for Overcoming Adversity.
And the head of the school Mr. Charles Odong speaks to Nonso Mordi about this project

After successfully launching a business, your next step is usually expansion. This growth is necessary for your business to survive, but with it comes new challenges, and common pitfalls that virtually every entrepreneur faces when upsizing their business.
On the show, Nonso Moremi speaks to Rikus Scheepers, Managing Director of Accisure on the challenges of growing small businesses and how you can recognize and overcome them.

On the show, We journey to South Africa, talking specifically about sustainable aviation fuel otherwise called SAFs.
The local production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) would bring major economic and social, as well as environmental benefits to the country because SAF is low-carbon, alternative fuels which are typically made from bio-based feedstocks such as energy crops, wastes, and residues. They can also be produced from fossil waste such as carbon monoxide-rich industrial waste gas.
So why should South Africa invest in local sustainable aviation fuel products?
Nonso Mordi speaks to Farai Chireshe, an Energy Analyst and Project Officer at WWF South Africa.