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Konnichiwa! On this episode I sit down with Peter Ochino, natural bodybuilder, trainer and the man behind Omena 6000. At 43 he competed against men half his age and men on steroids, while being summoned to a police station two weeks out from the show. Our longest episode yet, and it earns every minute. Thank you Collins for setting this one up. We talk about: - Losing 27 kilos in three months without losing muscle - Waking at 3:30am, fasted cardio and six measured meals a day - Why he quit weed completely and pulled out of a show in South Africa over it - Eating Nile perch instead of chicken because chicken breast costs too much - Three months without sex, out of discipline - Getting summoned over a gym feud and carrying his meal prep into the police station - Winning middleweight, getting the medal, and having it reversed five minutes later - Losing his father at five and being raised by his grandmother on uji kavu - Herding forty cows for fifty bob a day and still topping his class - Meeting his mother again at fourteen and being told not to call her mom - Coming home to find the family had moved out without telling him - Loading sacks at a coffee plant for 125 shillings and walking twenty kilometres home - Stealing road slabs at night to build a squat rack in the village - Fetching water past crocodiles with a donkey - Watching the friends who chose robbery get shot one by one - How Omena 6000 was invented in Mumias, and the three formulas he now makes - Trainer ethics, consent, and what really goes on between trainers and clients Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: MPESA 0707 69 69 69 Pay Bill 542 542 Account Number 069 420 Find Peter Ochino: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterochino/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pitaochino.ochino/ Coaching: https://form.jotform.com/243631820592052 Equipment supplied by Cameras Africa: Website: https://www.camerasafrica.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camerasafrica_ Find our host Sajid Vayani: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Disclaimer: The content of The Coffee Pump Podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coffee Pump Podcast, its affiliates, or any associated entities. Nothing discussed in this podcast should be construed as professional advice in any field, including but not limited to legal, financial, medical, or business matters. Any statements made about businesses, products, or individuals are based on personal experiences and opinions and are not meant to be taken as fact or a definitive review. The Coffee Pump Podcast does not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of using the information discussed. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions, conduct their own research, and seek professional guidance where appropriate. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that The Coffee Pump Podcast is not responsible for any actions or decisions made based on the content provided.

Konnichiwa Fam, On this episode I sit down with Andrew Owens of NAPAfrica and Teraco, recorded on site at AfPIF in Kigali. Andrew joined Teraco as employee number five in 2008 and helped build NAPAfrica into the largest internet exchange on the continent. We are part of sister companies and have run into each other for years without ever properly sitting down, so this was a long time coming. He is also one of the few people in this industry who will tell you the metric everyone is chasing is the wrong one. We talk about: - Getting his first PC out of his dad's pharmacy and building machines from the spare parts - His first IT job running the software behind 98% of South Africa's fruit exports - Building wireless networks on farms and in cold storage facilities - Joining the first official VoIP provider in South Africa under the Telkom monopoly - Why the network engineer always ended up running the data center, and why he hated it - Getting locked inside the office at 4am during a Cape Town blackout - Turning down the Teraco job because he never wanted to touch a data center again - How his old company going bust two weeks later changed his mind - The basement paper store that became Teraco's first data center - Three customers in year one and being told they would be dead in two years - The court case that opened the market to 400 networks overnight - Why NAPAfrica made peering completely free, and why free is the hardest thing to sell - How MWeb cutting their transit and peering in London changed everything - Going from 300 megabit in year one to 7.5 terabits today - Why he thinks throughput is the wrong thing to measure - Building an internet exchange for $1,000, and why the community is the hard part - The truth about CDNs changing their peering policies - Why NAPAfrica will not expand into Kenya or Nigeria - What AI actually changes about peering - Cars, consoles his kids confiscated, and why South African gaming has not taken off Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: MPESA 0707 69 69 69 Pay Bill 542 542 Account Number 069 420 Find Andrew Owens: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-owens-16765572/ Recorded in collaboration with AfPIF and the African IXP Association: AfPIF: https://www.afpif.org AF-IX: https://www.af-ix.org Equipment supplied by Cameras Africa: Website: https://www.camerasafrica.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camerasafrica_ Find Sajid & Coffee Pump: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Disclaimer: The content of The Coffee Pump Podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coffee Pump Podcast, its affiliates, or any associated entities. Nothing discussed in this podcast should be construed as professional advice in any field, including but not limited to legal, financial, medical, or business matters. Any statements made about businesses, products, or individuals are based on personal experiences and opinions and are not meant to be taken as fact or a definitive review. The Coffee Pump Podcast does not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of using the information discussed. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions, conduct their own research, and seek professional guidance where appropriate. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that The Coffee Pump Podcast is not responsible for any actions or decisions made based on the content provided.

Konnichiwa Fam, On this episode I sit down with Malcolm "MJO" Okubo. At 25 he co-owns some of Nairobi's biggest nightlife spots, works in fintech at Honeycoin, and runs the MJO Living ​⁠ on YouTube. Before any of that he was trading forex at 20, wrapping cars, importing routers through COVID and selling shawarma at a car wash. I enjoyed this one a lot. He is sharp, he is honest about the parts that did not work, and the discipline on this guy at his age is something else. We talk about: - Whether opening a nightclub in Nairobi is actually profitable - Why so many clubs are dead within three or four months - How location decides whether a club lives or dies - Why that side of Westlands is coming back to life - How brand activations and sponsors really work behind the scenes - Why strong weekday sales are the real test of a business - Theft in the nightlife industry and how managers handle it - The fake alcohol scare and going branch to branch scanning every bottle - Counterfeit everything: laptops, car parts, medicine, phone cases - How to tell a bottle is fake (alcohol should never freeze) - The 4am gym routine and 10,000 steps before 7am - Where that discipline actually came from - Getting bashed online over a watch, and going watch shopping with the guy instead - Dubai, a 2,500 dirham tequila bottle and the level of money being spent there - Forex, EM Capital at 20, car wrapping and the shawarma machine - Joining Honeycoin and moving money across 29 African markets - Why he started MJO Living and what he wants it to do for young Kenyans - Politics, his food chain theory of life and the number that would make him content Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: MPESA 0707 69 69 69 Pay Bill 542 542 Account Number 069 420 Find Malcolm Okubo: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolm-okubo-4a154a240/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malcolm_okubo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MJOLiving ​⁠ Sponsored By Fastbird Reach out to them on WhatsApp: +254 727158793 Fastbird Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fastbirdkenya Fastbird Website: https://companyreg.co.ke/ Equipment supplied by Cameras Africa: Website: https://www.camerasafrica.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camerasafrica_ Find our host Sajid Vayani: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Coffee Pump Spotify, Apple and Socials: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Disclaimer: The content of The Coffee Pump Podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coffee Pump Podcast, its affiliates, or any associated entities. Nothing discussed in this podcast should be construed as professional advice in any field, including but not limited to legal, financial, medical, or business matters. Any statements made about businesses, products, or individuals are based on personal experiences and opinions and are not meant to be taken as fact or a definitive review. The Coffee Pump Podcast does not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of using the information discussed. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions, conduct their own research, and seek professional guidance where appropriate. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that The Coffee Pump Podcast is not responsible for any actions or decisions made based on the content provided.

Konnichiwa, Ben is one of the first people I met in this industry and has been a friend ever since. He got an E in computer studies and barely got into university. He now leads Meta's edge strategy for Africa, the infrastructure that decides how fast WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook load on this continent, and he is the reason Meta landed in Mombasa before Nairobi. This is his first ever podcast! We talk about: - Serial cables, Quake, and building a network just to game - An E in computer studies and why it never mattered - Finding his first real job - The night out in Nairobi that ended with Ben dropping me home - Made redundant at 34, and the imposter syndrome after - The hardest thing he ever did as a manager - Seven interviews in one day at Menlo Park - What happens inside Meta before they enter a market - How a subsea cable gets built, and what happens when an anchor cuts one - Why Meta picked Mombasa over Nairobi - Whether there is a minimum size before Meta will peer with you - 3.6 billion people using a Meta product every day - Kinshasa, and why it feels like Lagos did eight years ago - Whether AI is a bubble, and why your RAM costs what it does - The weight loss journey - The flowery shirts Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: MPESA: 0707 69 69 69 Pay Bill: 542 542 Account Number: 069 420 Find Ben Ryall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryall Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shirtswithflowers/ Sponsored By Fastbird Reach out to them on WhatsApp: +254 727158793 Fastbird Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fastbirdkenya Fastbird Website: https://companyreg.co.ke/ Equipment supplied by Cameras Africa: Website: https://www.camerasafrica.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camerasafrica_ Find our host Sajid Vayani and Coffee Pump: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Disclaimer: The content of The Coffee Pump Podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coffee Pump Podcast, its affiliates, or any associated entities. Nothing discussed in this podcast should be construed as professional advice in any field, including but not limited to legal, financial, medical, or business matters. Any statements made about businesses, products, or individuals are based on personal experiences and opinions and are not meant to be taken as fact or a definitive review. The Coffee Pump Podcast does not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of using the information discussed. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions, conduct their own research, and seek professional guidance where appropriate. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that The Coffee Pump Podcast is not responsible for any actions or decisions made based on the content provided.

Konnichiwa, Nurani Nimpuno has been shaping the internet for 25 years and most people have never heard of her. Born in Sweden to Dutch Indonesian parents, she got into tech because she liked computer games, handed out IP addresses at RIPE NCC before she knew what Unix was, spent years at APNIC and Netnod, chaired Euro-IX, sat on the team that moved internet governance out of US government hands, and then helped build the exchange point in Mombasa and Nairobi. She now runs strategy for LINX - London Internet Exchange. This episode was recorded at the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (https://www.afpif.org) in collaboration with the African IXP Association (https://www.af-ix.org). We talk about: – Scuba diving with reef sharks, and why an hour underwater leaves you exhausted – Going back to school for an Executive MBA – What she learned at Yale University – Growing up in Sweden – The mango she ate in Mombasa at 11 that made her want to come back – Leaving a comfortable job to start an internet exchange company from scratch – What it really took to get the Mombasa exchange off the ground – Why 300 small ISPs in Kenya have never heard of peering – Why most of Africa's internet traffic still leaves Africa – Walking into rooms of older men who assumed she knew nothing – How LINX picks its next market, and why AS numbers tell you everything – Why she understands Japan less every time she visits Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: MPESA: 0707 69 69 69 Pay Bill: 542 542 Account Number: 069 420 Find Nurani Nimpuno: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nurani-nimpuno-b140a71/ Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/nurani.nimpuno AfPIF and AF-IX: Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum: https://www.afpif.org African IXP Association: https://www.af-ix.org Equipment supplied by Cameras Africa: Website: https://www.camerasafrica.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camerasafrica_ Find our host Sajid Vayani: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Coffee Pump Spotify, Apple and Socials: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Disclaimer: The content of The Coffee Pump Podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coffee Pump Podcast, its affiliates, or any associated entities. Nothing discussed in this podcast should be construed as professional advice in any field, including but not limited to legal, financial, medical, or business matters. Any statements made about businesses, products, or individuals are based on personal experiences and opinions and are not meant to be taken as fact or a definitive review. The Coffee Pump Podcast does not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of using the information discussed. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions, conduct their own research, and seek professional guidance where appropriate. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that The Coffee Pump Podcast is not responsible for any actions or decisions made based on the content provided.

Konnichiwa, Michael Marras is a former Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer turned health and performance coach, and he runs Fit Fatherhood. The whole idea behind it is that looking after yourself is not vanity, it is responsibility. Strong in the body, disciplined in the mind, present for the people who depend on you and grounded in something bigger, so you can lead your family with courage, humility and consistency. He started out as my fitness coach, then it turned into life coaching, and somewhere along the way he became more of an elder brother to me. That is why this one is less about training and more about everything sitting underneath it. This episode went nowhere near where I planned. I had a whole list of fitness questions lined up, peptides, steroids, all of it, and I binned the lot after a call we had the week before where Coach Mike said something that stopped me cold. We talk about: - The line that started it: when God wants an impossible task done, he takes an impossible man and crushes him - Italian parents in Windsor, Ontario, Sopranos meets Everybody Loves Raymond - Why Batman and not Superman, and how that led him into the Mounties - Ten years in law enforcement, meeting his wife there, and why leaving was not a mistake - What changed the day his first son was born - Why he kept the job while he built the exit - The mentor who told him to stop being Robin - Rusty the mechanical rabbit, and the dog that catches it - Human formation, not body transformation - Tie me to the mast, and building systems while you are still thinking clearly - Training on your worst day instead of your ideal one - Ten years in, and why security becomes a cage - Alcohol, escapism and turn up culture in Kenya - The three most dangerous words a man can say - Faith, surrender, and optimising the body while neglecting the soul - Why he wants you to be someone's Matt Damon Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: - MPESA: 0707 69 69 69 - Pay Bill: 542 542 Account Number: 069 420 Find Coach Michael Marras: - Website: https://www.thefitfatherhood.ca - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael.marras/ - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/michael_marras - Email: [email protected] Equipment supplied by Cameras Africa: - Website: https://www.camerasafrica.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camerasafrica_ Find our host Sajid Vayani: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Coffee Pump Spotify, Apple and Socials: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani

Konnichiwa, This one comes to you from Kigali, recorded at AfPIF in August with Robert Nkeramugaba, or Bob, as everyone calls him. Bob is a system architect at Broadband Systems Corporation and has been there ten years. Outside the day job he produces music, paints, and writes poetry. We first met in Kigali back in 2021 at a point where we were both going through it, and this is the first time we have sat down on camera. We talk about: - How we met in Kigali in 2021 and why men don't have enough of these conversations - Why Bob's dad named him after Robert Mugabe, and why it only appears on his baptism card - Kigali nightlife, the new arena, and Kenyans flying in for the basketball - Producing an EP for a spoken word artist and building sound from African instruments - Painting, curation, and where to find art in Kigali - Born in Burundi, moved to Rwanda at ten, and the architecture degree he never got to do - Cyber cafes in 1999 and what it took to hand in a single university assignment - Using AI to sharpen his thinking rather than to produce, and the message that gave itself away - His first job at Rwandatel, now Liquid, and being thrown in the water on day three - Five years on a World Bank broadband project and what an IRU locks you into for a decade - Rwanda's internet arriving through Nairobi and Uganda before Tanzania opened a second route - Starlink, dark fibre, local CDNs, and the Rwanda and Oman tier three AI data centre - Gun to his head, tech or music, and why the answer was music Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: - MPESA: 0707 69 69 69 - Pay Bill: 542 542 Account Number: 069 420 Find Robert Nkeramugaba: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-nkeramugaba-2b589528 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobmugaba - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bob-mugaba Recorded in partnership with AfPIF and AF-IX: - https://www.afpif.org - https://www.af-ix.org Equipment supplied by Cameras Africa: - Website: https://www.camerasafrica.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camerasafrica_ Find our host Sajid Vayani: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Coffee Pump Spotify, Apple and Socials: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Disclaimer: The content of The Coffee Pump Podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coffee Pump Podcast, its affiliates, or any associated entities. Nothing discussed in this podcast should be construed as professional advice in any field, including but not limited to legal, financial, medical, or business matters. Any statements made about businesses, products, or individuals are based on personal experiences and opinions and are not meant to be taken as fact or a definitive review. The Coffee Pump Podcast does not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of using the information discussed. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions, conduct their own research, and seek professional guidance where appropriate. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that The Coffee Pump Podcast is not responsible for any actions or decisions made based on the content provided.

Hello beautiful people! Welcome to the caffeinated debrief where we catch up on the weekly news that caught our eye. From stocks to invest in to news around pop culture, we talk about everything trending that week. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/live/OWqQwnQMFtI?si=pkPddgWsiHDkXVw- Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Live Sponsored By Fastbird Reach out to them on WhatsApp: +254 727158793 Fastbird Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fastbirdkenya Fastbird Website: https://companyreg.co.ke/ And yes, our coffee beans and tea are officially live for you to order: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Find our host Sajid Vayani: - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Find Fazzar: - https://www.instagram.com/fazzywazzy7/ Find Collins: - https://www.instagram.com/cmmulinge/ Coffee Pump Discord channel: https://discord.gg/sdQmwJXUK6

Hello beautiful people! Welcome to the caffeinated debrief where we catch up on the weekly news that caught our eye. From stocks to invest in to news around pop culture, we talk about everything trending that week. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/live/2levO3xMiEA?si=4bd1VkAoXEOGvXIp Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Live Sponsored By Fastbird Reach out to them on WhatsApp: +254 727158793 Fastbird Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fastbirdkenya Fastbird Website: https://companyreg.co.ke/ And yes, our coffee beans and tea are officially live for you to order: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Find our host Sajid Vayani: - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Find Fazzar: - https://www.instagram.com/fazzywazzy7/ Find Collins: - https://www.instagram.com/cmmulinge/ Coffee Pump Discord channel: https://discord.gg/sdQmwJXUK6

Hello beautiful people! Let’s catch up on the weekly news over a cup of coffee. From politics to gaming and everything in between. Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/live/t_gWuKN6fME?si=onMXDRBwQXRv1WER Get your tickets for the Couch Connect x Coffee Pump Live Event: https://tikko.co.ke/event/0a16ec18-fa65-440e-8004-0211164a3f3f Live Sponsored By Fastbird Reach out to them on WhatsApp: +254 727158793 Fastbird Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fastbirdkenya Fastbird Website: https://companyreg.co.ke/ And yes, our coffee beans and tea are officially live for you to order: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Find our host Sajid Vayani: - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Find Fazzar: - https://www.instagram.com/fazzywazzy7/ Find Collins: - https://www.instagram.com/cmmulinge/ 0:00 – Montage & Soundcheck 5:47 – Preps for the New Show Segment 8:40 – Watches & Saj's Life Update 17:09 – Fastbird Company Ad 19:17 – Current-Generation Video Games 34:39 – Leadership in Companies & Organizations 39:59 – President Ruto's UN Speech 45:52 – Coffee Pump x Couch Connect Live Event 47:21 – Dangote Refinery in Lamu & NSE Investments 53:54 – Working Physically vs. Remotely 57:27 – Spending Habits & Data Center Setup in Western Kenya 1:02:28 – Infrastructure, Public Transport & The Matatu Business in Kenya 1:08:46 – Privatized Life & Fastbird Company Ad 1:16:49 – Kenya Power's Trajectory & The Power Shortage Dilemma 1:22:17 – Banking Services, Payment Gateway Loopholes, Cyber Attacks & DDoS 1:30:15 – Coffee Pump Podcast Episodes to Watch Out For 1:32:00 – New Coffee Pump Studio, Saj's Travel Plans & Coffee Pump Coffee Blends 1:35:35 – New Saturday Show Segment Prep 1:36:24 – Outro

Konnichiwa Fam, Everyone I've had on this series kept saying the same name, so we closed AfPIF Kigali with Brian Munyao Longwe. Before he helped bring the internet to Kenya he was washing mitumba shirts and selling them out of a briefcase in Nairobi offices, and he got his first tech job by knocking on every door from ABC Place to town until someone said yes. He talks openly about burnout, the shares he forgot to ask for, and getting sober eight years ago. This episode was recorded at the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (https://www.afpif.org) in collaboration with the African IXP Association (https://www.af-ix.org) - ⁠ We talk about: – A Harvard MBA dad with a gambling problem, and 27 houses by age 27 – Washing mitumba shirts and selling them to men in offices out of a briefcase – Knocking on every office door in Nairobi for a week to land a 4,000 bob job – Starting Corporate Computers and selling PCs at 250,000 with no elevator – Walking away from his first company and handing back his shares – Fixing a family's email by accident and discovering the internet – Kenya's first always-on connection, a 64k pipe and a launch at the Serena – Burnout, sleeping under the desk and what it took to break the pattern – Building ISP Kenya, the golf course merger that became Wananchi, and leaving with nothing – Eight years sober and the counsellor who told him to stop being an idiot – The email from his 9-year-old daughter that ended his life out of a suitcase – What he thinks happens to Africa's digital economy in the next five years Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: MPESA: 0707 69 69 69 Pay Bill: 542 542 Account Number: 069 420 Find Brian Munyao Longwe: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-munyao-longwe-25432/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianlongwe/ AfPIF and AF-IX: Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum: https://www.afpif.org African IXP Association: https://www.af-ix.org ⁠ Find our host Sajid Vayani: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Coffee Pump Spotify, Apple and Socials: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani

Konnichiwa, Shikoli Makatiani was Africa Online's first employee. He ran the servers that carried Kenya's first emails from under his bed in Boston, dropped out of college at 20 to go set up the internet in Abidjan, and came back to build the security monitoring that sat on KIXP watching people try to hack their way into the country. Now he's founding CTO at Akili AI putting AI agents inside Kenyan banks and hospitals. We start with the Anthropic resignation tweet and go from there. We talk about: – The Anthropic tweet, and whether the doom talk is really a play for regulation – His conspiracy theory: an AI escape, wiped savings, and digital IDs – Quantum computers, and what happens to your Bitcoin when the key breaks – Kakamega to Boston at 18, and the deodorant his brother's friend bought him – The Next computer he thought he had killed, and the Unix book that changed everything – Selling Nairobi newspaper summaries to Kenyan students in the US by modem – How that became Africa Online, and the servers under his bed calling Kenya at midnight – Dropping out at 20 to set up the internet in Abidjan, and the war that followed – Waking up at 25 to find his share options had matured – The Lagos insurance deal they won overnight while everyone else brought PowerPoints – Monitoring KIXP, and watching the hackers come for Kenya – Why AI hallucinating in your finance department should scare you – Shadow judgment, and the new hire whose emails read like a PhD – Getting AI to answer like it's on drugs, and why that gets you better ideas – The Kenyan bank that blocked AI completely, and why he says they're early – Why AI removes bias faster than humans ever will – Why driving your own car might be illegal in 25 years Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: MPESA: 0707 69 69 69 Pay Bill: 542 542 Account Number: 069 420 Find Shikoli Makatiani: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shikoli-makatiani/ - X: https://x.com/smakatiani - Akili AI: https://akili-ai.com Equipment supplied by Cameras Africa: - Website: https://www.camerasafrica.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camerasafrica_ Find our host Sajid Vayani: - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Coffee Pump Spotify, Apple and Socials: - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Disclaimer: The content of The Coffee Pump Podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coffee Pump Podcast, its affiliates, or any associated entities. Nothing discussed in this podcast should be construed as professional advice in any field, including but not limited to legal, financial, medical, or business matters. Any statements made about businesses, products, or individuals are based on personal experiences and opinions and are not meant to be taken as fact or a definitive review. The Coffee Pump Podcast does not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of using the information discussed. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions, conduct their own research, and seek professional guidance where appropriate. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that The Coffee Pump Podcast is not responsible for any actions or decisions made based on the content provided.

Konnichiwa Fam, Abdel Kader Traoré is one of the sales guys I look up to in this industry, and this is the first time I've heard his full story. He started as a telecom engineer building 2G networks in Côte d'Ivoire, designed the radio network for Algeria, built the first 10 gig backbone in France, then did an MBA so he could get closer to the people making the decisions. Now he runs Middle East and Africa for BICS, and he's honest about how thin the margins have become and where the money goes next. This episode was recorded at the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (https://www.afpif.org) in collaboration with the African IXP Association (https://www.af-ix.org). We talk about: – Growing up in Abidjan, and why Côte d'Ivoire is doing better than its neighbours – Building 2G networks before data was even the point – Five years in Algeria and Tunisia with two different weekends – Moving to France and the shock of process after doing everything by hand – Seeing the first 10 gig SFP and now selling 400 gig waves – Why he did an MBA to move from engineer to sales – Selling a data Centre for less than a Paris apartment – The Saudi meeting that got pushed two days after he'd already landed – IP transit to peering to your own submarine cable, how operators grow up – Why a Red Sea cable cut moves Africa's traffic to the west coast overnight – Only 1 or 2 percent of Africa's traffic stays in Africa – Why his wife bought him his first golf lesson Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: MPESA: 0707 69 69 69 Pay Bill: 542 542 Account Number: 069 420 Find Abdel Kader Traoré: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdel-kader-traore-5162346/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abdel2302/ AfPIF and AF-IX: Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum: https://www.afpif.org African IXP Association: https://www.af-ix.org ​⁠ Find our host Sajid Vayani: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Coffee Pump Spotify, Apple and Socials: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Disclaimer: The content of The Coffee Pump Podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coffee Pump Podcast, its affiliates, or any associated entities. Nothing discussed in this podcast should be construed as professional advice in any field, including but not limited to legal, financial, medical, or business matters. Any statements made about businesses, products, or individuals are based on personal experiences and opinions and are not meant to be taken as fact or a definitive review. The Coffee Pump Podcast does not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of using the information discussed. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions, conduct their own research, and seek professional guidance where appropriate. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that The Coffee Pump Podcast is not responsible for any actions or decisions made based on the content provided.

Konnichiwa, Recorded live at AfPIF 2026 in Kigali. Said Alli is the Executive Chairman and CEO of MoveOn Telecoms, and he got there by accident. He wanted to work in aviation, ended up at Makerere studying IT, and has spent the last two decades building networks across East Africa. Six Telecoms, Raha, Green Telecom in Tanzania, and now a business connecting people through Starlink in places fibre will never reach. We get into: – Wanting a career in aviation and how that turned into telecoms – Growing up in Uganda and what university actually taught him – Rugby, and what the game gave him that the classroom didn't – His first networking job and learning the trade from the ground up – Moving from engineering into business development – Joining Raha in Tanzania and what that market taught him – Founding Green Telecom and what nearly broke it – Running MoveOn Telecoms and building wireless infrastructure – Working with SpaceX and what satellite really changes for rural Africa – Open access fibre and why the model matters – What he's building next – His first AfPIF and why he keeps coming back Huge thanks to AfPIF and the African IXP Association for hosting us and setting up the guests. Hope you enjoy the episode. Best, Team Coffee Pump Order Our Coffee and Wallpapers: https://wa.me/c/254707696969 Our Coffee and Tea Is live! Order from our website: https://coffeepumppodcast.com/shop Join Our Membership and get access to videos early: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZKGnWZWb-S9wJdz9IGDTw/join Support The Channel: MPESA: 0707 69 69 69 Pay Bill: 542 542 Account Number: 069 420 Recorded at AfPIF 2026, Kigali, in collaboration with: Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum: https://www.afpif.org African IXP Association: https://www.af-ix.org Find Said Alli: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tchiddy/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/said-alli-93066b3b/ MoveOn Telecoms: https://www.moveontelecoms.co.ke Find our host Sajid Vayani: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Coffee Pump Spotify, Apple and Socials: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sajvayani Disclaimer: The content of The Coffee Pump Podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coffee Pump Podcast, its affiliates, or any associated entities. Nothing discussed in this podcast should be construed as professional advice in any field, including but not limited to legal, financial, medical, or business matters. Any statements made about businesses, products, or individuals are based on personal experiences and opinions and are not meant to be taken as fact or a definitive review. The Coffee Pump Podcast does not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of using the information discussed. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions, conduct their own research, and seek professional guidance where appropriate. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that The Coffee Pump Podcast is not responsible for any actions or decisions made based on the content provided.