1:40 Who is Taku 

3:55 When did Taku move to North America 

4:28 Taku talks about the black experience in Canada 

5:37 Identity crisis as an African international student in a predominantly white city. 

9:12 The culture shock of having black people who don’t necessarily make you feel like you belong. 

10:26 Black boys who code Pre university kids Invoking the interest in them 

12:00 Why is it important for minorities to be involved in tech 

15:00 What’s it like working at Microsoft as a software engineer  9 out of 10 experience 

17:40 Tech layoffs 

18:50 What other plans does Taku have besides tech 

23:00 Taku explains some of his tweets NYC Patriarchy 

27:00 Patriarchal society ideals being confused with human nature 

33:00 Is Taku still listening to Tuku 

34:00 If Taku could build an app what would it be about?

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3:00 how Audrey got into software development 

 5:00 what were some of the challenges getting into the role of getting in software development.

 6:00 Being reserved. Feeling inferior. 

7:50 playing sport to boost confidence 

11:18 How do you build self confidence  environment. Support. Supporting kids 

12:20 Believing in yourself 13:30 being a perfectionist  

16:00 how do you manage dealing with the outcomes when you’re a perfectionist. 

20:45 What we think of ChatGPT Concerns What she’s cases does it really solve 

23:00 what projects has Audrey worked on in tech. 

28:00 what kind of projects are you willing to take on? 

29:52 Where does Audrey get the design bug? 

32:00 Storytelling such a cool school 

32:30 Rapid fire questions 

33:00 worst programming language 

36:00 it’s tough in Zim right now. 40:00 

What is the origin story of Zim developers 

45:00 advice for anyone going through something  

49:00 Shouting out people!

1:00 how is Isheanesu doing in December 

2:00 how Isheanesu go into software development  

3:30 where did Isheanesu go to high school 

6:00 what does it take to make is as a developer in Africa. 

8:37 in a world where you could literally do anything why software

 10:15 what are you most proud of achieving all round and in the past 6 months 

12:25 what is the attitude towards Software Engineering. What’s the gap? You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to be a good programmer. 

14:49 How is the software development community in Zimbabwe  

18:00 Explain that tweet 

20:00 being a founder in Zimbabwe is a game set to extra hard 

25:00 it’s not gonna be  

27:00 what would Isheanesu do if there was no software Write make music or act  

31:00I’m really disappointed   

32:00 zimbabwean youth have few role models

New episode on the Zim tech scene with Ruvimbo Mambinge!  Ruvimbo is a dev + data scientist & friend (:  1:00Who is Ruvimbo? 2:32 How did you decide to get into data analytics and tech in general? 4:00 Being very few girls in tech 4:40 Belonging in tech as a woman 6:00 Focus on mastering a framework then learn others 8:25 when did you start learning computer science 10:00 General attitude towards computer science in Zim 11:00 People not understanding how a “simple” feature might still take time 12:00 People need the advantages of data science for a business.  You can lose money from not making data driven decisions. 15:00 Empathy for software engineers 18:00 Blogging on tech Teaching to other people 20:00 How do you get a job in software engineering 24:00 What do you do when taking a break from coding 26:00 Go to karaoke song 26:50 favorite pizza topping favorite genre of film or tv 28:47 best music on the Zimbabwean scene 29:00 What else can you reach out to Ruvimbo for? 30:56 Advice for the Zimbabwean youth

1:32 Who is George Chakama? 2:50 What was your perception getting into software engineering versus what you know now? 6:00 Why did George drop out of university and go straight into the computer science industry. 8:30 What’s the process of trying to get a job as a developer in Zimbabwe? 13:00 People diverting from what they’ve studied in university  16:30 Why George is building a community of Zim developers 24:00 Any projects you’re working on right now? 27:00 Rapid fire questions 32:00 George’s message to the Zimbabwean youth Invest in IT The secret of getting ahead is to get started