Mich Atagana's guest appearances

Mich Atagana

African Tech Roundup

Chica Travel with Lelo

Brian Anderson

Mark Zuckerberg

Jason Njoku

Ray Youssef

Charles Murray

Paul Kent

Judith Okonkwo

Charles Ojei

Joel Macharia

Helen Anatogu

Sara Oon

Tunde Kehinde

Ido Sum

Baba Zoumanigui

Riaan Graham

OwlTail

This week’s special guest is Mich Atagana (@globemich) who’s the Head of Communications and Public Affairs at Google South Africa.Mich and I talk about her extensive travels around the globe, Google Maps’ 15th anniversary, offsetting our carbon footprint and sustainable travel. Listen to find out why she was sleeping in a Barcelona club and her love for Ethiopia. The travel conversation continues On Twitter/IG @MsLeloB / @ChicaTravelPod. Email travel@chica.co.za #ChicaTravelPod

This week’s special guest is Mich Atagana (@globemich) who’s the Head of Communications and Public Affairs at Google South Africa. Mich and I talk about her extensive travels around the globe, Google Maps’ 15th anniversary, offsetting our carbon footprint and sustainable travel. Listen to find out why she was sleeping in a Barcelona club and her love for Ethiopia. The travel conversation continues On Twitter/IG @MsLeloB / @ChicaTravelPod. Email travel@chica.co.za #ChicaTravelPod

18. Around The Globe With Mich Atagana

This super-chill conversation, taped at the fringes of Africa Tech Summit 2018, features Google South Africa’s Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Mich Atagana. Mich is an exceedingly well-travelled former-journalist who, as Editor of Memeburn and Ventureburn, previously covered emerging tech and startups on the continent.Mich was a GSMA Global Mobile Awards judge for 4 years (from 2014 to 2017), and also formerly penned a column for CNN which featured insight about leading tech companies around the world.In this chat with Andile Masuku, Mich reveals how Google is working to ensure that Africans coming online - as access to the internet improves - are equipped with relevant educational resources to help them thrive in digital terms, and are served with content that reflects their world.  Look out for some fun cameos in this episode.Editorial Disclaimer: Airbnb (https://airbnb.com) is the presenting sponsor of this podcast, which is part of an African Tech Roundup (https://africantechroundup.com) miniseries focused on inclusive travel and tourism— recorded at the Africa Travel Summit 2018. African Tech Roundup retains full editorial control over all published content. Opinions expressed by the host, Andile Masuku, and his guest/s do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the presenting sponsor, Airbnb.

This super-chill conversation, taped at the fringes of Africa Tech Summit 2018, features Google South Africa’s Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Mich Atagana. Mich is an exceedingly well-travelled former-journalist who, as Editor of Memeburn and Ventureburn, previously covered emerging tech and startups on the continent. Mich was a GSMA Global Mobile Awards judge for 4 years (from 2014 to 2017), and also formerly penned a column for CNN which featured insight about leading tech companies around the world. In this chat with Andile Masuku, Mich reveals how Google is working to ensure that Africans coming online - as access to the internet improves - are equipped with relevant educational resources to help them thrive in digital terms, and are served with content that reflects their world. Look out for some fun cameos in this episode. Editorial Disclaimer: Airbnb (<a href="https://airbnb.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://airbnb.com</a>) is the presenting sponsor of this podcast, which is part of an African Tech Roundup (<a href="https://africantechroundup.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://africantechroundup.com</a>) miniseries focused on inclusive travel and tourism— recorded at the Africa Travel Summit 2018. African Tech Roundup retains full editorial control over all published content. Opinions expressed by the host, Andile Masuku, and his guest/s do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the presenting sponsor, Airbnb.

Google South Africa's Mich Atagana on reflecting everyday Africans online

Andrew Taylor

In the second instalment of our four-part Annual Round-up 2015 insights series, we bring you a panel discussion on African startups featuring Google South Africa’s Head of Communications &amp; Public Affairs, Mich Atagana and Entrepreneur Magazine Columnist &amp; Co-Founder of LexNove, Andrew Taylor.Mich has had the unique privilege of not only covering the birth, progress, and often, the demise of many startups on the continent, but also working for some as well. Her current role at Google gives her a unique vantage point— given how the company is arguably one of the world’s biggest and most successful startups ever, and is privy to tons of rich data.Meanwhile, as a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, and as a legal partner to many emerging small and medium-sized businesses in South Africa, Andrew operates at the coalface of the continent’s tech startup scene, and is well-placed to reflect on what kind of a year 2015 has turned out to be.Additional Music Credits:Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

In the second instalment of our four-part Annual Round-up 2015 insights series, we bring you a panel discussion on African startups featuring Google South Africa’s Head of Communications &amp; Public Affairs, Mich Atagana and Entrepreneur Magazine Columnist &amp; Co-Founder of LexNove, Andrew Taylor. Mich has had the unique privilege of not only covering the birth, progress, and often, the demise of many startups on the continent, but also working for some as well. Her current role at Google gives her a unique vantage point— given how the company is arguably one of the world’s biggest and most successful startups ever, and is privy to tons of rich data. Meanwhile, as a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, and as a legal partner to many emerging small and medium-sized businesses in South Africa, Andrew operates at the coalface of the continent’s tech startup scene, and is well-placed to reflect on what kind of a year 2015 has turned out to be. Additional Music Credits: Music by Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>) Music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Andrew Taylor & Mich Atagana Discuss 2015 Tech Startup Trends For Africa