Fatu Ogwuche Launches Live Tech Show "Tech This Week" to Bring African Founders to Audience
Fatu Ogwuche, former Meta executive, is launching a weekly live tech show called Tech This Week on the Big Tech This Week platform.
In Brief
- •Fatu Ogwuche, former Meta executive, is launching a weekly live tech show called Tech This Week on the Big Tech This Week platform.
- •The show will feature a news rundown and interviews with founders, investors, regulators, targeting African tech audiences aged 25‑44 across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia and diaspora markets.
- •Funding comes from four sponsors, providing a one‑year runway; content will be free and supported by sponsorships, advertising and paid segments.
- •The format builds on Ogwuche’s prior Twitter Spaces series that drew over 100,000 listeners in a year and aims to bring immediacy similar to Silicon Valley’s TBPN.
- •Ogwuche plans to cover stories from across Africa, not just Nigeria, to reflect the continent’s expanding tech ecosystem.
Why It Matters
The launch of Tech This Week represents a shift toward real‑time, founder‑centric coverage of African technology, offering audiences direct access to the people shaping the continent’s digital economy. By funding the show through sponsorships and advertising, Ogwuche aims to create a sustainable, free‑to‑view platform that could influence how tech narratives are constructed and consumed across Africa and its diaspora.
Key Details
- Show Name
- Tech This Week
- Launch Platform
- Big Tech This Week
- Funding Model
- Sponsorships, advertising, paid segments
- Sponsor Count
- 4
- Audience Age Range
- 25-44
- Listener Base of Prior Series
- 100,000 cumulative listeners
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