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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ascae-1b6e6f2   Stella Oni — Author | Speaker | Lecturer | Podcast Host 🌐 Website: StellaOni.com⁠ 🎤 Speaking: Speaking engagements⁠ 💼 LinkedIn: [Stella Oni on LinkedIn] 📸 Instagram: [@stellaoni_official] 🎵 TikTok: [@stellaoni_official] X: [@soni_official2]   STELLA:Hi, everyone. Welcome to Talking Tech with Creatives, a podcast where we talk about creativity, technology, culture and all the…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pw2j-1b5a197 What happens when the business you built is caught in a financial crisis — and you have to begin again? In this episode of Talking Tech with Creatives, I speak with Toks Aroture, founder of The Baby Cot Shop, a luxury nursery and children’s interiors brand whose journey has taken her from Atlanta to…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mza32-1b426a2 In this solo episode of Talking Tech with Creatives, Stella Oni steps back from her guest conversations to ask a question that increasingly sits at the heart of the creative industries: As technology becomes more capable, where does the human sit in the creative process? From music and entrepreneurship to publishing, podcasting and professional…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3jid6-1b214d7 In this episode of Talking Tech with Creatives, I speak with singer-songwriter Kemi Obafemi, known professionally as Kemy Music, about her debut single, African Woman. Kemi shares how her love of music began through listening before she started singing in church, leading a choir and writing songs. She also speaks openly about experiencing an…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-d8a8q-1aeec82 What happens when anyone can generate beautiful images? In this episode of Talking Tech with Creatives, I speak with London-based director and VFX artist Anthony Rubinstein about AI, filmmaking, visual effects and the future of creative work. Anthony describes AI as a third way of making pixels. First, we captured images with cameras. Then…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dgu9k-1ad7bf8 In this episode of Talking Tech with Creatives, Stella Oni speaks with Ugandan writer and filmmaker Dilman Dila about storytelling, African folklore, speculative futures, filmmaking, and creative independence. Dilman shares how oral storytelling, Ugandan myths, night dancers, African knowledge systems and self-taught filmmaking shaped his work. He also discusses why he prefers independent platforms,…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7zgt6-1aa86f5 In this episode, I speak with Melody Nehemiah, CEO and founder of Songdis, a platform helping African artists and labels get their music onto global streaming services and collect royalties. Melody shares how he sold CDs as a child, produced beats, and managed artists before identifying a major gap in the music ecosystem. He…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9n689-1a7ecc2 In this solo episode of Talking Tech with Creatives, I share what stood out to me from attending the London Book Fair, especially around publishing, technology, discoverability, and the future of books. I reflect on the UK government’s controversial AI copyright proposal, the strong pushback from the creative industries, and why this matters so…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ftfmy-19eb2a0 Dr Kadija George Sesay has spent decades championing Black writers, preserving overlooked stories, and building Pan-African literary networks that stretch across continents. In this rich conversation, I sit down with her to explore what it really means to decolonise the bookshelf and ensure that our stories are not only published, but preserved for future…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-r7a2j-19c9fe4 In this episode, I speak with Hamid Ibrahim, creator and production designer of Iwaju, the groundbreaking Afro-futuristic series produced in collaboration between Kugali Media and Disney. We dive into his journey from portrait artist, to Hollywood VFX work on films such as The Lion King, Dumbo and Doctor Dolittle, to building one of the…