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Hosted by Elvis Melia · science · EN-US
Has the internet created a virtual labour market for new kinds of services? Does connectivity now allow job-seekers from the Global South, young people from low-income countries, to grow rich online? Did this help overcome the borders that have separated rich from poor? If not, might the Metaverse now create this new market space in the cloud? Are online labour platforms becoming immersive labour markets with equal access for all? I discuss these questions in conversations with online workers, policy makers, academics, educators, consultants, and firm executives from around the world.
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MeliaCRED: Conversations with Elvis is hosted by Elvis Melia. The show has published 22 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Doctor of Stars & Teacher of AI | Yabebal Fantaye, PhD | 10 Academy & Tenacious Intelligence Corp." (27 August 2025, 104 minutes), "AI Sniff Test I The People in Services-as-Software I David Cushman I HFS" (20 August 2025, 94 minutes), and "AI in World Football | Ethiopia’s Moneyballers | Wondwesen Zewdie" (6 August 2025, 87 minutes).
MeliaCRED: Conversations with Elvis publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 72 minutes across 22 episodes.
Booking probability for MeliaCRED: Conversations with Elvis is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. MeliaCRED: Conversations with Elvis requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. MeliaCRED: Conversations with Elvis's contact route on record: public web form.
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Elvis Melia hosts MeliaCRED: Conversations with Elvis, a science podcast with 22 episodes published.
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Episode #22
<p>Elvis speaks with Dr. Yabebal Fantaye, a cosmologist-turned-AI educator and co-founder of 10 Academy, about transforming African talent into global AI professionals through intensive boot camps. From analysing the...
Episode #21
<p>Elvis speaks with David Cushman, Executive Research Leader at HFS Research, about how to separate hype from reality in agentic and generative AI and what a shift toward Services-as-Software means for people...
Episode #20
<p>Elvis speaks with Wondwesen Zewdie about what happens when data, algorithms, and national identity collide on the football pitch. They explore R&D Group’s “Moneyball” contribution to professional football analytics...
Episode #20
<p>Elvis speaks with Georgina Hutchinson, Associate Partner at Dalberg Data Insights and former Senior Advisor at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Georgina has spent years at the intersection of technology...
Episode #19
<p>Elvis speaks with Jente Rosseel, founder and CEO of Elewa, a Nairobi-based technology and education company working primarily with startups and SMEs across Europe, the UK, and South Africa. Jente shares his journey...
Episode #18
<p>Elvis speaks with Beruh Yayehyirad Kitaw, Director of Technology at MMCY, a global talent company based in Addis Ababa. MMCY operates at the intersection of technology outsourcing and business process outsourcing...
Episode #17
<p>Elvis speaks with Samuel Mussie, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Mereb Technologies, about Ethiopia's rapid transformation into a software outsourcing destination and the double-edged impact of AI on...
Episode #16
<p>Elvis speaks with Kaleab Mezgebu, co-founder and CEO of MinabTech in Addis Ababa, about practical applications of AI in Ethiopia. Kaleab shares how MinabTech developed HaHuJobs, an AI-driven employment platform, and...
Episode #15
<p>Rahul Srivatsa is the Managing Director of Techno Brain GBS. We spoke about the transformation of business process outsourcing (BPO), the automation threat to contact centres, and what workforce planning could look...
Episode #14
<p>A discussion with Barrett Nash, founder of InfiniteUp, about building AI-powered business tools, the democratization of artificial intelligence, and strategic career planning for the AI era.<br/><br/>Topics...
MeliaCRED: Conversations with Elvis
<p>A discussion with AI strategist Johan Steyn about education disruption, the future of coding careers, and Africa's evolving business services sector.</p><p>Topics discussed:</p><p>– Why traditional universities may...
Episode #11
<p>After a long career at the Boston Consulting Group, Martin Hecker created AmaliTech, a social business that specializes in exporting digital services from Africa to the world. Martin also created the DSAA, a club...
Episode #10
<p>Software development is among the most complex and best-paying jobs that can be offshored. This is what put the Indian IT-enabled Services sector on the global map. Yet a worldwide talent shortage still exists...
Episode #9
<p>Global Business Services (GBS) companies come in many shapes. Deriv is an online brokerage firm that turned Kigali, Rwanda, into one of its global delivery locations. I spoke with Godfrey Zveynika, the Country...
Episode #8
<p>Are you a Rwandan graduate, looking to start your career in IT services? <br/><br/>Are you a Global Business Services firm, looking for a new delivery location in Africa?<br/><br/>Are you a government official...
Episode #7
<p>Kigali is home to a tight-knit ecosystem of up-skilling and work-readiness programs, tailored to the Global Business Services (GBS) sector. Firms interested in coming to Rwanda to export IT-enabled services, or firms...
Episode #6
<p>Across the world, many people's dream job is located somewhere in the creative economy. Making films and creating video content has become much more accessible over the past few years, and as the digital realm brings...
Episode #5
<p>Imagine you're a global business services firm, thinking of setting up a new delivery center in an African country. Your first problem will be to decide on the right country. The next problem will be to figure out...
Episode #4
<p>When Global Business Services (GBS) firms choose new delivery locations, they look for stable governance, conducive regulations, reliable infrastructure, and workers with the right skills. Rwanda already tops...
Episode #3
<p>Rwanda's progress over the past three decades has turned this small country into one of Africa's newly emerging technology hubs. Global Business Services (GBS) companies have recently set up delivery locations in...
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