Mamma Africa Educast

Series 4: Dot-to-Dot | Episode 20 | Rose Cartolari shares her journey from a corporate career to becoming a leadership coach, emphasizing the importance of soft skills and emotional intelligence in today's turbulent business environment. She discusses the evolving landscape of leadership development in Europe, the significance of personal branding, and the role of resilience in leadership. Car...

Series 4: Dot-to-Dot | Episode 19 | Founder of Advanced Competitive Strategies and creator of the Top Pricer Tournament Mark Chussil discusses the evolving landscape of competitive strategy, emphasizing the limitations of artificial intelligence in this domain. He highlights the importance of simulations and business war games in exploring strategic options. Through a case study of Shell, he illus...

Series 4: Dot-to-Dot | Episode 18 | Shark Tank judge, board member of The Estée Lauder Companies and Abercrombie & Fitch Co., brand and marketing advisor, music collector and nightclub owner Arturo Nuñez discusses the significance of nurturing ideas, the multi-hyphenate identity, and the importance of relationships in creating opportunities. He emphasizes storytelling in marketing, the role of...

Series 4: Dot-to-Dot | Episode 17 | Co-founder of Community Wolf, Nick Mills discusses the innovative approach to public safety in South Africa through the use of technology, particularly WhatsApp. He shares the origin story of Community Wolf, the challenges faced in crime reporting, and the importance of community engagement. The discussion also highlights the role of AI in enhancing public safet...

Series 4: Dot-to-Dot | Episode 16 | In this conversation, Drew D'Agostino, founder and CEO of Crystal Knows, discusses the evolution of the software as a service industry, his personal journey in tech, and the impact of AI on personality analysis. He emphasizes the importance of understanding personality in business communication and the ethical considerations of data management. Drew also sha...

Series 3: New Era | Episode 15 | Lina Kacyem, an investment manager at Launch Africa, shares her journey from Cameroon to becoming a key player in the African venture capital scene. She discusses the unique challenges and opportunities within the African startup ecosystem, emphasizing the importance of local innovation driven by real-world problems. Lina highlights the disparities in funding for A...

Series 3: New Era | Episode 14 | Serial entrepreneur, stylist, author, educator, songwriter and musician Aletté-Johanni Winckler shares about the concept of colouring in styling, authenticity in personal branding, how to build confidence as an influencer on social media, the role of identity in public life, what beauty means, and her family life. Aletté and her husband Heinz Winckler founded Lovek...

Series 3: New Era | Episode 13 | CTO and founder of The Metapause Alisha Outridge speaks about how AI is transforming the music industry and women's health; two areas she has been actively involved in. Alisha is the creator of the ELSA AI platform for hormonal health and longevity. She has co-invented patented work at Facebook (now Meta) and lead innovation at FlyBy (acquired by Apple; Google...

Series 3: New Era | Episode 12 | Founder of TechBuzzHub and board member at AfriLabs Keneth Twesigye shares insights about investments in Uganda's fast-growth startup space, emphasising a need for more local investors to plug in to innovation. He speaks about the meaning of growth in the African context and the importance of being open to new challenges, transforming negatives into positives....

Series 3: New Era | Episode 11 | Development economist and policy maker Nadia Rinquest, a Duke University alumna, explores the challenges and opportunities within South Africa’s economy. She discusses key themes including the role of economics in development, the balance between entrepreneurship and formal employment, government’s role in growth, women empowerment, inequality, education, infrastru...

Series 2: Soft Landing | Episode 10 | Career coach and human resources professional Zani van Staden shares insights about how coaching can help build confidence. She believes where coaching and learning overlap are in themes of having a growth mindset, curiosity, and grit. Zani also shares her life as a new mother. She intends on teaching her child Afrikaans, English and the Southern Bantu languag...

Series 2: Soft Landing | Episode 9 | Forbes Coaches Council contributor, author of Care to Win and founder of DX Learning in Chicago, Alex Draper describes leadership and culture in current times with uncertainty at a peak. In this episode, he stresses the importance of developing self-awareness and values from the top down. He speaks on intentional leadership training, generational differences in...

Series 2: Soft Landing | Episode 8 | Ministry expert and founder of podcast production company Truth Work Media Michael Yoder simplifies the process of launching a podcast, walking us through video, audio, conversation quality, guests, and editing. He speaks about the opportunities that podcasting brings beyond your initial goals, making it an effective strategy in elevating your brand. Some usefu...

Series 2: Soft Landing | Episode 7 | CEO and co-founder of Nigerian edtech company Dataleum Bode Roberts launched his company with human capital instead of traditional startup capital. Dataleum has won several awards, including first prize in the African Startup Awards in 2023. Bode believes that people are your biggest asset. In this episode, Bode talks about innovation in Lagos, edtech as a uniq...

Series 2: Soft Landing | Episode 6 | Award-winning South African singer, songwriter and composer Pamela Myburgh of the duo Largo has written and performed over 2100 songs. She has been welcomed on stages across the globe in the pop and Christian genres with her songs landing on various top charts. In this episode, she speaks on the foundations of creativity, stressing the importance of authenticit...

Series 1: A Dialectical Engagement | Episode 5 | Award winning keynote speaker, trainer and former actress Monique Strydom is known as one of the 21 hostages who was held hostage by Abu Sayyaf rebels for 127 days in the jungle on the Philippine island of Jolo in 2000. In this episode, she speaks on the complexity of trauma and violence, art as a healing tool, love and fear, finding purpose in help...

Series 1: A Dialectical Engagement | Episode 4 | Oracle senior software engineer, hackathon winner and NGO tech founder Abhishek Chourasiya talks about the opportunities and risks of AI, data privacy and security concerns, the role of AI in healthcare, the future of innovation, social impact in India through technology, and the importance of upskilling. © The English Square Join the Adventure Anti...

Series 1: A Dialectical Engagement | Episode 3 | Expert Concept and Innovation Designer Daan Heijsters works with both large enterprises and startups for future scenario building to propel growth. He speaks about his experience at Ernst and Young, leveraging the power of networking, local knowledge, the relationship between cybersecurity and innovation, learning from experimentation, Dutch investo...

Series 1: A Dialectical Engagement | Episode 2 | Director of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Newhouse School at Syracuse University and Chairman of Scrappy Capital Sean Branagan sheds a light on trends in the creator economy. He speaks on social media as a recommendation engine, emerging content creation startups, leveraging content for business growth, personal branding for C-sui...

Series 1: A Dialectical Engagement | Episode 1 | International award-winning actor and producer Greg Kriek shares his experience and approach to business in the film industry, stressing the importance of being bold and daring to communicate authentically. In the educast, he explains his motivations which led to international success: “The underlying driving force was growth. The second one was to...