Once Upon A Leader In Africa

Passionate about impacting the next generation of leaders, Rev. Gibson Anduvate takes us through his leadership journey from being a Kenyan university student leader to now serving as the Senior Pastor at International Christian Centre (ICC) Nairobi in Kenya. He shares how to get and engage with mentors in shaping one's leadership journey from his personal experience and the importance of visionee...

Tom Were shares his leadership journey and lessons he has learned as a Transformational CEO. Passionate about leadership, coaching, and mentoring others, he shares his dream of creating a leadership garage, a space for leaders to sharpen and grow their leadership tools to impact those they lead. He likens leadership to a marathon that a leader keeps doing continually until the end of their life. T...

In Part 2 of Angela Gichaga's leadership journey, she delves into the highs and lows of leadership and candidly talks about unlearning the romanticized definition of leadership to understanding its glory and gory. She also shares 10 fantastic tips for upcoming leaders that will support them in their new leadership journey and delves more on the legacy she wants to leave behind. n 2018, Angela was...

As a student Angela Gichara was branded as a troublemaker by her teachers, yet what she displayed were leadership skills. She narrates her exploits of leadership in the government and beyond, throughout her 15-year professional life where she exposes both the glory and goriness of leadership. Angela is candid about her purpose of leadership and opens her heart to share the highs and lows of her le...

With 20+ years banking experience in the corporate and development world, Michael Muthengi narrates his leadership journey in his professional and community life. He shares his leadership adventures in a VUCA environment, what motivates him to accept and release leadership and the legacy he would like to have as an influencer. Michael shares his leadership secrets that has given him success and ma...

On this episode, we get to hear more about Peter Kyalo's passionate about caring for those one leads and the importance of being consistent as a leader. He narrates about the key ingredients and benefits of being an effective and caring leader.   Peter serves as the Chief Program Officer at CURE International Inc. where he provides oversight to CURE hospital operations in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Ni...

Passionate about public service, mentorship, and entrepreneurship, Lucas Marang'a takes us through his leadership and business journey from early childhood to the national golfing stage. He shares how leadership roles uniquely found him without looking for them.  Lucas' love for golf and servitude propelled him to the top leadership role in his local golf club and then to the highest office in his...

"By 40, I want to be a CEO..." These are the words of Victoria Sabula, who takes us through her career and leadership journey beginning in corporate Kenya to the Pan-African Non-profit sector. She narrates her inaugural working experience at Kenya Commercial Bank Group and transition to Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) as General Counsel and Corporation Secretary providing strategi...

Join Dr. Frederick Kawuma in his leadership adventure, between being the Executive Director/CEO of the Uganda Coffee Trade Federation in Uganda to becoming the Secretary-General of Inter-African Coffee Organization (IAOC) in Côte d’Ivoire and hear him narrate what he experienced as a seasoned leader. As the IAOC Goodwill Ambassador, he is an African Coffee enthusiast and a promoter of entrepreneur...

Get a front row seat to the amazing narration of of Lawrence Githinji, Managing Director of KONE that made a round-trip from Africa through Europe and back. He shares how his positive and challenging experiences have shaped his worldview and leadership style. Find out what Lawrence says should come first on a leader's priority list and he believes leadership is and what it is not.  His story will...

Murefu Barasa, the Managing Partner and Founder of EED Advisory narrates his leadership story about surviving a near-death experience of his consultancy firm. He begins his story with how he unknowingly enjoyed the trappings of power as a high school prefect, then proceeds to talk about his career growth, his brief stint at Africa Development Bank and the formation of his Pan-African consultancy o...

Dr. David Thuku, an Executive Coach and Leadership Effectiveness Facilitator narrates his leadership journey that began as a last born in their family. It progresses through his higher education experience and into the banking world which ended a few years ago. He talks about his third phase of his life where he is working with leaders to ensure they are effective in their roles. He also delves in...

Seintje Veldhuis, the Regional Director of Feed The Children, shares her leadership journey that began in her father's farm in The Netherlands. She narrates how her earlier experience of managing crisis and caring for people as a nurse equipped her to effectively serve the Turkana people in Northern Kenya. Seintje shares how she invested her resources to develop herself to become a better leader a...

Martin Oduor-Otieno, PCC narrates his 42 years journey in leadership and governance. He  narrates the beginning of his leadership story as a first born to where he is now as a Business Advisor and Executive Coach of leaders and organizations. Martin tells George what he thinks African leaders needs to do to realize the greatest benefits of their citizens and unveils great wisdom about leadership a...

Kariuki Ngari narrates his 30 years leadership journey that started in high school where he was a house captain to today when he is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited. He shares the frustrations and joys of leadership, and also reveals the his legacy and metaphor. The invaluable leadership tips of Kariuki are highly applicable to emerging and...

Step into the world of transformative leadership with George Nuthu on the first episode of "Once Upon a Leader in Africa." As the luminary host of this new podcast, George Nuthu delves deep into the hearts and minds of African leaders, weaving their stories into a rich tapestry of inspiration and enlightenment. But George Nuthu is more than just a podcast host; he co-founded B&G Cons...

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