Suero Podcasts

Just in case you missed the live radio interview! In this episode, Monty Kgengwenyane and I joined Soso on Yarona FM to talk about life as a neurodivergent child and as a parent raising one. We shared insights on how parents can better support their neurodivergent children — from recognizing early signs and seeking assessments, to navigating what comes after a diagnosis. These are exactly the kind...

Today on Suero TV we had James Fern one of our local Wealth Management experts. James owns and runs SCI Wealth, an Investment Management firm. He is very passionate about Financial Literacy Education and comes with over 25 years of experience doing this type of work. It was imperative that I pick his brain on his views about it and learn from him too. On this episode we touched on various topics t...

Today we had Dr Matty Mongwa Mouwane in studio to tap into her life and professional journey. Dr Mongwa owns and runs Kalafhi Medical Group - we basically discussed how she built this successful group of medical centres with her partner. https://www.facebook.com/sueroconsulting https://www.instagram.com/loratoakpata/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorato-erica-akpata-5444657/

Today on Suero TV, we had Muhammad Ali - Managing Director at World Wide Industrial and Systems Engineers (WWISE). WWISE core function of business is ensuring companies globally follow the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Standards and Principles. They are focused on ensuring organisations attain their ISO certification based on whichever ISO standard they wish to engage in. Th...

Today we had Nana again back in studio to discuss deeply on the career she pivoted to that involves Life Coaching. The coaching involves both children and adults - and this lead to her noticing how in-fact most of the time, parents are the ones needing the coaching on how to parent. Whether we are intensional or not about parenting - we are teaching our kids how to lead life by how we lead our liv...

Today on Suero TV we had Nana Kgosidialwa on her life and professional journey. We touched on her up bringing - being given away by her parents to her aunt at 16 months and how it affected her and her siblings. Growing up in a staunch christian home and dealing with teenage pregnancy. The sudden loss of her mum - made her re think life and pushed her pursue her purpose relentlessly. Choosing the n...

On this episode, I spoke on Retirement Planning holistically not just the money aspect of it only. Spoke on having different income streams - by having more than one pension, other investments - such as buying shares, other compound interest investments, investment property for rental income etc. Having plans in place on what to do with oneself post retirement- such as running a passion business,...

We had Tshepo Ntshole - Hall as our guest today to share her life and professional story. Tshepo is quite a house hold name for many in Botswana because of her career in radio. She shared her story on how she started as a creative and radio personality which includes her journey in TV production and event management such as the Miss Botswana 2005. Her creative and eventing work merged when she wor...

Today on Suero TV, we had Mother K Masire. She is founder of Botho Retreats. She is Mindfulness teacher, coach and art lover. We touched on the topic Mindfulness broadly and why we should apply it in every area of our lives. Being mindful of our thoughts, our actions, our energies and our environments. How everything is connected to self. Mother shared how fatigue ended her in hospital due to over...

Today on Suero TV I am reviewing a book I read In January 2024. The name of the book is The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant by Terry Felber A book based on twelve keys to successful living- a book that addresses money and ministry in the market place. It's a story about a monk and the merchant set in Rome during the Renaissance. The story line is a grandson having his grandfather teach him...

On this episode Bupelo and I discussed financial planning for 2024. Bupelo is our resident guest on everything personal finance. She is a certified financial planner and co running her own consulting firm Lima Consulting. We reflected on the year 2023 - the interest rates being reduced by 25bps to 2.40% Bank of Botswana.- What this means for you and your spending power. Inflation reduced to 3.1 in...

Welcome to 2024 and to our very first episode to start the year right to help you on how to pursue those dreams and goals you have set for yourself.   Today we had Owen Rampha in our studio. Owen is the current General Manager at Yarona Fm, a local radio station here in Botswana.   He is infact one of our legendary radio broadcasters in our country and absolute honor to have to interview him. We t...

On part 2 of our conversation with Owen Rampha we touched on life lessons from the time he was out of work and his personal finance journey and lessons. We also touched on Yarona FM and how the future looks for it -under his leadership. The future of radio, his leadership style and managing GenZ is what we also discussed. We touched on how he has failed a leader before and his favourite failure th...

On this episode I had Bupelo Moalosi as a guest for us to discuss festive spending and not fall into the overpending trap. Bupelo is not new to Suero Podcasts, she is actually a certified financial planner with immense experience in the financial literacy industry. Bupelo and I spoke about how to have discipline during the festive season. We touched on various ways stores make consumers find the a...

We had Thato Kubu on Suero Tv today.   A little of background of who Thato is.   Thato is an insurance and banking specialist, transformational leader, innovator, market disruptor.   He started his professional journey at FNBB as a graduate trainee, he was then promoted to a Business Development Officer and then Manager Sales - Electronic Banking Division.   He then moved Metropolitan to become th...

Today Suero TV we had Mr Thapelo Tsheole, Botswana Stock Exchange CEO to share his personal and professional journey with us. Mr Tsheole is a seasoned Financial Markets expert with a cumulative experience of over 17 years having worked for the Central Bank Bank of Botswana and Botswana Stock Exchange Limited (BSEL). He holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Single Major Economics) from the Universit...

This episode is an update of what’s been happening and what are the future plans. I also touched on how to navigate these economic realities with the rise in cost of living.

Transitioning from Corporate to Entrepreneurship Today on Suero TV we had Lorato Boakgomo-Ntakhwana back to speak about her transition from corporate to being an entrepreneur. This is her background again although shared before, just to remind you of who she is. Presently, Lorato, is Managing Director of Gravitas Investment t/a Sally Dairy and an Independent Non-Executive Chairman at Botswana Tele...

Today on Suero Podcasts we had Lorato Boakgomo-Ntakhwana Presently, Lorato Edith Boakgomo-Ntakhwana is Managing Director of Gravitas Investment t/a Sally Dairy and an Independent Non-Executive Chairman at Botswana Telecommunications Corp. She also serves as Chairperson of LEA and a non Executive of Metropolitan. In her past career she held the position of Chief Executive Officer & Executive Di...

Retirement Planning – Why should you have a Pension Plan? Today on Suero Podcasts we had Bupelo Moalosi, a certified financial planner and MD of of Lima Consulting. Bupelo and I discussed the importance of planning well for your retirement, Pension being the main conversation. We basically touched on the importance of having a pension plan as soon as you start working whether your employer has it...

How to save, invest and earn more for a better 2022 Podcast and Video out. I spoke about debt and how clear it using the snowballing method. Touched on saving & investing by shopping around for best interest rates and how to get a pension plan if you don’t have it already. Engaging your employer or create a side hustle to increase your income is what I also touched on.

What are the steps in buying Property? Today on Suero TV we had Sethebe Manake, she is the founder and CEO of Vantage Properties, the visionary and driver of an automated property valuation and information online platform Gosmartvalue. Sethebe passionate about helping people build wealth in real estate, which is why she built a company focused on providing the necessary relevant information for in...

An Incase I Die File is a file to help you organize and keep all of your most important financial files and documents in one place. Why is this file? It is super important to have it because it will make your family’s life easier to know where everything is incase you die suddenly. It’s also gives you peace of mind. Creating your in case of death file is a serious process. So you want to start by...

On this episode on Suero TV we had Wabo Moswate, Head of Secured Lending at Stanbic Bank. Wabo and I had a conversation about savings, the importance of it and how to plan for it. We touched on our savings culture as a nation in Botswana and ways on how Stanbic Bank is cultivating this to be a good culture to have. If you are wondering how you are going to save with a tight budget, Wabo shared wit...

On this episode I had Ngodya Chimbwete Private Equity Transactor at Africa Lighthouse Capital. We spoke about investing at depth as a continuation of our investing theme that we started last week. He shared his journey on investing starting off as a young professional, to being a married man with a child. The dynamics of investing change as we grow and as our lives change, we spoke about this and...