DECIDING TO WIN

I had the pleasure to have Sidiki Traore, the founder and president of Distance Education Africa DEA join me on the show. His inspiring work on the African continent has impacted the youth in Africa. Distance Education Africa provides free monthly scholarships from the University of Virginia and other top universities in the world. As technology and internet penetration in Africa grows in Africa, Sidiki's team has offered over 35,000 scholarship to young professionals and students in all 54 countries in Africa. His passion for building the skills and capacity, feed the hunger for knowledge on the  continent is amazing. Governments, military personnel, entrepreneurs have all used these courses to train its people. 

I have completed many courses offered through the scholarship and it has been of immense benefit to my life and work. Sidiki's passion for education and for youth is amazing.  

https://www.deafrica.org/ 

Mankind has always been fascinated about space and the mystery beyond stars. More recently, a lot of research and interest have tremendously increased with more private technology companies leading the way. Africa has not been completely left out. My guest today Guido Schwarz has been at the heart promoting space technology among African youth and students via the Foundation for Space Development. 

Guido provides insights into the amazing work being done to promote STEM and space technology accross Africa, the prospects and challenges and the opportunities. 

Connect with Guido on Linkedin 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/guido-schwartz-a722114/

Success and fulfillment in life is dependent on the quality of the conversations we have. The concept of Conversational intelligence (C-IQ) is a new concept which our guest on this episode is a certified coach of. Douglas Leonard, shares from his over 25 years experience of helping leaders create healthy cultures and conditions for their organizations. Doug has done this in over 20 countries and in various types of organizations. As a certified C-IQ coach and trainer, he provides insight into the concept, shares practical ways of developing this critical skill. 

Life can be extremely tough if it starts from a difficult background. Our guest on this episode, shares his life experience with us. Born in a broken family, Erik Allen, made several bad decisions early on in life. Jailed at age 18, bankrupt at age 21, addicted to drugs and alcohol. Erik's life was running away from him till he turned it all around. He gave his life to Christ, married now with two adorable kids, he is 16 years sober, started his own business, paid speaker, upcoming MMA fighters & entrepreneurs get noticed online. 

His story is an example of how any one can turn things around no matter the situation faced. Listen and share. 

Link to the Erik Allen Show 

https://www.erikallenmedia.com/theerikallenshowpodcast 

https://www.erikallenmedia.com/topratedmma 

Germany has recently rolled out many initiatives and projects in Africa. These are aimed at enabling startups and African businesses. Our guest today, Kumbirai Chipadza the founder of DeutschConnect, joins us from Germany to give us a clear insight into the various programs. From working with startups and contributing to the ecosystem in Zimbabwe, he has always had the passion to enable young Africans to take advantage of the opportunities available. Deutschconnect is committed to be that bridge for Africa, through their Mentorship, B2B matchmaking, access to market and many others. Germany's doors are open and through this insightful episode you will know how to enter. 

Useful links 

Follow Kumbirai on Linkedin 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumbirai-chipadza-9a9b3b181/ 

Duetsch connect website 

https://deutsch-connect.com/ 

GIZ 

https://www.giz.de/en/html/index.html

Everyone can be a leader when there are no challenges but it is during tough times that real leadership is demonstrated. Major General John Gronski retired joins on this episode to discuss leadership. After an amazing 40 years serving in the US Army and National guard, he has committed the rest of his live to develop leaders. He served in Iraq as Brigade commander leading about 5,000 marines and soldiers into combat. He provides deep insights into the important value of integrity, courage and resilience. This episode cuts across all levels of leadership.  

Follow John on LinkedIn 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngronski/

Follow Reggie on LinkedIn 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginald-nsowah-09352929/ 

The creator Emmanuel Acheampong joins us on this episode to share his story. He is also the founder of roboMUA the AI makeup advisor which has traffic from 64 countries with over 1000 users weekly working with the biggest cosmetic brands like Gucci, L'Oréal, Parfums Christian Dior, Ogee, FENTY,Nars, ,Mented Cosmetics, Huda Beauty, UOMA Beauty,Urban Decay Cosmetics, and many others.

Youth Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges in the world.In Africa alone, more than 60% of the youth are unemployed. This makes the opportunities that exist to be very competitive. Aaron AJ Eckstein, founder of the Career Coaching Company and the host of The Final Round podcast joins us today to discuss the dynamics of searching and landing a job. He gives us an easy step by step process of landing a job, key points to consider, what to avoid, dealing to recruiters to the interview process.  He shares experience having worked with recruiters from top companies with Ernst & Young, Tesla, Airbnb, Google, Tesla and many more.  Connect with AJ on LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-aj-eckstein/  Listen to the Final Round Podcast  https://www.careercoachingcompany.com/podcast  Follow me on Linkedin  https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginald-nsowah-09352929/

Networking skills are highly regarded in our world today, however, building a whole new  community is truly special. Our guest today is Jo-Ann Alexandra Hamilton is the founder of the Rare Birds Community, a community that brings together entrepreneurs, investors and professionals from emerging markets all over the world. Her podcast, the Rarebirds podcast has interviewed over 160 entrepreneurs from Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and others. She shares insights and lessons on how these entrepreneurs are innovating and overcoming the obstacles in these tough environments to build amazing companies.She is also an expert on Block-chain technology 

As a native of the beautiful St Kitts and Nevis, she shares her story about growing up there and in St. Croix and rich relationship and heritage between Africa and the Caribbean.  

Listen to the Rarebirds podcast  

https://anchor.fm/rarebirds-podcast

Rare Hq  

https://rarebirdshq.com/

Africa has a special historic connection with people of African heritage everywhere in the world especially in the U.S, Europe and the Caribbean. 

Over the past few years, several efforts has gone into to deepening that relationship and exploring the potential and possibilities for both sides. Initiatives like Year of Return in Ghana and others are examples of such efforts. Nana Kweku Dakrabo I ,Mputuhene  of Asebu, Akroma in Ghana. He is an African American Business Developer and Investor who has been ens-tooled as Mputuhene ( Chief of development) in Asebu in Ghana. He has championing growth, development and opportunities for the youth of Akroma and Ghana as a whole. He is an example of  the  much needed impact the diaspora can make on the African continent. He shares his experience with working with the other Chiefs and people in Ghana and the exciting work he is involved in Africa. 

Follow Nana on Linkedin 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbpratt/  

Connect with Reginald on Linkedin 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginald-nsowah-09352929/