Easter Special ✨🐰 - When Arts and Technology collide 🎨

Lady Mariéme’s guest on this week’s podcast is Priya Shah. Priya is an artist and talks to Lady Mariéme about her business Mia Kora (translated as ‘100 gold coins’) and her business’ initiative ‘Frame It or Wear It,’ which consists of Priya printing her artwork onto scarves. Priya was born and brought up in Kenya, and Kenya influences a lot of her work. Her Kenyan roots have also instilled a love of wildlife and conversation into Priya, which is why Mia Kora helps to raise vital funds for conservation charities.

Priya has a strong connection with iamtheCODE. She has previously created a design for her beautiful scarves that features the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a considerable part of the iamtheCODE’s mission. Priya was invited by Lady Marieme to join her to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, where she visited the schools that iamtheCODE works with. Priya passed on her expertise by teaching the girls to express themselves through drawing mandalas. To the girls’ delight, Priya then put their artwork onto scarves.

The Power of Authenticity and Acceptance

(Warning: This podcast features a discussion of sensitive topics, including FGM, which may be upsetting for some listeners)

This week’s podcast features a candid conversation between our very own Lady Marieme Jamme and social activist Nimco Ali OBE. Lady Marieme met Nimco at a conference where Nimco was discussing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Nimco herself has experienced FGM and is now working tirelessly to put a stop to it. She is the co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation. This non-profit organization aims to end FGM and provide funding for African women working in African grassroots projects fighting against FGM. Nimco’s work is changing so many girl’s lives for the better.

Nimco talks to Lady Marieme about her experience of moving to England from Somalia at a young age, her family, the importance of staying true to yourself and being kind to yourself, and her book is called ‘What We’re Told Not to Talk About (But We’re Going to Anyway).

During this week's podcast, Lady Mariéme Jamme is joined by Victoria Alonsoperez, Entrepreneur and inventor of Chipsafer, a platform that has made a huge impact in her home country Uruguay by tracking and detecting anomalies in cattle behaviour to help farmers better manage and care for their livestock. 

Victoria's innovative work has earnt her many accolades, and in 2013, she won the Best Young Inventor Award from the World Intellectual Property Organisation. Lady Mariéme met Victoria when she mentored her as a judge at the International Telecom Union Event in Thailand. Victoria presented her innovation in 2013 to world leaders. Both are a member of The Forum of Young Global Leaders. Victoria is passionate about Space and STEM education.

Special Edition. The Power of the World Wide Web. The WEB is 32 years old today and on this occasion of global celebration, Lady Marieme Jamme is joined by Adrian Lovett, CEO of the World Wide Web Foundation, to discuss how we can continue to move the internet in a positive direction.

The aim of the World Wide Web Foundation is to build inclusion and get everyone connected to the internet, and Adrian talks about changing people’s mindsets in order to help achieve this goal. When the web was invited in 1989, Lady Marieme was 15 years old. She recalls learning how to read and write thanks to the Web. Adrian is enthusiastic for governments, companies and internet users to all act by signing this contract, www.contractfortheweb.org, so that together we can make the web a safe, inclusive and empowering place for all.

Today

Lady Marieme Jamme is joined by Salim Amin. Salim Amin is the chairman of Camerapix, which provides a wide range of media services. He is also the founder and chairman of the Mohamed Amin Foundation, which was launched in 1998 in memory of his late father, to provide African journalists with the tools and knowledge to tell stories to an international audience.

Salim is passionate for people to learn about his late father, Mohamed Amin’s work in journalism and the archive of his work which includes 3 million images and 10,000 hours worth of videos. Just like his father, Salim takes pride in his African heritage. He aims to educate people on African history through his father’s work which often focused on expressing the traditions, people, culture, and beauty of Africa.

Lady Marieme Jamme is joined by Dr Olamide Brown, née Orekunrin.

She is a British-Nigerian medical doctor, healthcare entrepreneur, and founder of the Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Group and Director Greentree Investment Company. Both young global leaders met a few years ago at the World Economic Forum, where she shared her expertise on improving the African health system.

Ola was motivated to start the Flying Doctors after experiencing the loss of her sister under difficult circumstances and to improve medical services in Nigeria. She successfully established Flying Doctors in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2007. They discussed the Power of health, what motivated her to start her company and what empowering women leaders are at the top of her agenda.

Lady Marieme Jamme is joined by Ada Osakwe, Nigerian-born Business economist, entrepreneur, food lover, Founder, and CEO of Agrolay Ventures, to talk about the power of food, running a food business in Nigeria, nurturing and looking after our health through Food.

Food is powerful because it has a history and affects so many cultures.

Agrolay Ventures is an agribusiness investment company based in Nigeria, which invests in African agricultural food-related companies like iamtheFOOD.

Both spent time in Kakuma Refugee Camp as part of the World Economic Forum learning journey, where they shared moments in a tent.

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This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Lady Marieme Jamme is joined in a rare conversation by Salah Goss, Senior Vice President, Humanitarian and Development from Mastercard, to discuss why financial inclusion matters to women and girls.

Salah shared her story and upbringing and revealed the most significant life lessons that she has learned from the African continent.

Lady Marieme is missing hugging and seeing our girls. Although they are doing very well, working on the UN Global Goals projects and having amazing mentors, she cannot wait to see them as soon as vaccines are available.

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed during the interview are Salah's personal opinion.

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Our Rebuilding Inclusion series continues with Lady Marieme Jamme's guest Susannah Rodgers MBE, an accidental athlete and Disability and Inclusion Advocate. Susie has competed in two Paralympic Games at London 2012 and Rio 2016.  They are both young global leaders of the World Economic Forum, but her story and strength inspired us to invite her on the Podcast.

Susie believes in the Power of positive impact, inclusion, and nurturing our soul. 

We learnt a lot from Susie, and she will inspire you.

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Lady Marieme is joined by South African communication strategist and story-maker Dave Duarte. The Founder at Treeshake, a company that uses digital media to drive action on issues ranging from protecting the oceans to marketing major campaigns worldwide. 

His work is in the intersection of digital trends, marketing, and leadership. He has been running digital campaigns in over 50 countries that have reached over a billion people.

They discussed the power of story-making, creating impactful campaigns that can change lives, write, and make stories to inspire marginalised communities, so they are not left behind.