Nyasha Presents - Zim Beyond The Degree

Nyasha Presents - Zim Beyond The Degree

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Nyasha Presents - Zim Beyond The Degree episodes

  • 20. Nyasha w/ Samuel Makuyana - being entrepreneurial in Zimbabwe
    If you're in Zimbabwe and have thought about your income streams or even making a difference, you've definitely thought about entrepreneurship.
    Here is Samuel's experience with entrepreneurship and along the way we share some nuggets on life. Like we always do on this show(:
    Transcript:
    1:06 About Samuel Makuyana
    3:02 Discipline is the key
    4:31 Why did Samuel decide to become discipline early on when it's not popular with people our age
    7:31 How do you reconcile what society deems good and what is actually good for you
    10:10 Psychology!!
    13:04 You become your habits. Your workplace habits too
    16:23 Rapid fire questions
    18:59 Music
    25:32 Important lessons 2021 taught you
    28:52 Entrepreneurship
    31:44 Don't chase blindly
    32:51 Words of encouragement
    36 min
  • 19. Nyasha with Lloyd Ngongoni - the episode about love & relationships

    I wanna talk to you who are in love, who are looking for love, who are doubtful of love.  

    Are we going too far or doing too little in love and relationships?  Helping me is Lloyd Anesu Ngongoni who authors https://anesuopenmeditation.wordpress.com/- It's so amazing!  

    Timestamps 

    0:43 Why talk about love and relationships now Nyasha? 

    2:30 Meet Lloyd! 3:07 How is Lloyd doing? 

    4:41 When ddi you start tapping into poetry and why? 

    7:51 Sabotaging relationships 

    8:51 Is having courage easy 

    9:00 Theory of attachment styles. Exploring fear associated with love and relationships. Fear of abandoment, rejection. Avoiding conflict. How it is related the amount of attention or distance a person may need in a relationship because of or even without facing conflict. 

    10:30 Children can develop harmful personalities as early as 4 years old. Take parenting seriously and teach children emotional intelligence. 

    11:31 What makes it hard to let go a person 

    12:52 Are there always signs that it is gonna end or was it a blindside? 

    13:43 Recognizing unhealthy behavior patterns - have self-respect, self-compassion! 

    14:15 It doesn't matter if what the person does which hurts you is for a "valid reason". It still hurts you! 

    17:30 Is it worth it going through heartbreak coz you "learn a lot"? 

    19:24 Healing takes time and that's ok! 

    20:28 What's Lloyd's new approach to dating now? 

    21:26 The new dating situation in Zim 

    25:51 Healing properly 

    27:11 Can we go back to the old ways of courting? 

    29:19 Men's expression of emotions 

    31:13 Final words from Lloyd 

    31:55 Final words from me

    36 min
  • 18. Goromonzi High School - Where are they now?

    Transcript

    0:00 Part 2 Goromonzi "Where are they now?" 

    0:20 Why medicine? 

    2:00 What do you view differently since you started pursuing your studies? 

    6:53 How aerospace engineering and pilot studies come together 

    11:29 Motivation behind learning Mandarin and immersion in Chinese culture 

    14:37 What should people who aspire to take on a similar path to ours know? 

    22:49 What's the most British thing Chido now does? 

    23:31 What's the most Chinese thing Mubaiwa now does? 

    27:15 Advice to A level students who are still deciding what to do next  

    33 min
  • 17. All things Goromonzi with my friends in China🇨🇳 and the UK🇬🇧

    All things Goromonzi High School with Michael Lordmarc Mubaiwa and Chido Michele Mawarura  

    0:00 Intro 

    0:30 How we first met each other 

    11:07 How we ended up at Goromonzi High 

    20:39 Why wasn't Chido in Scripture Union (SU) Committee?

     25:30 Do you feel like you're now a GOSA (Old Goromonzi Student)?  

    35:30 What did we all like to buy at the tuckshop?

    37 min
  • 16. Nyasha with Tendai Mungate - life coaching advice for young Zimbabweans and reading "Capitalist Nigger"

    0:00 Intro 

    2:16 How is Tendai doing?

     2:59 A brief autobiography of Tendai 

    6:40 Tendai shares his surprising university suspension story 

    11:22 What made it difficult to process the suspension 

    13:42 Great life lessons from Tendai Mungate 

    13:58 Believing in yourself 

    16:25 Making good decisions 

    18:13 If you want success, you've got to desire it like you desire to breathe 

    20:55 Is success inversely proportional to the amount of melanin you have? 

    26:36 Rapid fire questions 

    29:48 Who inspires Tendai? 

    32:19 The sociology behind why religion isn't always cool 

    35:50 Challenges the Zimbabwean youth are facing 

    39:00 Tatenda's vision for himself 

    40:30 Why Tendai returned to Ruwa Town Council as an alderman? 

    41:49 Does Tendai feel like he's missing out on what most of his peers are doing? 

    44:03 Who is Tendai at MSU?

    48 min
  • 14. Nyasha with Tafadzwa Brian Marombedza on the highest calling of mankind, being a Mastercard Foundation Scholar at UC Berkeley

    The hilarious, visionary Brian Marombedza is here!  

    0:00 Intro 1:10 What Brian had been up to 

    2:20 Inspiration behind applying for Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University 

    4:19 Navigating online learning and social distancing 

    6:34 What did Brian at Marist Brothers consider to be the highest calling of mankind 

    8:00 How 2014 was a period of some reform for Brian 

    9:37 Important lesson while at UC Berkeley 

    13:00 Dreaming in colour 16:39 

    What does Brian think is holding people back from dreaming big? 

    19:55 Important lessons from Strive Masiyiwa 

    23:26 What's on the Maro of Africa Youtube Channel 

    25:00 Is it paradoxical for Brian the trader to be pushing for Zim stocks 29:44 Mastercard Foundation's Impact 

    31:16 Rapid Fire Questions 37:00 What would be the key moments in Brian's autobiography

    47 min

About Nyasha Presents - Zim Beyond The Degree

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Nyasha is the host of Nyasha Presents: Zim Beyond the Degree, a podcast dedicated to exploring the inspiring journeys of Zimbabwean entrepreneurs, changemakers, and leaders navigating life after university. Although the podcast has been on a hiatus for the past year, it remains a platform for celebrating the hard work, courage, and hope that define Zimbabwe’s next generation.