On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Shirley Zinn unpacking her story of grit and determination to succeed. Shirley hails from the Cape Flats in Cape Town, and started her career as a secondary school teacher of English, then moved to the University of the Western Cape where she lectured in Teacher Education

currently a Non-Executive Director on the number of Boards of JSE-listed and these include AdvTech, Shoprite, MTN SA, Sanlam, just to name a few

She holds a PHD in education from Harvard and she is an author of an incredible book, Swimming upstream: Story of grit and determination to succeed. She unpacked her journey of rising above poverty of the Cape Flats to ivy-league lecture halls and the boardrooms of some of South Africa’s biggest enterprises. And also an account of immense personal tragedy, and picking yourself up and carrying on, and how that has shaped her to be an awesome leader that she is today.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Shirley Zinn unpacking her story of grit and determination to succeed. Shirley hails from the Cape Flats in Cape Town, and started her career as a secondary school teacher of English, then moved to the University of the Western Cape where she lectured in Teacher Education

currently a Non-Executive Director on the number of Boards of JSE-listed and these include AdvTech, Shoprite, MTN SA, Sanlam, just to name a few

She holds a PHD in education from Harvard and she is an author of an incredible book, Swimming upstream: Story of grit and determination to succeed. She unpacked her journey of rising above poverty of the Cape Flats to ivy-league lecture halls and the boardrooms of some of South Africa’s biggest enterprises. And also an account of immense personal tragedy, and picking yourself up and carrying on, and how that has shaped her to be an awesome leader that she is today.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Veronica Motloutsi on her journey to Top entrepreneur of the year! Veronica Motloutsi is one of the award winning and Top women in the ICT industry. She is the CEO of SmartDigital Solution a licensed ISP focusing on broadband connectivity, Digital Transformation, IoT, Data Analytics and Digital Skills. She is highly talented black women who continues to make her mark in the industry. She has Masters in IT and MBA, as well as Executive Development programme certificate from leading institutions in and outside the country. She is currently the Standard Bank Top Enterpreneur of the Year 2018 and One of Top Fifty Inspiring women in STEM

She also is the founder of Africa Lead with Veronica Motloutsi (Digital Disruption Evangelist), a platform aimed to challenge government, funders and policy maker to create a new digital economy that will propel Africa to compete better with other markets.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Veronica Motloutsi on her journey to Top entrepreneur of the year! Veronica Motloutsi is one of the award winning and Top women in the ICT industry. She is the CEO of SmartDigital Solution a licensed ISP focusing on broadband connectivity, Digital Transformation, IoT, Data Analytics and Digital Skills. She is highly talented black women who continues to make her mark in the industry. She has Masters in IT and MBA, as well as Executive Development programme certificate from leading institutions in and outside the country. She is currently the Standard Bank Top Enterpreneur of the Year 2018 and One of Top Fifty Inspiring women in STEM

She also is the founder of Africa Lead with Veronica Motloutsi (Digital Disruption Evangelist), a platform aimed to challenge government, funders and policy maker to create a new digital economy that will propel Africa to compete better with other markets.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr Thulani Dlamini. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He joined the CSIR in 2005 as the head of the National Laser Centre and in 2008 he was appointed to the position of Group Executive for Research and Development (R&D), a position he held until 2011 when he left the CSIR to join Sasol. At Sasol he was the Executive Manager: Research and Development and later became Vice-President for Strategic Research and Technology.

Dr Dlamini holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Master’s in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa. He has also completed advanced courses in several aspects of technology management in the chemical industry offered by institutions such as the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.

He was instrumental in the establishment of the Photonics Initiative of South Africa and the development of a national strategy for photonics research, development and innovation (RD&I). He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF). Furthermore, he has served on numerous boards including the Sasol Pension Fund, Automotive Industry Development Centre, Sasol Technology UK and Netherlands.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr Thulani Dlamini. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He joined the CSIR in 2005 as the head of the National Laser Centre and in 2008 he was appointed to the position of Group Executive for Research and Development (R&D), a position he held until 2011 when he left the CSIR to join Sasol. At Sasol he was the Executive Manager: Research and Development and later became Vice-President for Strategic Research and Technology.

Dr Dlamini holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Master’s in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa. He has also completed advanced courses in several aspects of technology management in the chemical industry offered by institutions such as the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.

He was instrumental in the establishment of the Photonics Initiative of South Africa and the development of a national strategy for photonics research, development and innovation (RD&I). He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF). Furthermore, he has served on numerous boards including the Sasol Pension Fund, Automotive Industry Development Centre, Sasol Technology UK and Netherlands.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Nkazi Sokhulu (34) who is the Co-founder & CEO of Yalu, a digital insurer that offers credit life insurance. Prior to Yalu, Nkazi was the Co-founder & COO of FNB Life. He was 1 half of the duo who started the life insurance company within the FirstRand Group. Prior to FNB, Nkazi served as an the executive assistant to the CEO of Old Mutual, Ralph Mupita, and soon after that worked in the company’s tied advisory distribution division. He has worked in a number of countries as a management consultant at McKinsey.

Nkazi is a University of Cape Town holds a finance degree from UCT and an MBA from Columbia University in New York.

NKazi unpacked lessons he learnt from building FNB Life and Yalu

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Nkazi Sokhulu (34) who is the Co-founder & CEO of Yalu, a digital insurer that offers credit life insurance. Prior to Yalu, Nkazi was the Co-founder & COO of FNB Life. He was 1 half of the duo who started the life insurance company within the FirstRand Group. Prior to FNB, Nkazi served as an the executive assistant to the CEO of Old Mutual, Ralph Mupita, and soon after that worked in the company’s tied advisory distribution division. He has worked in a number of countries as a management consultant at McKinsey.

Nkazi is a University of Cape Town holds a finance degree from UCT and an MBA from Columbia University in New York.

NKazi unpacked lessons he learnt from building FNB Life and Yalu

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Nkazi Sokhulu (34) who is the Co-founder & CEO of Yalu, a digital insurer that offers credit life insurance. Prior to Yalu, Nkazi was the Co-founder & COO of FNB Life. He was 1 half of the duo who started the life insurance company within the FirstRand Group. Prior to FNB, Nkazi served as an the executive assistant to the CEO of Old Mutual, Ralph Mupita, and soon after that worked in the company’s tied advisory distribution division. He has worked in a number of countries as a management consultant at McKinsey.

Nkazi is a University of Cape Town holds a finance degree from UCT and an MBA from Columbia University in New York,

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Nkazi Sokhulu (34) who is the Co-founder & CEO of Yalu, a digital insurer that offers credit life insurance. Prior to Yalu, Nkazi was the Co-founder & COO of FNB Life. He was 1 half of the duo who started the life insurance company within the FirstRand Group. Prior to FNB, Nkazi served as an the executive assistant to the CEO of Old Mutual, Ralph Mupita, and soon after that worked in the company’s tied advisory distribution division. He has worked in a number of countries as a management consultant at McKinsey.

Nkazi is a University of Cape Town holds a finance degree from UCT and an MBA from Columbia University in New York,