SuperLead Podcast

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Mbali Nwoko, Mbali is an award winning farmer, CEO of Green Terrace. On this podcast, Mbali unpacked her journey of entrepreneurship in the Agriculture industry, how she transitioned from corporate to recruitment and her final pivot to farming.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Amanda John, She is a co-author of a financial journal titled, Financial fitness to financial freedom, Amanda serves as a non-executive director at The Financial Planning Institute and she is also a business transformation coach at Old Mutual. She is Super passionate about financial literacy, Amanda holds a postgraduate diploma in financial planning law and an advanced postgraduate diploma in Estate planning and financial risk management. We walked through her journal during this interview and she shared incredible insights on personal finance.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr Tashmia Ismail-Saville, the CEO of the Youth Employment Service (YES), a joint initiative between business, labour and government, which addresses South Africa’s youth unemployment challenge, by creating 1 million work experiences in South Africa. She founded Boundless World, which focusses on strategy and innovation, inclusive business models, mobile digital skills and economic and behavioural research.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Neo Hutiri. Neo graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BSc in Electrical Engineering and went on to join ArcelorMittal SA as an automation engineer. He then took up an operations management role working as a technical assistant to the COO of ArcelorMittal SA while also completing a Masters in Engineering (Industrial Engineering) at the University of Witwatersrand. He later ventured out into the technology startup ecosystem in Johannesburg and is now the founder of Technovera, a technology start-up developing smart solutions. He has a passion for nurturing the entrepreneurial culture, always up for a challenge and heavily invested in the development and adoption of smart technologies in the healthcare space. Over 2.5 million man-hours are lost per month due to patients spending long hours in queues at primary healthcare facilities. Technovera has developed pelebox, a technology platform that allows patients to collect repeat medication in under 2 minutes instead of waiting hours and is now working with The City of Johannesburg and The City of Tshwane to enable patients to collect medication faster.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Unotida Nyoni, Uno, an accountant by training with an MBA from UCT. He is currently a Finance manager at the Desmond and Leah Tutu foundation, and was previously a CFO at Silulo Ulutho Technologies. Until last year December, he was the National president of the Junior Chamber International – referred to as JCI and this year he continues to serve as a council member for Africa and the Middle East. JCI holds annual awards where they recognize the top young outstanding persons in South Africa – some of whom we have interviewed on our platform such as Luvuyo and Tiffini. Uno has engaged with many young outstanding persons for years and he offers insightful advice on what makes one stand out and be outstanding. He is actually writing a book on the same topic.

On this podcast, we bring you Lira’s super inspirational talk at the 2018 SuperLead Summit. Lira as she is professionally known, is a singer from South Africa. She is a multi-platinum selling and a 12-times South African Music Award-winning Afro-Soul vocalist, who refers to her music as “a fusion of soul, funk, elements of jazz and African.” Her journey to world renown, was not a smooth ride, it was one of courage, perseverance, of passionately pursuing the dream.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Career Coach Phiona Martin on the second part of how to get a job you have always wanted. Phiona is a registered Industrial Psychologist with a special interest in Career, Talent and Leadership Development. And she holds a masters degree on industrial psychology. She is a Thought Leader in career coaching, she provides expert opinion on Career Development advice through on various platforms including her own blog http://www.phionamartin.com/). She is a frequent contributor to several publications within the career development space and speaks at conference events and other media platforms.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Career coach Phiona Martin unpacking how one can get the job they have always wanted. Phiona is a registered Industrial Psychologist with a special interest in Career, Talent and Leadership Development. And she holds a masters degree on industrial psychology. She is a Thought Leader in career coaching, she provides expert opinion on career development advice through on various platforms including her own blog (http://www.phionamartin.com/). She is a frequent contributor to several publications within the career development space and speaks at conference events and other media platforms. On the podcast, Phiona share practical steps for anyone looking to get to the next level in their career.

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 a number of Boards of JSE-listed and include AdvTech, Shoprite, MTN SA and Sanlam, just to name a few.

She holds a PHD in education from Harvard and she is the 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, 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 a highly talented black woman who continues to make her mark in the industry. She has a Masters in IT and an MBA, as well as an Executive Development programme certificate from leading institutions in and outside the country. She is currently the Standard Bank Top Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 and One of the 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.