SuperLead Podcast

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Kershini Govender who is the Executive Head of Transformation and Strategy at Nedbank Group. Kershini is a seasoned executive for empowerment and has led transformation within the South African Financial Services industry for over a decade. She has achieved numerous industry accolades for her work and leadership.

In this interview, she talks about strategies for transformation, she shares practical steps to change organizational culture, she unpacks the 5C framework and the importance of clarity of purpose.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Njabulo Mashigo who is an Executive Director for Human Resources at Vodacom South Africa. Njabulo is an international award-winning executive with over 21 years in HR experience across various industries.

In this interview, Njabulo shares lessons from her leadership journey. She spoke about the role of HR in this evolving environment, as well as the culture of experimentation.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Lincoln Mali who is the Chief Executive Officer at Lesaka Technologies, which is a South African Financial Technology company focused on serving the under served. Lincoln is an experienced executive with over 25 years in the Financial Services Industry. He is also a former activist and has held numerous executive roles throughout his career.

In this interview, he unpacks insights from his best-selling book Blazing a Trail: Lessons for African Leadership.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Deborah Mutemwa-Tumbo who is an accomplished legal professional and an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She is the Chairwoman and Co-founder of TumboScott, a Sandton based law firm specialising in corporate and commercial legal services.

In this interview, Deborah shares her leadership journey from her growing up days as a Pastor’s Kid and her career in the legal profession. She also shares lessons from scaling her legal business.

On this episode, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Kganki Matabane, who is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Black Business Council, an umbrella body of black business in South Africa. Kganki is also a member of the Presidential Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Advisory Council.

In this interview, Kganki Matabane talks about the important role that the Black Business Council plays in the South African economy through their various initiatives. He encourages young people to participate on platforms that will not only give them the opportunity to play a part in solving our current problems as a country, but that will also give them access to influential networks that could potentially be helpful in the future.

On this episode, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Calvin Collett, who is the Founder and CEO at Melon Mobile. Melon is South Africa’s first truly digital mobile operator. Melon is made up of a mix of tech experts, entrepreneurs and creatives who found a better way of delivering mobile offerings, allowing subscribers more control over their mobile needs.

In this interview, Calvin speaks of how he was fascinated by technology from a young age, spending hours on end in computer science classrooms taking in as much as he could. He shares his journey to Melon, the lessons he learnt along the way and how putting people first was the key to the successful turnaround of Smart Village, now Supersonic.

On this episode, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Tauriq Keraan, who is the Group Executive for Growth Projects at Tyme Group. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director at Tymebank, South Africa’s first digital bank. Tauriq is a seasoned digital banking veteran.

On this interview, he shared the lessons from his leadership journey. He took us behind the scenes of how Tyme successfully scaled in the saturated banking market in South Africa. He spoke about tech, navigating risk, governance, regulations in various geographies while staying customer centric.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Sophia Alj who is the Co-Founder and COO at Chari, which is a one-stop-shop for traditional proximity stores.

In this interview,  Sophia shares her early days of growing up in Morocco; deliberately paving her path to entrepreneurship through consulting; and going on to being the co-founder of Chari, the creators of the Chari e-commerce app. Sophia also shares lessons learnt from consulting, the inspiration behind Chari as well as the asocial and economic impact they have on convenience store owners and so much more!

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Bruce Whitfield who is the author of the bestselling book, "The Upside of Down", an award-winning financial journalist, and a global keynote speaker. This Money Show host is also a Contributing Editor to the Financial Mail, a Columnist at Business Live, and provides foreign correspondence to several international news providers.

In this interview,  Bruce Whitfield takes us back to growing up in a multi-generational farming family in the Free-State where at the age of 5, he decided he wanted to become a journalist. He went on to have a fruitful career in journalism spanning three decades. He shares some of the lessons he has learned over the years, unpacks The Upside of Down and his most recent book, Genius: How to Thrive at the Edge of Chaos.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr Adriana Marais, who is a director at the Foundation for Space Development Africa preparing Africa’s first mission to the Moon, a scientific moderator on space resources with the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator and chair of space sciences at Tod’Aérs Aeronautics and Space Research. She is also a research fellow at Stellenbosch University and a faculty at Singularity University and Duke Corporate Education. She previously held the position of Head of Innovation at SAP Africa and she holds a PhD in quantum biology.

On this interview, we unpack what she calls the Off-World Leadership approach. She talks about the Africa to the Moon project and so much more.