The Salary Scramble With Lee Kasumba

From torn paper tickets to double-booked seats, this episode unpacks a reality many still face across the continent.

What seems like a small inconvenience reveals a deeper conversation about access, systems, and the true value of experience.

This is the real Africa. No filter.

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Laila Zangwio, a powerhouse athlete and CEO of HIIT ME UP & SWIMPRO GH, shares her incredible story of perseverance and determination. From defying parental expectations to dominating national triathlons and competing on the world stage, Laila’s journey is a testament to the power of self-belief and hard work. Discover how she overcame financial hurdles, trained without a coach, and earned her place among the world’s elite athletes.

She went 2.5 years without paying herself. She taught class the day her sister died. Her mother told her she was wasting her time.

This is Laila Zangwio. Relentless.

Before she built HIIT Me Up Ghana, one of the country's premier all-female fitness communities she was a girl who didn't know how to be with girls. A triathlete who funded her own ticket to compete against 800+ athletes. A daughter who had to earn the right to play sports with straight A's.

When she finally decided to start her fitness brand, she had no plan. No space. No mats. Just a client who believed in her more than she believed in herself and a birthday post that took her from zero followers to 300 in minutes.

She opens up about the question her mother asked that still drives her today, why she made HIIT Me Up all-female, her honest take on Ozempic and Ghanaian food, and why she doesn't shiver when she names her price.

This is the story of a woman who proved everyone wrong including herself.

She learned bulimia from her senior sisters. Eat until you can't breathe. Hands down the throat. She thought it was normal.

Then she learned about gluttony. And prayed against it.

She put herself on the streets. Walked. Jogged. Lost the weight. Then went straight into professional competition.

This is not a clean fitness story. This is the messy, uncomfortable truth behind a champion.

Laila Zangwo. Relentless.

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Be honest: when was the last time you let yourself believe your dream could actually happen?

Peter Pearse-Elosia decided to stop treating his passion like a hobby and start treating it like a future.

While everyone around him pushed for safety, he pushed back with one dangerous question: What if the dream works?

This episode is for anyone who's ever felt crazy for wanting more. For anyone tired of being called impractical for simply believing.

Peter isn't here to tell you risks are easy, he's here to prove that playing it safe might be the biggest risk of all.

Everyone wants to earn more but not everyone understands what actually drives salary growth.In this episode, Peter breaks down the gap between effort and reward, and why working harder doesn’t always translate into earning more. If you’ve ever felt stuck, underpaid, or unsure about your next move, this episode is for you.Full episode out today!

She sat on the idea for 10 years. Now her company is about to turn 10.Tiffanie Anderson, founder and CEO of Away to Africa, joins Lee Kasumba on The Salary Scramble to talk about building a bridge between the diaspora and the continent on her own terms.From her first trip to Cape Town as a law student (pre-Africa trending on Instagram) to bootstrapping a business that prioritizes ethical tourism and narrative control, Tiffanie shares what it really takes.She takes us to the places that move her, the stillness of Lamu, the raw beauty of Madagascar and explains why simplicity might be the key to going further in life.She also gets real about the diaspora's relationship with Africa:"You don't walk into a new home and open the fridge. You have to understand the rules of the household."And her non-negotiable rule for tour partners? They have to be African. Black African. No exceptions.Plus: the Craigslist connection who became her first client, why Kiswahili matters, the jollof debate (Senegal wins), and Scramble or Stable.Listen now.

Tiffanie Anderson of Away to Africa on why ownership isn't just about business, it's about narrative. For her, building a company meant being able to control the story that Africa puts out into the world. It meant joining a wave of people across the continent demanding to tell their own stories.Her philosophy is simple: take visitors to the people who can tell it best. That's why her tour partners have one non-negotiable requirement: they have to be African. No exceptions.

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Tiffanie Anderson of Away to Africa takes us to the places that move her. From the star-filled skies of Lamu, Kenya, to the raw beauty of Madagascar. In a world that never stops, she reflects on the profound power of simplicity and why it might be the key to moving forward.Plus, the moment she realized the world was finally catching up to what she saw coming years ago. Full episode out on Thursday.

She designed her own prom dress at 16 because nothing in stores felt like her.

Years later, she packed two babies, 13 months apart into a double pram and showed up to fashion class anyway. Her mentor took one look and said: "It's in you. You should start."

Yousra Elsadig listened.

In 2018, a blazer made from traditional Sudanese wedding fabric went viral. Since then? London, Paris, and Milan Fashion Week. Young Sudanese women message her daily: "We aspire to be like you."

But her fabrics feel like home. They smell like home. And now, with war in Sudan, she's lost access to them.

"We've gotten the world's attention at the wrong time. It hurts to carry on."

This one stayed with me.

Meet Yousra Elsadig: designer, mother, trailblazer.

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