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In this latest episode with Vumile Msweli, we speak about a number of issues around her transition from a Corporate Executive to becoming known as Africa's Leading Career Coach. We talk about the importance of recognizing and being intentional about the transition and how to manage the phases of transition while building. Importantly, we also explored how to develop the mindset behind success - A person's mindset is critical in their success journey because it drives the accomplishments they aim for. Finally, we discuss the changes that will happen in the future of work and how professionals should make the shift in order to thrive. This episode is exciting and speaks to the value of entrepreneurial thinking and value creation.

Our Guest:

Vumile is the Chief Executive officer for Hesed Consulting which is a coaching and consulting firm specializing in commerce acceleration; career coaching; women empowerment; facilitation and training on the African continent, with a presence in Nigeria; South Africa; Botswana; Rwanda, and affiliates in Namibia; Ghana and Uganda. She has previously worked for reputable multinational institutions such as Barclays, Investec, Nedbank, First National Bank, and Vodafone. Vumile is an Operations; Finance and Strategy executive with experience in both the telecommunications and finance sectors. She has successfully led global teams in Africa (Nigeria; Kenya; Democratic Republic of Congo; Zambia; Lesotho; Ghana; Tanzania; Mozambique and South Africa); and Europe (Scotland; Isle of Man and England).

Your Host:

I am your host, Demi, Founder of Planbpreneur and Entrepreneurship Development, Future of Work & Learning Innovation consultant.

Follow us on Social Media @planbpreneur or visit our website: www.planbpreneur.com. For inquiries and partnerships, email: hello@demioluwasina.com, hello@planbpreneur.com

Who defines what Entrepreneurship looks like in Africa? And how do those definitions serve to enhance or restrict the progress and benefits of Entrepreneurship on the African continent? Are there peculiarities Africa has that make entrepreneurship different in this landscape, tailored to meet different needs and engineered by different motivations? How do people become more entrepreneurial and shape entrepreneurship and the future of work in Africa?

In this latest episode, my guest is the brilliant Dr. Gaidi Faraj whom I have had the pleasure to work with across a number of different platforms. We talk about his background, perception, and practice of entrepreneurship, how entrepreneurship in Africa can be practiced to create opportunities for others, and importantly, why and how to shape entrepreneurship and the future of work in Africa. I hope that you enjoy the episode!

About Gaidi Faraj Ph.D

Gaidi’s passions lie at the intersection of teaching innovation, entrepreneurship, and futures thinking while applying these same skills to systems building across the African continent. He is closely acquainted with the issues of developing and revising higher education products to keep up with a fast-changing world of work so that programs remain relevant and fit for purpose. He has thought about how curriculum design in areas of entrepreneurship and innovation at the undergraduate and graduate levels must confront issues of leapfrogging inequality. In his role at ALU, he led the design and launch of ALU’s signature interdisciplinary program, Global Challenges. The Global Challenges program aims to empower students to become leaders and agents of change in the world. Students pick a mission, not a major, and identify a problem or challenge that they want to solve for their community. Their course work is then centered around that particular challenge.

Gaidi is a multidimensional manager, educator, trainer, and team leader who has extensive experience working within the nonprofit and private sectors. People and team management is one of Gaidi’s core strengths and he knows how to motivate and inspire diverse groups. Adept at identifying effective strategies to resolve conflict and at managing difficult interpersonal situations, Gaidi is comfortable adapting to a wide range of people and being open to different values, attitudes, and personalities.

Your Host - Demilade Oluwasina

I am your host, Demi, Founder of Planbpreneur and Entrepreneurship Development, Future of Work & Learning Innovation consultant.

Follow us on Social Media @planbpreneur or visit our website: www.planbpreneur.com. For inquiries and partnership, email: hello@demioluwasina.com, hello@planbpreneur.com

The challenges that come with Entrepreneurship are countless. And for anyone planning to start an entrepreneurial venture, you have to be ready to encounter those challenges and importantly bring a creative perspective to solving them. Sometimes, we only become creative and explore options when it becomes a necessity. However, we should learn to be ready for the changes and challenges and more importantly, be ready to improvise and pivot where necessary.

In this latest episode, I chat with Olive Nkirote, Founder of Yummy Rabbits Kenya and Olive Nkirote Rebranded (ONR) on how she has navigated her Entrepreneurship Journey [This episode was recorded in Mid-2022 and I'm sure Olive's business has grown beyond this point and there are several new things Olive is doing]. Regardless, enjoy the episode!

About Olive Nkirote

Olive Nkirote is a young, budding African entrepreneur from Kenya.

She founded, co-owns, and manages 2 businesses: YRK (Yummy Rabbits Kenya), an organic rabbit farm in Kenya, that provides you a yummy experience of a lifetime from rabbit meat and organic pesticide and fertilizer for all farmers and plant owners.

Her second business is ONR, Olive Nkirote Rebranded, an educative platform on both YouTube and Instagram, that educates the youth on various aspects of Business and Money; money being a major focus (Investing and Crypto assets!). ONR's mission is to be the largest African platform providing tools and resources for African Youth on their journey to creating financial wealth. YRK's mission is to be the largest organic food provider to Africa and Kenya's number 1 organic rabbit exporter in the region.

Your Host - Demilade Oluwasina

I am your host, Demi, Founder of Planbpreneur and Entrepreneurship Development, Future of Work & Learning Innovation consultant.

Follow us on Social Media @planbpreneur or visit our website: www.planbpreneur.com. For inquiries and partnership, email: hello@demioluwasina.com, hello@planbpreneur.com

Every day, many people choose to take up the entrepreneurial journey and awaken to their true entrepreneurial selves. However, what motivates each person to become a creator, solve problems and live up to a higher self is different. 

The Planbpreneur Podcast is committed to sharing inspiration and practical strategies by telling the stories of other entrepreneurs. And in this latest edition, Planbpreneur Founder and Podcast Host, Demilade Oluwasina sits with Hazem Hamrouni, a young and brilliant entrepreneur from Tunis, Tunisia to discover what led him on the entrepreneurial path and what entrepreneurial thinking and action mean to him.

In this episode, you will learn how Hazem decided that his failure in school would not stop him but rather, he used that to channel into a new dream of doing bigger things, living up to his true potential, and eventually inspiring others. We also talk about why motivation is not enough and how commitment can even be more important in the entrepreneurial journey.

In addition, Hazem shares:

1. His company's mission of working with personal brands and with company brands and the pivot

2. How he was able to find and build relationships with great co-founders and team members

3. The challenges and opportunities of Doing Business in Tunisia

About Hazem Hamrouni

Hazem is the CEO of Persohype: a Social Media Marketing Agency based in Tunisia. 

He is a self-made social media marketer. He has put & enforced several social media marketing strategies for companies working in different fields. He was the youngest head of Marketing in Tunisia working for, Bolt: one of the fastest-growing startups in Tunisia. He has always been passionate about business & entrepreneurship, that's what made him build his very first company and get into the game at a young age. Currently, he is the co-founder and CEO of PERSOHYPE. 

After 2 years and a half, today PERSOHYPE is a 12-member company delivering 360-degree digital marketing services. Other than Delivering measurable results &  good quality service to our clients, the company is working on expanding our services to Sub-Saharan African countries. The company is also working on combining digital marketing with technology & innovation by developing tech-oriented solutions in order to deliver a better client & agency experience

About Demilade Oluwasina

Demi is a Learning Innovation, Future of Work, and Entrepreneurship Consultant. He Founded Planbpreneur.com to help professionals become more entrepreneurial, create new income and impact and thrive in the future world of work. You can read more about demi at: www.demioluwasina.com

We hope that this episode is inspiring for you and that you will share it with other people.

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About the Episode

Many people have dreams and ideas of what they want to do and what will be fulfilling for them. But only very few take the courage to pick up those dreams, believe in them, and work towards them.

In the latest episode of the Planbpreneur Podcast, Demi Oluwasina, Founder of Planbpreneur.com sits with Diane Nuteau, an amazing meta-coach and Founder of the Creative Brainstorming. In the episode, Diane shares about her mistakes, her process and how she evolved The Creative Brainstorming Technique. She talks about the point where she finally said 'Yes' to herself and how the journey has evolved.

Diane also shares important tips on the resources that have helped her including the things she will do differently if she was starting over. If you are struggling to decide to do the things that bring you fulfillment and to finally follow your true purpose. This episode will be of great value to you.

About Diane

Diane is Mauritian-born; she is the founder and Meta-Coach of The Creative Brainstorming; an award-winning start-up, for its innovative approach to work and new methodologies to enhance collective intelligence, inclusivity, and strategic alignment. Flexible enough to work in a diverse and challenging environment, her experience evolves from working at an African organization focused on Internet development in Africa, to public relations, advertising agencies, and lecturing at the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce Business School. As an MQA-approved trainer in the field of Management, a licensed and certified Meta-Coach by the International Society of Neuro-Semantics, she now focuses her work on coaching teams for personal and professional development. By applying specific communication approaches, she assists teams to interact more efficiently, and aligns them to the company’s objectives via a hands-on workshop which she calls "The Creative Brainstorming".

Over and above her profession, Diane has this crazy passion for fire twirling and art, which makes her a fun human being to meet and have coffee with!

Awards:

• JCI Mauritius Creative Young Entrepreneur Award 2018
• Laureate of the Total Startupper Challenge 2019
• Finalist –Women in Africa WIA54 2021

About Demi

Demi is a Learning Innovation, Future of Work and Entrepreneurship Consultant. He Founded Planbpreneur.com to help professionals become more entrepreneurial, to create new income and impact and to thrive in the future world of work. You can read more about demi at: www.demioluwasina.com

Planbpreneur

Planbpreneur is dedicated to helping professionals become more entrepreneurial, to create new income and impact and to thrive in the future world of work. Learn more at www.planbreneur.com. Find out more on our upcoming Mega Summit at: www.megasummit.planbpreneur.com.

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In this latest episode, we feature an Educator and Entrepreneurial Professional based in Zimbabwe.

Jobert Ngwenya is an Entrepreneurship Educator, Hivos Youth Food Action Grantee, Fulbright TEA Fellow, National Geographic Grantee, Tony Elumelu Alumni, Junior Achievement Zimbabwe Alumni, Savvy Fellow, Mandela Washington Fellowship Alternate Nominee, School Enterprise Challenge Teacher Advisory Panel.

Jobert Ngwenya describes himself as a hardworking self-starter who believes in open and consensus leadership and embracing technology to achieve goals for today and for tomorrow.

He started out by describing his career journey including transitions between education and social work, about some of the opportunities he experimented with, and then, finally figuring out his path as an entrepreneurial educator.

Jobert is passionate about infusing entrepreneurial thinking into young people early in their developmental journey and he in fact talks about how entrepreneurial activity could be used to prevent other delinquencies including teenage pregnancy, those young people are usually involved in. He believes rather than trying to deter young people from these dangerous activities, if they were instead employed productively, their time will be focused on better outcomes.

Importantly in this episode, we talk about what it means to be an entrepreneurial professional and to find opportunities within the current value chain of one's industry either to make income or impact or both. It is all about finding problems and proffering and creating solutions according to Jobert. We also discuss a few ideas on what it takes to balance the entrepreneurial and professional life and some of the practical ways that Jobert does that.

Our host on this episode is Demilade Oluwasina, Author and Founder of Planbpreneur.com

We hope you enjoy this episode and to reach out to us with any questions you may have at: hello@planbpreneur.com. Also, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook at: @planbpreneur.

Learn more about the upcoming Planbpreneur Future of Work & Entrepreneurship MegaSummit in November 2022 at: www.megasummit.planbpreneur.com

Do you have an idea of something amazing you want to put in the world but don't know where to start?

Is the drive for perfection keeping you from sharing your innovations with the world?

How do you ensure you are building an excellent product but keeping a balance with addressing the needs of users?

These questions and more are questions you will find answers to in this latest episode of The Planbpreneur Podcast. Join Demi, Podcast Host and Founder, Planbpreneur.com as he discusses with our Guest, Dr. Ebony A. Utley on how to build great things through iteration.

Ebony A. Utley, Ph.D. is a professorpreneur. As a Professor of Communication Studies at California State University Long Beach she researches, publishes, and teaches interpersonal communication. Her expertise has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Network as well as other national and international radio, print, and online outlets. As an entrepreneur, she curates experiences and develops technology products for social impact. Her contributions include but are not limited to raising awareness about the dark side of technology, improving romantic relationship communication, supporting women recovering from infidelity, preventing domestic violence through entrepreneurship, and healing via ebony.yoga. As an intrapreneur, Dr. Utley is program manager of the Apostle Enterprise Lab, Associate Director for the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the founder of the Social Justice Entrepreneurship program all at California State University Long Beach.

We hope you enjoy the podcast and ensure to share any questions or comments with us via email: hello@planbpreneur.com or on Social Media: @planbpreneur

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How do you transition from a current role to doing what you always wanted to do?

How do you build something you love while balancing impact and sustainability?

What are some easy ways to get started with that tech product idea you have?

These questions and more are questions you will find answers to in this latest episode of The Planbpreneur Podcast. Join Demi, Podcast Host and Founder, Planbpreneur.com as he discusses with our Guest, Claudius Mbemba his transition from working in Microsoft (a great job by all standards) to building an impact-driven startup.

Claudius is CoFounder @ neu (useneu.com), a Speaker, & Tech Entrepreneur who advises early-stage founders and aspiring entrepreneurs on how to break into startups, along with the tips and tricks he’s learned along the way. He’s passionate about raising the number of BIPOCs in Tech & VC by paving the way. Claudius has been invited to speak to everyone, from entrepreneurship students at Ball State University to CTOs/Engineering Executives at the Nasdaq in NYC. Along with his CoFounder, Claudius was nominated for the GeekWire Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2020) and graduated from the prestigious Techstars Seattle Startup Accelerator. He previously worked as a top software engineer at Microsoft and played D1 college football at his alma mater.

We hope you enjoy the podcast and ensure to share any questions or comments with us via email: hello@planbpreneur.com or on Social Media: @planbpreneur

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On this Episode of Planbpreneur, Demi sits down with Andrew Herweg to talk about how Freelance Consultants can have a steady stream of clients. Andrew takes us behind the scenes of his long term strategy to ensure that he always has clients to work with but also his short term networking strategies to win new clients. Do listen to the podcast to find how you can integrate these ideas into your own business and work to keep the steady stream of clients flowing. Andrew is a former start-up operator turned consultant, investor and mentor. His career spans across three different continents, working with a range of companies from investing and coaching early stage start-ups in Sub-Saharan Africa to advising on growth strategies for Fortune 500 companies in the UK and United States. Career highlights include working on the Olympics & Paralympics in 2012 and creating a million dollar fund for early stage African businesses. Demi Oluwasina is the Host of the Planbpreneur Podcast and the Founder of the Planbpreneur Digital Platform. He is an Entrepreneurial Development Consultant and Coach working with global collaborators to build products to help people and systems thrive and unleash their potential. Planbpreneur helps individuals and entrepreneurs increase their income and impact. Andrew Herweg and Demi Oluwasina will be facilitating the Smart earner Workshop for Consultants and Knowledge Experts from 13-18 December 2021. Do check www.planbpreneur.com for participation details. To learn more about Planbpreneur, visit: www.planbpreneur.com. Follow us on social media: @planbpreneur