The Growth Podcast with Suwi: Recent Episodes
Suwilanji Siame
This is a Podcast for individuals who are committed to their growth. Through this Podcast, we highlight a number of personal development areas and how we can improve upon each. On some episodes, we have special guests to drive conversations around specific subject areas. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a career person or just someone seeking to get the best out of life, we have you covered.
Mwala Mooto shares his story on how he quit a promising career to go into business with no success guarantees.
Sebastien Dutch balances a marketing career and is a budding at the same time. Join us on this thrilling conversation.
Mark Ziligone is a renowned comedian and a professional journalist plying his trade with the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation. He sits down with us and discusses his careers and personal life.
Emmy Kumwenda is a banker with over two decades of experience in the banking sector. She serves in the Executive Committee of Standard Chartered Zambia.
A fierce conversation about running business and the attitude of successful entrepreneurs.
This episode features Webster Twaambo who shares some key insights on building a resilient career.
Chewe Chileshe from Franklin Covey Zambia shares gems on what habits characterize highly effective people.
This week we speak to the proprietor of Meraki Cafe Chomba Bowa who resigned her senior role in the bank to focus on her side hustle.
This week on The Growth Podcast, we share a touching story of resilience, endurance and determination of 23 year old Queen Luyando Dube. She shares an emotional tale of her life thus far, the struggles and the pain she has endured in the pursuit of her dream. She may not have arrived yet, but the light is in sight!
We talk to PWC Country Senior Partner on his career journey and the lessons he has learnt over the years.
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We talk to an Investment Expert on available investment options and some FAQs on Invesments.
Seasoned entrepreneur Fisho Mwale blesses us with a conversation on his entrepreneurial journey.
We feature Kyembe Kyalusanza, Corporate Affairs Manager at Standard Chartered Zambia. She shares her career journey from working at a security company to how she job hunted bank to bank until she entered Standard Chartered.
We talk to Chile One on his musical journey, his growth as an artist and his 2022 Awards.
In our last episode of the year, we are talking to Pastor Gladys Paswani on How couples can build stronger Marriages.
Monica Musonda shares her journey of how she left a lucrative career to launch her own dream.
We talk to one of the most recognizable Zambian Voice Artists Kamiza Chikula. He talks about how his Christian Values have guided his career and how he commercialized his voice from doing free voices to being one of the most sought voices in the industry. He also shares his event Emceeing journey and has some wisdom for the upcoming crop of voice over and media enthusiasts.
We talk to one of Zambia's biggest content creators who kicked of his career as a joke. Now he is up there on the content creators leaderboard having had some good success key among which was his FIFA influencing deal. Ba Emma tells his story with jokes along the way but with a serious message of growth for young people seeking to secure the bag as content creators. #ndineemma #thegrowthpodcast #zambia
We talk to Michie aka "Zambia's Sweetheart." She is a thriving media personality who many don't need to struggle to identify. In this conversation, she catches up with us, sharing detailed accounts of her successful journey in the media, giving timely advice to those coming up in the industry and the values that have seen her through. She is so full of life and we hope you feel that throughout this conversation.
This week on The Growth Podcast, we have an exciting conversation with Brian Chanda. At only 22, he has built a multi-million Kwacha business. He made his first K100,000 at age 18. He comes from a humble background having dropped out of CBU for failure to pay school fees. He shares a story of his failures and losses on his journey. In this episode, Brian shares some very wise nuggets on how young people can make a difference in their lives.
We talk to Topsy Sikalinda who serves as Deputy Director - Customer Experience at the Zambia Revenue Authority. Topsy also doubles as a Comedian and shares his experience on how the doubling has been going. He further gives some nuggets on his experience in the corporate world and what he has learnt about leadership over the years.
Daniel Mbazima was a hardcore drug addict whose life was on the brink of its end. He got expelled from two Russian Universities and returned home with a wasted opportunity. Hard as it may be, he turned his life around, got back to school, bagged his degree and opened a rehab centre to help drug addicts overcome their addiction.
This week we chat with Moses Zulu, a young and budding Zambian entrepreneur who quit his job to establish his own event company that has risen successfully over the past 4 years. #thegrowthpodcast #entrepreneurship #zambia
Samuel Machishi is our guest this week. He is a very recognizable media personality with the national broadcaster - ZNBC. He talks about his journey to being a renowned broadcaster, sharing intimate details of how he transitioned from a life of poverty to make a life for himself.
Our guest this week is budding entrepreneur Maybin Simbeye fondly known as Mayback or Mr Win. He is the founder of Win Electronics, a company he founded after hustling his way on the streets of Katondo. He shares his story of starting his business from CBU and the hurdles of managing a business with a balance sheet north of K4million.
Yangeni Chendela is a season HR expert who serves as Head of HR for BDO Zambia. In this episode, he talks about the importance of side hustles (side businesses) for people who are in full time employment. He also focus on Dos and Don'ts to avoid crossing your employers while conducting your side hustle.
This week we talk to Kachiza Kwenda, one of the youngest CEOs in Zambia. He shares some gems on leadership as young person and how his leadership journey has been. He goes on to share advice on how to get the best in employees. Also, he shares how his interview experience for the job was and what others can learn from it.
This week we talk to Simon Mulenga Mwila. He tells us how he struggled growing up with a single mother and how struggle dominated his childhood. Simon talks about how he turned his life around to become a Lawyer and how he has leveraged relationships to get ahead.
In this week's episode of the Growth Podcast, we talk to Chanozya Kabaghe, one of the youngest financial educators in Zambia. Our conversation is around creating long term wealth through long term investments such as stocks and bonds.
This week we talk to Ruth Mooto who shares her experience of building her first house. She, her husband and children had to move into a house without electricity and endured the discomfort in their quest to build their dream home.
In this episode, we talk to local author and entrepreneur Edwin Ngwane on his life as an entrepreneur and self development author. He is also a Sales Expert and shares some tips on how businesses can improve sales. He also lets us in on some ways we can become better entrepreneurs.
Welcome! In this episode, we talk to Dr Rozious Siatwambo, one of the most recognizable business figures in Zambia. He shares his entrepreneurial journey with us, from running his business from his UNZA room to owning a chain of successful businesses.
In this episode, I sit down with Mwizukanji as she opens up about her life before and after the fame. She shares key lessons she learnt from failure, from her failed marriage and how all her experiences prepared her for the life she now lives. She talks about her experience raising 4 kids as a single mom and how she balances that with her career and business. #mwizukanji #thegrowthpodcast #zambia
This week on the Growth Podcast, I talk to Patricia Luhanga who has not had it easy in her journey. She is the Corporate Affairs Manager at the Electoral Commission of Zambia. She shares her story of how she had to work as a maid to raise money for her education and how she endured at the hands of a cruel boss in her career. From a life of struggle, she has risen and held key strategic positions in banking and governance.
In this episode, renowned HR Expert Justin Kangwa talks to people who want to build their careers in the corporate world. The conversation covers CVs, job interviews, handling a difficult boss, career progression and career development. Don't forget to subscribe and share with a friend!
In this episode of The Growth Podcast, we sit down with Lyapa Mbewe, one of the leading financial literacy educators in Zambia. She discuses a number of interesting things around money. Enjoy!
Welcome to the second season of The Growth Podcast. We kick off the season with a conversation with Christopher Jannou, the founder and CEO of the Urban Group of Hotels. He has been in Zambia for a while and has built the Iconic Urban Hotel Lusaka and another one in Ndola. In this conversation, he shares with me on how he started off and how others can emulate his story to be daring and going big!
In this week's episode we feature renowned Lusaka Businessman Benjamin Katubiya as he shares some of the values and behaviours that led to him becoming a successful businessman.
As we celebrate the last day in the Women's Month, we feature Charity Lumpa, an accomplished career woman who shares some tips on how she got to the top in her career.
This episode of the GPS podcast focuses on some elements of entrepreneurship most people either ignore or are not aware of.
On this episode, we feature Sonny Zulu as he talks about how you can get to the top in your career. This is a great episode even for those in entrepreneurship.
We all want to get ahead in life. Many times however, a number of things stand in our way. In this podcast, I focus on 7 of some of those things and share how you can get around them.
Welcome to the GPS Podcast. In this episode, I talk about perception, why it matters and what it can mean for you.
We continue from where we left off last week with Galamukani giving us the final 4 principles from the total 7.
On this episode of the Podcast, we feature renowned motivational speaker Felix Banda aka Galamukani. He shares 7 principles that he believes we should strive to live by in our quest for progression.
Welcome back. On the second episode of this Podcast we are talking about how you can build and maintain a strong personal brand and why it matters.
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the GPS Podcast. So excited to have you!! In this episode, we highlight expectations for the podcast and what we hope to achieve in future episodes. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating.