Afro Careers Podcast: Recent Episodes
Sibonile Mathe
The Afro Careers Podcast showcases and celebrates African women both on the continent and in the diaspora who are working in the international development and humanitarian sectors. Listen to inspiring stories from smart, successful and ambitious women working in a wide range of roles and organisations. Hosted by Sibonile Mathe; we'll be talking career goals and challenges, building relationships, financial compensation and much more!
It was such a pleasure catch up with Phoebe Khagame. She's an operations specialist from Nairobi with extensive experience in the healthcare and education sectors. We talked about her current role as the Head of Operations at M-Shule (a tech start-up that uses ICT to ensure education is not only accessible but affordable too), her experience of leading a team during the COVID-19 pandemic and she shared her top tips for building effective partnerships.
Follow Phoebe on:
Twitter: @PhoebeKhagame
LinkedIn: phoebe-khagame
Really insightful conversation with feminist activist Tanya Charles. She has extensive experience in the field of gender and social justice and is driven by her passion for women and girls economic empowerment and education.
We talked about her experience of working in different countries from South Africa to Zimbabwe and England and the lessons she's learned along the way. We also delved into personal finance and the things we wished we'd known about managing finances when we were younger, and we discussed her legacy aspirations.
Follow Tanya on Twitter: @tanyeeezzy
To learn more about the Atlantic Institute visit: www.atlanticfellows.org/atlantic-institute
Book recommendation: Money: A User's Guide by Laura Whateley
Great conversation with Melissa Mbugua! She is an entrepreneur, international development practitioner, technologist and budding artist based in Nairobi, Kenya.
We talked about what it means to be a generalist, her passion for the arts and her work in supporting young creatives in scaling up their businesses. Melissa is also a co-founder of the Africa Podfest (the first conference on podcasting in Africa) so we discussed the evolving African podcasting space and future prospects.
Follow Melissa on Twitter: @melmbugua
To learn more about the Africa Podfest visit: https://www.africapodcastfestival.com/
Follow @africapodfest on Twitter
It was such a pleasure to talk to Harmony Ngwamah. She's a partnership coordinator at Comic Relief, a major UK based charity with a vision for a just world, free from poverty.
We talked about her passion for youth empowerment and her desire to see young people in her birth country (the Democratic Republic of Congo) and across Africa thrive. As someone fairly new to the international development sector, Harmony shared her experience of starting out in this field and some of the challenges she's faced.
We also delved into the role the christian church and other faith-based organisations can play in development.
To connect: LinkedIn (Harmony Ngwamah)
Podcast recommendation: About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge. This podcast features key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism and looks at the recent history that lead to the politics of today. (www.aboutracepodcast.com)
In this episode, I caught up with Samah Ahmed, Programme and Research Manager at Shabaka, a UK based social enterprise facilitating diaspora engagement.
Samah has lived, worked and studied in a range of different countries including Sudan, Qatar and Sweden. We talked about her experience of navigating different environments, changing careers (from corporate to the development sector), building strong partnerships, work-life balance and much more!
Follow Samah on Twitter @_samah1_
To learn more about Shabaka, visit: www.shabaka.org
Twitter (@shabaka_org), Facebook (@shabaka.org), LinkedIn (Shabaka)
It was a pleasure to talk to Bashàïr Ahmed, Founder and Executive Director of Shabaka, a UK based social enterprise facilitating diaspora engagement in development initiatives and humanitarian action with a focus on Africa and the Middle East.
We delved into diaspora engagement (a subject Bashàïr is passionate about and the focus of her career), women's roles in work and society, identity, race, self-care and much more!
Follow Bashàïr on Twitter @bashairbitzakia
To learn more about Shabaka, visit: www.shabaka.org
Twitter (@shabaka_org), Facebook (@shabaka.org), LinkedIn (Shabaka)
The Afro Careers Podcast will showcase and celebrate African women both on the continent and in the diaspora who are working in the international development and humanitarian sectors. Listen to inspiring stories from smart, successful and ambitious women working in a wide range of roles and organisations. Hosted by Sibonile Mathe; we'll be talking career goals and challenges, building relationships, financial compensation and much more!