Dear Migrant Scholar: Recent Episodes
AlumUnite
Are you psyched about education, want to level up your career, or enjoy general insights and banter about navigating the world as a migrant scholar? Dear Migrant Scholar - Co-hosted by Chiamaka Kwazu, Charles Nweke, and Obi Nnabuihe - provides the perspective you need to accelerate your career growth. The co-hosts are also co-founders of AlumUnite.
Each month features successful alumni of top business schools, industry thought leaders making significant impact in Africa and beyond, and other guests who understand the role of migration, advanced degrees, and communities in developing human capacity to power the African continent.
Episode three features Ife Durosinmi-Etti - the co-founder of Herconomy and a champion of financial inclusion for women. This exciting episode features Ife's journey from working in the UK and the motivation to launch her startup. In addition, she shares tips on the impact of having mentors that can help you navigate challenges in different facets of life. Join us for an exciting conversation.
0:00 - Intro
1:54 - Journey to Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center & Microsoft for StartUps
4:56 - Ife shares her personal background and how a savings challenge led to the launch of Herconomy
12:28 - Ife shares details about Herconomy vision
15:27 - Ife discusses how Herconomy is helping to increase the representation of women in top industries
20:00 - IESE Sponsor Message
20:44 - Ife discusses the role of mentors in her career and startup journey
32:00 - Ife shares her perspective about when people should seek mentorship
40:40 - How can private institutions and organizations help deliver mentorship at scale
46:15 - Ife talks about the CEOs and personalities she admires
51:45 - Ife takes us back to some fond memories by sharing some of the nicknames she grew up with and the story behind the names
Episode two features the reunion of two friends as they join us to share their exciting MBA experience at IESE business school and INSEAD. Kemi Onabanjo-Joseph is an associate partner with McKinsey and the Covenant University Alumni Association president. Hilda Kragha is the Managing director of ROAM Africa.
Kemi and Hilda give us insights into their decision-making process about going for an MBA and how it feels to be a minority for the first time during their MBA. In addition, our guests share tips on how anyone thinking about advancing their career through a master's degree or MBA can be prepared for the MBA application process.
1:00 - Introduction of Hilda Kragha and Kemi Onabanjo-Joseph
3:00 - What prompted Kemi and Hilda to do an MBA
8:20 - What influenced Kemi and Hilda's choice of degrees in college?
12:50 - Learn about how Hilda and Kemi selected their business schools
19:30 - Kemi Onabanjo-Joseph and Hilda Kragha share unique experiences as an African/minority/female during your MBA?
27:45 - Learn about the highlight of Kemi and Hilda's MBA experience
35:55 - Kemi and Hilda discuss their transition back to work in Africa
45:35 - Kemi and Hilda share MBA application tips and the advice they would give to themselves if they were applying for an MBA again
55:10 - Kemi discusses how alumni groups can help drive more impact in their schools and develop human capital
62:00 - Hilda discusses how youths in Africa can take advantage of the explosion of startups in Africa and get the skills required for the future of work
67:36 - Kemi Onabanjo-Joseph and Hilda Kragha discuss the strategic skills youths can acquire to differentiate themselves from peers
70:41 - Kemi and Hilda talk about the nickname they had in secondary school
71:50 - Kemi and Hilda discuss about the most beautiful place they have visited
74:41 - Kemi and Hilda share insights about leaders they admire
Watch this episode on youtube: https://bit.ly/3BC9clF
Episode is sponsored by: IESE business school. IESE business school is one of the world's leading business schools, dedicated to helping people grow and progress.
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A joke about remembering the people you've left behind turns out to be one of the inspirations that led to starting AlumUnite
Rufai Oseni, Arise TV Presenter, is the guest host for this episode.
Join the three founders (Charles Nweke, Obi Nnabuihe, and Chiamaka Kwazu) of AlumUnite as they share their extraordinary journey about starting AlumUnite and some of their challenges. This episode also features two guests from the podcast sponsors, IESE business school. Amaka Ndubuisi and Anna Fata are both associate directors of admissions at IESE.
1:00 - How the founders met
9:00 - Idea behind AlumUnite
12:17 - Substitutes to AlumUnite and validation of the need
16:20 - Unique Selling Point
23:00 - Highlight of the journey so far
29:17 - Challenges with AlumUnite journey
38:50 - Meet Anna and Amaka from IESE Business school
40:22 - IESE Mission
41:19 - What's unique about IESE Business School
43:44 - Impact of representation in MBA experience at IESE
46:27 - Impact of AlumUnite IESE partnership
48:45 - Fun questions
Watch this episode on youtube: https://bit.ly/3LNbzXp
Episode is sponsored by: IESE business school. IESE business school is one of the world's leading business schools, dedicated to helping people grow and progress.
For more about IESE: https://bit.ly/3s6xEIV
MBA Application resource: https://bit.ly/33sYa5u
Learn more about AlumUnite: https://alumunite.co/
Share this podcast: https://alumunite.podbean.com/s1E1-alumunite-and-IESE
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