Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu Msomi
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E048 Zodwa Matsau #WisdomPersonified
“Don’t underestimate me because I’m quiet. I know more than I say, think more than I speak and observe more than you know.” – Michaela Chung I think this quote captures what I see as the essence of Sis Zodwa. Her ‘not too loud’ nature may have you overlook her…
E047 Women's Month 2022 - Conversations with Dudu Msomi
Rick Warren, an author echoes what I believe, which in part inspired the creation of #WisdomPersonified Conversations with #DuduMsomi. He said, “While it is #wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.” The more diverse the people you are exposed to, the more…
E046 - Irene Kiwia #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
Irene Kiwia is from #Tanzania. But is at home in any country in Africa as she grows her Pan-African empire. Irene is a co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer (CGO) of Adanian Labs, a #tech venture studio for #African start- ups. A former Ms Tanzania, her beautiful looks may initially draw…
E045 - Buyani Zwane #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
Buyani Zwane is the Founder and Cheerful Engagement Orchestrator of #BreakthroughDevelopment, a management #consulting firm providing managerial and #leadership development services. It is an honour to share Buyani, a fellow child of the Black Management Forum (#BMF) on this June, his birthday month with you. Having known him for about…
E044 Prof Manoj Chiba #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
Prof Manoj Chiba is an Associate Professor at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) & Data Scientist and principal consultant for ATBMI Advisory. You can undermine Prof Chiba at your own peril, but you certainly cannot deny the positive impact he has in our society. True wisdom is displayed…
E043 - Nadia Bilchik #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
Nadia Bilchik is President of Greater Impact Communication, is an internationally renowned television personality, communication and professional development based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, but operates globally. You can get in touch with her at https://nadiaspeaks.com/keynote-speaker/ Nadia Bilchik was born in #South Africa and still calls it home…
E041 Ambassador Nozipho January-Bardill #WisdomPersonified
Ambassador Nozipho January-Bardill is the Chair of the Council of the Nelson Mandela University & UN Global Compact Local Network Board. She believes that the beginning of wisdom is living consciously, meaning being aware of where you are, what you are and who you are in any point in time…
E042 - Women's Day - Break the Bias! #WisdomPersonified
Though laws are in place for the advancement of #women. The women carry a disproportionate burden of physical work and emotional labour in the workplace and in the home. It may require South Africa to adopt the Nordic Region practices where there is shared participation in childcare, a more equitable…
E040 Birthday Month #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
February is my favourite month of the year. One, because it is my birthday month. Celebrations literally start well before my born date of the 24th. And last sometimes until September 🤣🤣my second favourite month. Plenty of time to be spoilt and to drink in the fact that I am…
E039 Brigitte Dzogbenuku #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
There is a quote by Avijeet Das, “There are moments in our lives when we meet someone, and we feel as if we have known them all our lives.” That is how I felt the first time I met Brigitte Dzogbenuku. Brig, as we commonly call her, is the Founder…
Episode 38 Rehema Isa #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
"Labels are filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people." Said Martina Navratilova. Rehema Isa defies labelling. The closest label she fits is that she is an #African and an enthusiastic advocate for #women and intra-Africa #trade. Talking about identity, she reminded me of the derogatory, painful, and…
Episode 37 Dudu Msomi #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
Ever since I can remember, I have always wanted to work for myself, either on my own or by creating a business with like- minded individuals that will attract more people that want to do great things and push the boundaries. Entrepreneurs are said to have certain qualities that hold…
Episode 36 Ashraf Garda #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
here is something so distinct and remarkable about a man who sights as one of his most courageous decisions in life, cold calling his now wife to introduce himself and express his interest in her after he saw her at a function many moons ago. I knew this was going…
Episode 35 - Nonhlanhla Koza #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
With Nonhlanhla Koza, your first impressions will most likely be wrong. Thirty years of knowing her, she still manages to surprise me. Over the past few years, I have seen her evolution as she acquires wisdom from the good, the bad and the ugly of life which inspired this conversation…
Episode 34 Hema Vallabh #WisdomPersonified conversations with Dudu Msomi
Hema Vallabh is the co-Founder and CEO of the social enterprise, WomHub, which is a boutique incubator, accelerator and co-working hub for female founders in STEM (Stem, Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing). From an insecure teenager sitting at the back of the classroom in a no frills and no fusses government…
Episode 33 Angelo Fick #WisdomPersonified conversations with Dudu Msomi
There is a quote by Manly P. Hal: “It is said that wisdom lies not in seeing things, but seeing through things.” This quote is so apt for this new episode of Wisdom Personified, Conversations with Dudu Msomi. Angelo Fick is the Director of Research at Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute…
E032 Mrs Scholastica Kimaryo #WisdomPersonified conversations with Dudu Msomi
Mrs Scholastica Sylvan Kimaryo is the Founder and CEO of Maadili Leadership Development and Lifestyle Coaching and Kilimanjaro Conscious Leadership Academy in Tanzania. She believes that humans are eternal spirit beings having a temporary human experience. However, the fact that our experiences are temporary because it is fact that none…
Episode 31 Nomso Kana - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi
Nomso Kana is a Nuclear scientist by trade and an entrepreneur in the broadband infrastructure sector. She founded Sun n Shield 84 Tech, a broadband infrastructure solutions company that is designing connectivity networks and distributing passive fibre optic products. Nomso is not your stereotypical scientist – of an eccentric, isolated…
Episode 30 Abdullah Verachia - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi
"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high, and we miss it, but that it is too low, and we reach it." – Michelangelo Abdullah Verachia, #CEO of The Strategists says, “I didn’t know that a life like this exists” to my question…
Episode 29 Makhosi Mthiyane - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi
"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. And for everything you gain, you lose something else." - Ralph Waldo Emerson This quote encapsulates the ‘no regret’ attitude of Makhosi Mthiyane, CEO of Ingqapheli Security, (https://www.ingqapheli.co.za/) who are specialists in security solutions. There are genuinely few human beings…