Nyasha Presents - Zim Beyond The Degree

Nyasha Presents - Zim Beyond The Degree

Nyasha is the host of Nyasha Presents: Zim Beyond the Degree, a podcast dedicated to exploring the inspiring journeys of Zimbabwean entrepreneurs, changemakers, and leaders navigating life after university. Although the podcast has been on a hiatus for the past year, it remains a platform for celebrating the hard work, courage, and hope that define Zimbabwe’s next generation. Stay tuned for updates as Nyasha continues to shine a spotlight on the stories of those breaking barriers and making a mark beyond the classroom.

Episodes

June 25, 2023 72 mins
Career in tech in Zim vs America 1:00 What does Clint do 2:00 Compare and contrast what’s it like starting a career in tech in Zim versus in the US 3:00 How long have we been in the tech industry 4:00 Clint getting involved in startups in late high school Co-founding projects Funding being the biggest problem 2 years after high school - went to HIT Being involved in developer communities in college 9:00 When Clint knew he wanted t...
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Brandon 1:00 intro 2:30 How Brandon got into software development 13:13 Telecommunications at Midlands State University 15:00 Brandon is not looking for a job 19:23 Who is Brandon working with 22:00 What advice would you give someone who doesn’t know what to start building, what their startup should be based on? 25:00 Don’t build a solution no one will use 32:00 How do people get remote gigs Disappointing a client 36:00 Zimbabwean ...
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1:40 Who is Taku 

3:55 When did Taku move to North America 

4:28 Taku talks about the black experience in Canada 

5:37 Identity crisis as an African international student in a predominantly white city. 

9:12 The culture shock of having black people who don’t necessarily make you feel like you belong. 

10:26 Black boys who code Pre university kids Invoking the interest in them 

12:00 Why is it important for minorities to be involved...

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1:00 Who is Tinashe Mzondiwa?  2:00 Tinashe is happy he failed his A Levels  6:40 Software Development being all about just solving a problem  7:00 Developing the Shona Ndebele SDA hymnal app  8:40 How to publish and market an app  10:39 How projects matter so much in software development. You can leverage the things you’ve built.  12:50 Society and parents are so hard on you when you get school wrong early on.  14:14 How did Tinas...
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3:00 how Audrey got into software development 

 5:00 what were some of the challenges getting into the role of getting in software development.

 6:00 Being reserved. Feeling inferior. 

7:50 playing sport to boost confidence 

11:18 How do you build self confidence  environment. Support. Supporting kids 

12:20 Believing in yourself 13:30 being a perfectionist  

16:00 how do you manage dealing with the outcomes when you’re a...

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1:00 how is Isheanesu doing in December 

2:00 how Isheanesu go into software development  

3:30 where did Isheanesu go to high school 

6:00 what does it take to make is as a developer in Africa. 

8:37 in a world where you could literally do anything why software

 10:15 what are you most proud of achieving all round and in the past 6 months 

12:25 what is the attitude towards Software Engineering. What’s the gap? You don’t have to b...

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New episode on the Zim tech scene with Ruvimbo Mambinge!  Ruvimbo is a dev + data scientist & friend (:  1:00Who is Ruvimbo? 2:32 How did you decide to get into data analytics and tech in general? 4:00 Being very few girls in tech 4:40 Belonging in tech as a woman 6:00 Focus on mastering a framework then learn others 8:25 when did you start learning computer science 10:00 General attitude towards computer science in Zim 11:00 P...

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1:32 Who is George Chakama? 2:50 What was your perception getting into software engineering versus what you know now? 6:00 Why did George drop out of university and go straight into the computer science industry. 8:30 What’s the process of trying to get a job as a developer in Zimbabwe? 13:00 People diverting from what they’ve studied in university  16:30 Why George is building a community of Zim developers 24:00 Any projects you’r...

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This podcast with Forget Shareka really got thinking about how as a nation we need to be more involved in all parts of the supply chain in agribusiness.  Agriculture is associated negative stereotypes. But you know something?


I’ve observed that most developed countries have a solid agricultural system. They absolutely do not take it for granted.  Now add climate change to that which will not spare our favorable weather So. We Zimb...

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There are unique challenges women face as entrepreneurs - not being taken seriously, not taking ourselves serious, less access to resources and information.  We break that down here but also talk about the important research work Joseline Sithole is undertaking to help empower more women entrepreneurs. She has a riveting journey of her own where she started a life anew, following her dreams, starting her own ventures, being an auth...
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Nyasha and Tino look at college in America as Zimbabweans
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One of my closest friends from high school is here, Leroy Tengwa!


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If you're in Zimbabwe and have thought about your income streams or even making a difference, you've definitely thought about entrepreneurship. Here is Samuel's experience with entrepreneurship and along the way we share some nuggets on life. Like we always do on this show(: Transcript: 1:06 About Samuel Makuyana 3:02 Discipline is the key 4:31 Why did Samuel decide to become discipline early on when it's not popular with people o...
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I wanna talk to you who are in love, who are looking for love, who are doubtful of love.  

Are we going too far or doing too little in love and relationships?  Helping me is Lloyd Anesu Ngongoni who authors https://anesuopenmeditation.wordpress.com/- It's so amazing!  

Timestamps 

0:43 Why talk about love and relationships now Nyasha? 

2:30 Meet Lloyd! 3:07 How is Lloyd doing? 

4:41 When ddi you start tapping into poetry and why? 

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Transcript

0:00 Part 2 Goromonzi "Where are they now?" 

0:20 Why medicine? 

2:00 What do you view differently since you started pursuing your studies? 

6:53 How aerospace engineering and pilot studies come together 

11:29 Motivation behind learning Mandarin and immersion in Chinese culture 

14:37 What should people who aspire to take on a similar path to ours know? 

22:49 What's the most British thing Chido now does? 

23:31 What's ...

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All things Goromonzi High School with Michael Lordmarc Mubaiwa and Chido Michele Mawarura  

0:00 Intro 

0:30 How we first met each other 

11:07 How we ended up at Goromonzi High 

20:39 Why wasn't Chido in Scripture Union (SU) Committee?

 25:30 Do you feel like you're now a GOSA (Old Goromonzi Student)?  

35:30 What did we all like to buy at the tuckshop?

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0:00 Intro 

2:16 How is Tendai doing?

 2:59 A brief autobiography of Tendai 

6:40 Tendai shares his surprising university suspension story 

11:22 What made it difficult to process the suspension 

13:42 Great life lessons from Tendai Mungate 

13:58 Believing in yourself 

16:25 Making good decisions 

18:13 If you want success, you've got to desire it like you desire to breathe 

20:55 Is success inversely proportional to the amount of...

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All reasons why I started this channel | Ep 16 Millicent Kwangwari

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The hilarious, visionary Brian Marombedza is here!  

0:00 Intro 1:10 What Brian had been up to 

2:20 Inspiration behind applying for Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University 

4:19 Navigating online learning and social distancing 

6:34 What did Brian at Marist Brothers consider to be the highest calling of mankind 

8:00 How 2014 was a period of some reform for Brian 

9:37 Important lesson while at UC Berkeley 

13:00 Dreami...

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On this episode is my high school besky - bestie deskee - from Regina Mundi Gweru, Vanessa Nancy Mangwanya. She's studying Industrial engineering at NUST in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. And is finishing an attachment where she works with mobile technologies.

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