The Growth Podcast EP23 - Monica Musonda | From Dangote Employee to Owning Her Own Business
Monica Musonda shares her journey of how she left a lucrative career to launch her own dream.

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!
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We continue from where we left off last week, focusing on business insights from BUK.
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.
This episode highlights effective ways young graduates can kick start their careers.
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.