Baobab Platform Podcasts
Baobab is the digital community for the Mastercard Foundation network. Baobab, a platform for young African leaders, helps you expand your network, collaborate with like-minded peers and mentors, share back knowledge and access resources and opportunities to help you reach your personal and professional goals. Podcasts are created by African Scholars and Alumni from the Mastercard Foundation network.
Podcasting since 2020 • 31 episodes
Baobab Platform Podcasts
Latest Episodes
Turning Points Episode 5: Reverse Culture Shock: Coming Home After 10 Years Away
Reverse Culture Shock: Coming Home After 10 Years AwayWhat happens when home doesn’t quite feel like home anymore?In this episode, Angella sits down with Njoki Mburu, a Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni from University...
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Episode 5
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Turning Points: An African Man’s Journey with Mental Health
In this episode, Angella sits down with Sabelo Dube, a Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni from Ashesi University, to have a raw and much-needed conversation about mental health from the perspective of an African man.Sabelo sha...
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Episode 4
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Turning Points Episode 3: The Untold Baobab Story and Leadership Lessons with Bethany Weigele
In this special October episode, Baobab’s birthday month, we sit down with Bethany Weigele, Chief Innovation Officer at EdPlus and the “Queen Mother” of Mastercard Foundation's Baobab platform, to revisit the platform’s inspiring origin story. ...
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Episode 3
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Turning Points Episode 2: Just Graduated, Now What?
In this episode, Angella sits down with Lindiwe Mutungamiri, a Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni from Ashesi University and Arizona State University, who recently completed her master’s in Computer Science. Lindiwe opens up about na...
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Episode 2
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Turning Points: Introduction With Angella Nantambi
Welcome to Turning Points: Stories of Change and Growth, a podcast by Mastercard Foundation’s Baobab Platform for young African leaders.Angella Nantambi, an alumnus of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Ashesi Univers...
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Episode 1
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