Forever A Student Podcast

This week we sit down with Ruvimbo Hakata, the current Google Developer Group Harare Lead, to discuss her journey in tech and her role in shaping the local developer community. Ruvimbo shares her experiences growing up in Zimbabwe, her passion for technology, and how she got involved with GDG Harare. We delve into the challenges and rewards of organizing events like Google Fest, and Ruvimbo shares insights on the planning process and lessons learned. We also discuss her previous app "Kwiktill" and the impact it had on the local market. Tune in for an inspiring conversation with a tech leader who is making a difference in Zimbabwe.

Join us for an inspiring conversation with Tariro Mandaza, a driven young woman passionate about mental health. Discover how Tariro's personal journey led her to become a champion for mental health awareness and advocate for youth and women's empowerment. In this episode, we delve into: Mental Health Matters: Learn about Tariro's insights on mental health, illness, and the importance of breaking stigmas. Youth Empowerment: Discover how Tariro is inspiring young people to reach their full potential and make a positive impact. Women's Empowerment: Explore the challenges and opportunities facing women today and how Tariro is advocating for gender equality. Global UGRAD Exchange Program: Gain insights into Tariro's experience as a Global UGRAD scholar and how it shaped her perspective. Grabbing Opportunities: Learn valuable tips and advice on how to seize opportunities and make the most of life. Don't miss this empowering conversation with Tariro Mandaza, a true inspiration for young people around the world.

Join us as we sit down with the driven and talented Farirai Masocha. A young professional with a passion for technology, Farirai shares insights into his journey from school to his current career. We delve into his experiences with remote work, side projects, and the challenges and rewards of breaking into the tech industry. In this episode, Farirai discusses: His educational background and early aspirations The transition from traditional employment to remote work The importance of side projects in skill development and career growth His involvement in Link Genie and the impact of this platform Networking strategies for aspiring tech professionals Advice for young people considering a career in technology Whether you're a seasoned tech professional or just starting your journey, Farirai's story is sure to inspire and inform. Tune in to learn more about his experiences and gain valuable insights into the world of tech. Farirai's LinkedIn

Join us as we dive into the inspiring story of Tadzie Madzima, the visionary founder of Ignite Youth. Discover how her passion for empowering young people led to the creation of this transformative organization. Learn about the challenges faced by youth in today's world and how Ignite Youth is providing essential support, mentorship, and opportunities to help them reach their full potential.

Tinotenda is a pharmacist by profession who dove into the self taught developer route. In learning to code he developed BriteAPI which is trying to give accessible information to health tech developers. In this episode he shares his journey, struggles and inspiration for building BriteAPi. BriteApi: https://www.britelink.io/ X (Twitter) : https://twitter.com/tinotendajoe01 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Sibonisiwe Ngubeni is a Global UGRAD Alum and the current Zimbabwe Country Coordinator for the U.S Forest Service. She shares her story of growing up in Zimbabwe, her experience with Global UGRAD, her journey to being the country coordinator and facing imposter syndrome when you reach your goals. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Brandon is a man on a mission, wanting to be more. He is a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassdor, Google Developer Group Co-Organiser, Applied Machine Learning Days African Ambassdor and TEDx Speaker. In todays episode Brandon shares his journey of wanting more out of life, being a ambassador, organising events and so much more. Brandon's Social: https://twitter.com/BandeBrandon https://linkedin.com/in/brandoebande Podcast Social: africasblankcanvaspodcast@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: africasblankcanvaspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Maxwell is an inventor who stumbled into the life and it was love at first sight. He is currently CTO at flynaerospace.com and is the Founder and CEO of Terrahaptix. In todays his episode he shares his background, his love of inventing, the future of robotics in Africa and more. Maxwell Socials: Twitter : Max_Sengu terrahatix.com africasblankcanvaspodcast@gmail.com africasblankcanvaspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Makomborero is a man of many hats which are most founder. He and his team recently won Akayi's Entrepreneur of the year 2023. Mako is the Founder of Klast Career guidance, African Patriot and his most recent Afroseek. In to days episode he share his journey in entrepreneurship, the mindset, his background and more. Mako's Socials: LinkedIn : Makomborero Pashapa Afroseek | LinkedIn twitter.com/Afroseekapp Afroseek Travel - YouTube africasblankcanvaspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: africasblankcanvaspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Kelvin is a young and focused man. He is a developer and problem solver at heart. Kelvin is the developer advocate at Trebleapi, creator of the Boring Stack, Lead Maintainer at Sails JS and a Youtuber with a subscribe base of 2k+. In todays episode, he shares his background, journey to be lead maintainer at Sail JS, his mindset and more. Kelvins Socials: https://dominuskelvin.devhttps://twitter.com/Dominus_Kelvinhttps://youtube.com/@dominuskelvinhttps://sailscasts.com/boringhttps://sailscasts.com/chat Podcast Socials: africasblankcanvaspodcast@gmail.com Instagram and Threads : africasblankcanvaspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Duncan is a young entreprenuear who made Mr. Neat from his bedroom and ended up devoloping the Neat cycle. In today's episode Duncan shares his journey, work-life balance, being a leader at a young age and more. Duncan Socials: LinkedIn: Duncan Asamoah LinkedIn: MR. NEAT Instagram: mrneatcompany Twitter: mrneatcompany Podcast Social: africasblankcanvaspodcast@gmail.com Instgram & Threads :africasblankcanvaspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Ifeoluwa is a technical writer and self taught developer. In this episode she shares her journey into tech, challenges to she faced, we also discuss any article she wrote about the mistakes she made at the beginning of her tech journey and more. Ife socials: Twitter : _ifeoluwafavour Podcast socials: africasblankcanvaspodcast@gmail.com Instgram and Threads: africasblankcanvaspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Michael also know as righteyecreates is a street photographer, in todays episode he shares his background, thought process and more. Join us as we find out who is behind righteyecreates. Michael's Socials: Instagram: righteyecreates Tiktok: righteyecreates Podcast: Instagram: africasblankcanvaspodcast africasblankcanvaspodcast@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Kende is a young founder of Utobia Studio, an animation agency. They have worked on music, short films with Bushido the way of the warrior being the most recent. In today's episode he discuss how he found animation by accident, went to meet other creators, working with MMA Zambia and more. Utobia Socials: Instagram - utobiaco LinkedIn - Utobia Studios Find us: africasblankcanvaspodcast@gmail.com Instagram - africasblankcanvaspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Nyasha has helped many young athletes realise their dream in sports. In today's episode, Nyasha shares his journey, what makes a great sportsperson, sports in Africa and more Kyro Social: Instagram - Kyrosports LinkedIn - Kyro Sports --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Fibi is a community manger, she enjoys the small things in life. In this episode she shares her story and experience as a community manger and more. Fibi socials: Twitter: fibibakes Instagram: ibi_fiberesima LinkedIn: ibi-fiberesima --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Louis is the CEO & Founder of the Maringo social media app. Maringo leverages the web3 technologies and it's the app for the people by the people. Louis tells us about his life, what led to the creation of Maringo and what makes different from other social media gaints. Join us today. Louis' Socials: Twitter LinkedIn Maringo's Social: Website Twitter LinkedIn Maringo (BETA) now available on playstore: play.google.com/store/apps/det… Use our code "VDHBP" on sign up to support the podcast. Podcast's socials: Instagram Youtube --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Thomas is goal oriented young man, with visions of being the best in the world in what he does. He shares his background, ambitions, challenges and more. Join us in today's conversation. Thomas' socials: Twitter YouTube Podcast Socials: Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Sasha is a seasoned film maker based in the United States. He was a boy from Mutare, Zimbabwe who was hungry for more and that hunger led him to being the first African to be the Head Videographer at The Burning Man Festival. Sasha's Socials: Instagram Facebook YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Blessing is the founder of HitEvolve, Microsoft Student Learn Ambassador and GitHub Campus Expert. He is a hard working young man, in the field of Cyber Security. In this episode he share his background, intro into cyber security, upcoming competition, cyber challenges faced in Africa and many more. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss another episode. Blessing's Social: Blessing Mufaro Kashava - Technology Risk Analyst - Baker Tilly Central Africa | LinkedIn Blessing Mufaro Kashava (@blessing_mufaro) / Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Beatbarrow is a music stream platform the streams Zimbabwean music. In this episode I talk with the lead of Beatbarrow on the journery of how this dream became a reality. We talk about Tatenda's upbringing , move to the UK, picking your team, and letting go of control and many more. Make sure to subscribe, so you never miss an episode. Beatbarrow socials: https://beatbarrow.com Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Nyasha is young hardworking and inteligent woman, who knows what she wants. In the episode, we talked about her move to States, her intro into technology, evolving, finances and many more other topics. Nyasha's Socials: https://www.youtube.com/@nyashazimunhu https://twitter.com/NyashaZimunhu Podcast Socials: Africa's Blank Canvas Podcast (@africasblankcanvaspodcast) • Instagram photos and videos --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Isheanesu Dhanda is the co-founder and CEO of Vingo, a neobank that is revolutionizing the way people bank in Zimbabwe and across Africa. He is also a strong believer in the power of technology to solve problems and improve people's lives. Isheanesu Dhanda is a talented and accomplished young entrepreneur. He is passionate about using technology to make a difference in the world. He is a role model for young people in Zimbabwe and across Africa. Socials: https://twitter.com/nkosiDhanda https://twitter.com/siliconMutapa Forever A Student Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/foreverastudentpodcast/ https://twitter.com/_tsorayi_ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Victor Lawrence is a VFX artist who has worked on short films such as The Orb Theft and Nigerian Doctor Strange. In this episode of the podcast, Victor talks about his childhood in Nigeria and the challenges he faced along the way. He also shares his thoughts on the future of VFX in Africa and offers advice to young artists looking to pursue a career in the field. Victor is an inspiration, and his story is a reminder that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Victortrells Socials: https://www.youtube.com/@VICTORTRELLS/videos https://www.instagram.com/victortrells/ https://www.facebook.com/Victortrells/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africasblankcanvas/message

Welcome to Forever A Student Podcast. In todays episode, I talked with Vic Apollo, a musician who enjoys all the small things in life. We talked about family, philosophy, love, relationships, doing it for more than just yourself and many more. Socials: Instagram - instagram.com/vicapollo/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/vicapollo Enjoying this podcast? Please feel free to email us your thoughts, feedback and any suggestions you may have at foreverastudentpodcast@gmail.com Got a guest in mind you want us to reach: https://www.podpage.com/forever-a-student-podcast/guests/intake/ Hope you enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Welcome to Forever A Student Podcast. In todays episode, I talked with Sulaiman Botha a 16 year old aspiring entrepreneur based in South Africa.  We talked about morning routine, mental health, goals and many more. Sulaiman Socials: Twitter - https://twitter.com/sulaiman_botha?t=dnIL6Q3VncpkVn3NI1i43Q&s=09 YouTube - youtube.com/c/SulaimanBotha Enjoying this podcast? Please feel free to email us your thoughts, feedback and any suggestions you may have at foreverastudentpodcast@gmail.com Got a guest in mind you want us to reach: https://www.podpage.com/forever-a-student-podcast/guests/intake/ Hope you enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

If follow what everyone is always doing you will be a cheap carbon copy of them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

A wise senior of mine once said, "If you not part of the solution, you part of the problem." Original quote: 'There is no more neutrality in the world. You either have to be part of the solution, or you're going to be part of the problem.' ~ Eldridge Cleaver Forever A Student Podcast | Linktree --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Sometimes love of process can push you the extra mile Forever A Student Podcast | Linktree --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Sometimes you have endure the hard times to see the light at the end of the dark tunnel. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Stop wasting time looking at other peoples advantages and look at your own --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

If stumble a few times along the journey doesn't mean you have to give up. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Sometimes ou have to expect to fail for you succeed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Stop, Breathe, Think then Decide --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

I say "Block it" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

A raw episode of me talking about my self development journey of One Year. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Self Discipline and Motivation is like a car with nitros. https://linktr.ee/foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

"If they is no enemy within, then the enemy outside can do us no harm" ~ African Proverb Forever A Student Podcast | Linktree --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Sometimes starting is all you need to live the life you want. Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast The Dip by Seth Godin: The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick): Godin, Seth: 8601400964804: Amazon.com: Books --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Focusing on whats lost will only bring more losses. Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Its a leap of faith Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

The top will be lonely if you let it. Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

How long should we keep small circles or are they permanent. Forever A Student Podcast (google.com) Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

The first step to moving on is own your mistakes. Forever A Student Podcast (google.com) Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Level ups are not switch ups. Forever A Student Podcast (google.com) Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Friends always need support from those they call a friend. Subscribe on Google Podcast so you never a miss episode. Forever A Student Podcast (google.com) Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

The saddest thing about changing is that it takes long for people to believe you have changed. Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

The world is a lonely place if you do not reach out to people you care about. Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Its takes time for things to make sense but when it does everything begins to flow. Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

Peer pressure has been talked about a lot, this is just my thoughts on it. If you have your own thoughts and ever want share ideas find me on: Instagram: @foreverastudent Resources: https://parentandteen.com/positive-peer-pressure/ https://vocal.media/education/negative-effects-of-peer-pressure-in-high-school --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message

In this episode I will be talking about two statements I thought contradicted one another until I did some research. Hope this helps to clarify if also had the same thoughts Instagram: @foreverastudentpodcast Resources https://www.quora.com/Its-said-dont-judge-a-book-by-it-s-cover-Well-then-why-do-we-also-believe-first-impression-is-the-last-impression-arent-both-the-statements-contradictory https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-perfect-meaning-of-the-first-impression-is-the-last-impression https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-phrase-do-not-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-mean https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-impressions-count-last-forever-mika-salmi/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foreverastudent/message