In this episode, we openly talk politics in Namibia and the rise of the youngest minister in Africa. Emma shares about her childhood, the ever changing ICT sector and digital economy, Palestinians right to self determination and she also shares her gratitudes affirmations and haircare routine. She is an orchids lover. 

Emma believes " The political space has written rules and unwritten rules, silent expectations and loud expectations. It is easy to go with the crowd and what others believe its true. But it important that constantly I make decision that I believe in." 

On female leadership she believes "Women show up everyday. Women are good enough to raise Presidents, Kings and Leaders but we’re not good enough to be those leaders ourselves? Make it make sense!" she continues "There aren’t many of us in this country, on the continent or in the world.  We, young women, are also here and we deserve a seat at the table."

She has been helping girls code and reducing cost of data, donating laptops to schools and community centres as well as passing bills in Parliament on reduction and removal of tax on sanitary pads. She also advocated for paid Internships which was adopted by finance ministry. 

On being part of Nalafem Collective she says " Being part of a Pan-African feminist movement on the continent like Nalafem is an energy booster that validates our feelings of the lack of compassionate grief and that we’re not alone, let's get back to work. This makes Nalafem necessary" 

Her dinner table would surly have Former President of Liberia , Ellen Johnson Sirelaf and Former Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia, Libertine Amathila.

Worlds of Wisdom from Emma: 

• Inform yourself
• Understand how systems operate
• Show up! Be seen! Make your voice heard
• Your don’t have to know all the answers but have a spirit of a learner
• Continuously be authentic

Book recommendation:  Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by by John Gray

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Learn more about the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto and how you can help the young women of Africa create a better life for future generations.

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In this episode, we openly talk about the creative industry, manifesting Forbes 30 Under 30,  her travels and adventures, her childhood, co-creation from a place of knowing to social media as a space of entitlement.  You will also learn how to operationalize creatives and navigate the space. 

Jena's mother encouraged an environment where she could simply ‘become’ which opened her to the world of ‘trying’, from studious kid, to tour guide to a boss of a marketing agency, Jena shares her three dimensional self.  

We’re looking at a potential politician. Jena studied Political Science. She identifies as feminist and champion for underrepresented and overlooked people because she says “ I am her, she is me”. She believes her contribution to the liberation of women, black and brown bodies is in "opening doors and access" for her people as well as translating their voices to the stakeholders that matter.

Some of her Words of wisdom; 

• What do you do when no one else is watching
• Create your container and processes
• Do the work when no one watching
• Ask yourself how you show up in the world
• This body is the only airplane we get to fly- take care of it & nurture it
• We have one life to live
• It is our job to build with, to allow to be built through
• figure out what do you care about & what gets me excited
• Extract your creative DNA from your work to show why you add value
• let go
• Be ready to give and ready to receive
• Increase your value
• Allow yourself to feel, if you need to cry, cry
• Hearing ‘No’ is part of life journey, it’s okay
• Enjoy being a kid,  being curious of not knowing
• 3 Ss  1) Start your day with meditation - 2) Strengthen yourself for the next season & 3) Stay in touch with my network

Enjoy this episode and don't miss her poetry at the end. Find out more about her work at  www.jenasekwa.com

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Learn more about the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto and how you can help the young women of Africa create a better life for future generations.

nalafem.org/manifesto

For collaboration and sponsorships contact aya@nalafem.org 

Want to support the Nala Feminist Collective? 

Visit our website to learn how you can help: nalafem.org follow IG account @IamNala_podcast  

Learn more about the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto and how you can help the young women of Africa create a better life for future generations.

nalafem.org/manifesto

For collaboration and sponsorships contact aya@nalafem.org 

South African actress, producer, entrepreneur, spiritual activist and mother, Mona Monyane has a remarkable journey. 

In this episode, we openly talk about feminism, relationships, divorce, spirituality, self awareness , connecting with the divine and being fully oneself. Mona shares how her ancestors awakened her from grief of the death of her baby 7 days after birth.  She talks of black women as 'queen's and backbone of society which led to her work supports SGBV survivors, the right of choice for women, limited by patriarchy to be labelled and ostracised.  However, Mona explains why she does not identify as feminist, she doesn’t strive to be equal to men or match their energy but owning her power as a woman is what she strives for. 

Mona is an artist and considers "Being in the creative industry as a calling not a career",  she believes Africa's voice needs to be reintroduced as absolutely able to express itself intelligential and put itself on world stage

Her Words of wisdom

• Never stop being who you are
• Never forget -- You are the light
• Be still. Be you. Stillness is being who you are
• Remember me by being everything you are meant to be
• Perfection is an illusion
• Be yourself -- Shine bright like a Dimond
• Stop questioning if you’re getting it right or wrong (an elephant doesn’t doubt if it’s n elephant)
• You have the power to choose you, every single day, all day long
• You are enough, be all of you
• Get pissed off with the version of yourself that doesn’t want the best for you
• It’s comfortable to sit in pain, Time to be uncomfortable, own who we are
• You loose a lot of people because they were not meant to stay, your tribe will find you

 Spiritual practice Tips 

1. Isolate yourself
2. Write things down (aspirations, dreams, feelings..)
3. Go to nature (hub a tree, sit by a river, dance in the rain, lay on the ground…)
4. Get a pet
5. Pray (have a conversation with the great divine)
6. Create an environment (candles..)
7. Rest

Final thought from Mona is " What's difficult about the truth is that - it is simple", so hoping this episode will bring you closer to living your truth and reflect in the Christmas season on who you really are. 

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Learn more about the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto and how you can help the young women of Africa create a better life for future generations.

nalafem.org/manifesto

For collaboration and sponsorships contact aya@nalafem.org 

Want to support the Nala Feminist Collective? 

Visit our website to learn how you can help: nalafem.org follow IG account @IamNala_podcast  

Learn more about the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto and how you can help the young women of Africa create a better life for future generations.

nalafem.org/manifesto

For collaboration and sponsorships contact aya@nalafem.org 

Aisha Yesufu is an impact-led Nigerian socio-political reformer, civic & community development crusader, who consistently demands for good governance, fight for justice, fairness and equity and lend her voice in support of women safety and financial freedom.  

In this episode she talks about BringBackOurGirls movement , EndSARS movement and her other good trouble. She unpacks how poverty has been weaponised, generational gap and corruption.  "For my parents, putting food on the table, that's their activism", she shares about her family, movements and Nigerian politics. "If you can't mingle with the people why are you going in politics?"

Married at 24, she has installed in her two children; Amir and Aliyyah Yesufu, her words of wisdom 

• Know who you are
• Accept who you are
• Love who you are
• Don't negotiate your values
• Challenge me
• Nothing is off the table
• Keep learning
• Develop 'people sills'
• Develop empathy
• Kill the voice that says "you can't"
• Don't compromise

   Leadership priorities for Africa; 

• Civic Education
• Citizens demands
• Empowering youth to take charge

Also find out if she will run for office? 

Aisha's relationship advice is to look for someone who can add value to you but not diminish you. 

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Visit our website to learn how you can help: nalafem.org follow IG account @IamNala_podcast  

Learn more about the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto and how you can help the young women of Africa create a better life for future generations.

nalafem.org/manifesto

For collaboration and sponsorships contact aya@nalafem.org 

No one picks up the phone and say “ Hi Serisha how are you doing”? This episode shows an authentic and honest conversation with Serisha Barrat who felt crippled but found light in the darkness in an incredible journey. 

Serisha started her first business at 17 and since then she’s been a successful entrepreneur with multiple companies. She tells the story of how she mimicked her boss and eventually became her own boss girl. "I made it happen for myself. I carried myself well because I'm not gonna look like my problems", she says.  

Serisha is a social entrepreneur with key foundational values; impact is key driver for her businesses as well as financial freedom because she believes " I am not dependent on anyone to create my world and impact". As a problem solver she is always on the quest of - What are the gaps and how we fix it? and continues to build without reinventing the wheel. 

On this episode she talks about corruption , rising in male dominated industry and snippet of her dating life. When there is so much noise around her and on social media she reminds herself "What am I doing is what matters to me".

Her words of wisdom

• Keep on trying everyday
• Be grateful for being safe, for family, for a new day to be who you want to be
• Dont compare yourself to anyone else
• Stay in your lane and focus on what you’re building
• Pray , I got my strength from god/divine
• Free your time from admin tasks and focus on building
• Understand what you need to do what resources you need to streamline your process
• Stop feeling sorry for yourself no one is coming to save you
• It's not a me problem it's many of us problem

Serisha shares her tips, management tools and hacks

• ChatGPT4 plus - many ways to plug in tools like canva and read pdfs, draft emails and send emails.
• Canva - create marketing materials.
• Apollo ai connected to linkedin to help find co-founders and investors.
• Dalle - Image generations.
• Midjourney - image generations.
• Jasper.ai - is an AI-powered writing assistant.
• Otter.ai - Meeting note taker
• Bard - stats and research
• Notion
• Rows ai - Financials projections.

 Book recommendation: Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

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Want to support the Nala Feminist Collective? 

Visit our website to learn how you can help: nalafem.org

Learn more about the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto and how you can help the young women of Africa create a better life for future generations.

nalafem.org/manifesto

For collaboration and sponsorships contact aya@nalafem.org