Future CEOs
Helping ambitious entrepreneurs and high-potential young executives grow their businesses and fast-track their careers. Hosted by Gareth Armstrong and Hlubi Mboya Arnold.
Anina Malherbe-Lan, Founder & CEO of VividLuxury
This CEO has almost 20 years of experience working with top international brands in Southern Africa, where her passion for luxury brands and the African continent resulted in the creation of VividLuxury, an award-winning communications agency with clients including Gucci, Burberry, Bentley, Jimmy Choo, and more. Anina Malherbe-Lan joins Gareth…
Anina Malherbe-Lan, Founder & CEO of VividLuxury
This CEO has almost 20 years of experience working with top international brands in Southern Africa, where her passion for luxury brands and the African continent resulted in the creation of VividLuxury, an award-winning communications agency with clients including Gucci, Burberry, Bentley, Jimmy Choo, and more. Anina Malherbe-Lan joins Gareth…
How to Pitch to Investors & Get Funded
Pitching to investors can be a nerve-wracking and scary experience! Yes, you’re passionate, and yes, you’re convinced of your product’s value, but now you’ve got to convince investors that value and your passion equal big, healthy profits. It isn’t easy, especially when you’ve got two minutes or an elevator ride…
Emilian Popa, Former CEO of Groupon SA
Emilian Popa, the former CEO of Groupon SA has an impressive resumé having travelled and started businesses all over the world. With platforms like Groupon, Zando, Lamoda, Jumia and Groupon under his founder's belt, Emilian has lived life at a high pace with equally high demands that tech startups require…
Choosing Good Stocks
Do you know how to pick a good stock? What are the five key things every good share investment has in common? Hlubi Mboya and Gareth Armstrong ask these questions to equity investors and traders from Easy Equities and GT247.
Don’t Miss LeaderEx 2016
Future CEOs will be hosting the Career Development Masterclass Sessions at LeaderEx 2016 on the 24th of August. Listen to this recap of one of the conversations with three top CEOs from last year’s event – Shameel Joosub, CEO of Vodacom, William Mzimba, CEO of Accenture South and Sub-Saharan Africa,…
Want To Be A CEO? Be Climate Conscious
The realities of climate change are scary and real, and their impact on the global economy and our local businesses is undeniable. Hlubi Mboya and Gareth Armstrong talk through this with United Nations Environmental Programme Ambassador, Director of Miss Earth SA, and Founder of Generation Earth, Ella Bella, who recently…
MommyFit
Hlubi Mboya and Gareth Armstrong are joined by Nicole Haines-Thorn, co-founder of MommyFit - she shares how her passion has allowed her to absorb some of the frustrations of starting her own business, as well as some of the lessons and insights her journey has taught her.
African Leadership Academy’s – Model African Union
What do you get when you put 200 young (16-18yrs) leaders representing 54 states across the African continent together in a room? “Amazing discipline, incredible cooperative efforts, and enviable maturity”, were the words and phrases Hlubi Mboya and Gareth Armstrong used after they attended the UNECA (United Nations Economic Commission…
YALI & the Mandela Washington Fellowship
Are you a Young African Leader? Have you heard of the Mandela Washington Fellowship or the Young African Leaders Initiative? Hlubi Mboya and Gareth Armstrong talk about this President Obama initiated international programme with Tsakani Nola Mashaba and Bonolo Cebe, both YALI and Mandela Washington Fellows, as well as the…
Future CEOs - MD of JSE-listed MoneyWeb – Marc Ashton
He heads one of Southern Africa’s largest financial media groups, and is an avid and active investor, and entrepreneurial philanthropist – Marc Ashton, Managing Director of MoneyWeb, joins Hlubi Mboya and Gareth Armstrong in studio to talk through his experiences at the helm of this Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed organisation,…
WEF Global Shaper - Pearl Maphumulo
Her list of accolades is long and illustrious, including being a Raymond Ackerman Academy Alumni, World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and more. Pearl Maphumulo joins Hlubi Mboya to talk about these experiences and more.
Darlene Menzies – SMEasy Founder & CEO
After 15 years in the corporate world, Darlene Menzies decided to take the road less travelled and start her own business. Hlubi Mboya talks to this dynamic woman about her journey and what keeps her going as she continues to take SMEasy from strength to strength.
“Success is built on aligned values” - Dr John Demartini
Whether times are good or times are tough, our success in business and our careers is determined by our ability to align what we do every day with our values - states world renowned human behaviour expert, Dr John Demartini. Hlubi Mboya and Gareth Armstrong explore what this means with…
Jacques du Bruyn - Running A Business
Jacques du Bruyn, MD at Flume, draws some very interesting parallels between running and running a business in this fun and insightful conversation with Gareth Armstrong and Hlubi Mboya. He shares some very important understandings, so be sure to listen to this #FutureCEOs discussion.
5 Legal Mistakes StartUps Make
Entrepreneurs make many mistakes during the startup phase of their businesses, most of which are valuable lessons to learn. Expensive mistakes and lessons are those that involve legal issues. The #FutureCEOs team talk to Kyle Torrington and Andrew Taylor, co-founders of Lexnove, about legal mistakes startups often make.
Lessons From A Tech Solopreneur
Tech solopreneurship can be both very liberating but also lonely - Hlubi Mboya and Gareth Armstrong talk to the founder of Value Forest, David Kaplan, about his experiences, challenges, and how he has created balance in his life.
Entrepreneurial DNA
Do you have entrepreneurship in your blood? Is owning and running your own business in your DNA? Some people claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur; others say you need that something special – Hlubi and Gareth ask what makes up the DNA of a true entrepreneur as they discuss…
Investing In Your Employees
Zig Ziglar, the renowned business author and leader has been quoted saying, “The only thing worse that training your employees and losing them, is not training them and keeping them.” Hlubi and Gareth are joined by Terry Meyer, Programme Director for the HR Executive Leadership programme run by Stellenbosch Business…
#StartupOfTheWeek - Save Our Soles Footwear
Ridhwana Shaik graduated from Ars Sutoria, one of Italy's most prestigious footwear design schools. She then decided to merge the traditional with the technological to help create fashionable, stylish footwear that doesn’t kill our planet. Hlubi Mboya and Gareth Armstrong talk to her about this interesting, international journey and why…