78. Luhane Gagnaux
Luhane Gagnaux is a purebred entrepreneur whose remarkable journey from law to entrepreneurship has been inspiring. Fueled by an unwavering passion for unravelling everyday conundrums, Luhane ventured into the world of mobile app development, crafting a diverse portfolio of applications that tackled various challenges. Some of these ventures proved successful, while others posed valuable lessons in resilience and innovation. His tenacity and creativity shone through as he fearlessly navigated the ups and downs, demonstrating a deep commitment to finding solutions and empowering others.
Instead of merely basking in his successes, Luhane Gagnaux extended his reach beyond app development. He carved out a dynamic presence on social media platforms, leveraging his expertise to create online courses and accessible educational content. Through his mentorship initiatives, he passionately uplifted countless individuals, guiding them toward their aspirations in the ever-evolving digital landscape. His dedication to empowering others became a beacon of hope, illuminating paths to knowledge and growth.
In this episode, we are privileged to delve into Luhane's thrilling journey, uncovering the insights that encouraged his transformative shift from law to entrepreneurship. Join us as we explore his unwavering commitment to making a difference in the world and discover the invaluable blueprint to the success he has generously crafted for others to follow.
74. Elisandro Mendes
Elisandro Mendes is an entrepreneur who made Mozambique his home away from home. With an emotional intelligence above par, he brought his dream to fruition and created a community where gentlemen come together and build positive social networks. His childhood and teenage years start in Lisbon after leaving Guinea-Bissau at a very young age. His heart ultimately brought him to Mozambique, where a brief passage in the clothing and footwear trade gave him the confidence to take the leap that inevitably changed his life.
In this episode, he shared his values of camaraderie learned throughout his passage as a professional handball player and many other life-enriching experiences.
73. Francisco Vinho
Francisco Vinho is a skate activist whose love for skating, combined with a steady grind, drove him to break down barriers and defy the status quo. It takes a particular type of mindset and willingness to, against all odds, build a skate park in one's backyard and make it an extension of the conventional classroom for many girls and boys of the community. Still, it is precisely what Vinho did. Find out how it came to be and where this fantastic project is going directly from the horse's mouth.
71. Djimetta
Djimetta is a hip hop artist. His introvert core and extrovert capabilities bridge the world of reality and imagination, giving birth to unique creativity. Ell Puto also graced us with his presence by being our first guest co-host, and side by side with Djimetta, they took this episode to a whole new level. A few coughs sprinkled on it from everything related to the music industry, work ethic, brand building process, and much more.
70. Marta Uetela
Marta Uetela is an industrial designer who is a very energetic and positive individual that from a selfless act, started an organisation that is changing the lives of many, one step at a time. She won the second-best green startup in Africa, the number one prize in the 6th edition of the competition SeedStars in Maputo, and the 193rd Commonwealth Point of Light, but those are not even her most significant achievements. Guiding us by connecting the dots, she explains how design, welding, being encouraged by her father and brothers at a young age to get involved in mechanics, and another myriad of unusual events got her in the position she is today.
69. Leia Liquidão
Leia Liquidão is a psychologist. Her caring and engaging personality impacts lives in more ways than just listening. Exuding empathy and genuine concern, she spoke to us about domestic violence, childhood trauma, men with breast cancer, how mental health is perceived in Mozambique, and much more. A tremendous serious conversation that felt super light-hearted.
68. Douglas Condzo
Douglas Condzo is a visual artist whose striking art provokes a visceral response in the eye of the beholder it also taps into the humble and quiet personality of this true aesthete. We got him speaking on the different roads and choices that took him from music to where he is now. He took a deep dive and described how the journey of his street photography led him to short film festivals, to art exhibitions in various galleries in Mozambique and abroad, and he also explained to us how he manages to keep growing and evolving as an artist.
67. Paulo Chibanga
Paulo Chibanga is an innovative entrepreneur who uses deep family values as the underlying foundation for all his work. He transcends the ordinal scale with his never-stop learning mentality. From 3 de Fevereiro school to Jo'burg and then the world, he told us about how his music journey started and how it morphed into what it is today. How 340ml came to be and how AzGo Festival first editions didn't break even. An episode full of exciting stories, lessons to live by, and much more.
66. Maxh
Maxh is a YouTuber with a unique sense of humour and uncomparable clout. His skits present a profoundly personal and comical perspective on a wide range of social phenomena. In a genuinely conversational way, he gave us an insight into how he lives off YouTube and explained how he withdraws the money sent from it—deconstructed the taboo of being a Mozambican YouTuber and how that affected his relationship with his father for a few years. We explored some of his side projects and what can we expect from him in the future.
65. Ricardo Pereira
Ricardo Pereira is an Environment and Renewable Energy Expert. With a community-based approach and innovative solutions, his work's mission shines a bright light of hope on improving the ecosystems and livelihood of many. Our conversation with Ricardo ranged from how he stumbled into his environmental degree, the wonders of Kenya, being held hostage in Bolivia by a group of kidnappers, and how Africa's solution is in our hands. We had loads of fun with this Mozambican pan-African.
64. Mafalda Vasconcelos
Mafalda is an artist who is on a journey of self-discovery. Her work is one of the mediums she uses to explore emotions concerning her identity. In a very poetic way, the unspoken bond with her ancestors depicted in her art leaves us in awe. From fashion to fine art prints, connecting the dots on her voyage to the down under, we spoke about her African heritage and how it influences her, how she got her work in London galleries, the unlikely collaboration with A$AP Mob and much more.
62. Karina “Koko” Jamal
Karina is a green entrepreneur. Her path started in Gaza, passed by Zambézia, Nampula and used Maputo as its launching pad. She's an entrepreneur and author who challenges every adversity head-on without losing her enthusiasm but has truly made the most of it. In this episode, we talk about the origins of Koko Boxes, not being afraid of asking for assistance, quitting her job and her plans of manufacturing in Mozambique.
59. Yuri Mendes
Yuri is a social entrepreneur. His projects transcend popularity, and the drive for social change results in long-lasting benefits for the city and people's lives. We spoke about his relationship with the city council, his inspiration drawn from living abroad, the love for the city that watched him grow and how we all share the responsibility to make it better. All of this and more sprinkled with a bit of fun and a caipirinha on the side.
58. Fresh Nunas
Fresh Nunas is a DJ, a jack of all trades and a master of many. His thirst for differentiation and a never-let-go of the African roots attitude distinguished him from the bunch. He started in Maputo, took over New York, touched base in Panama. From washing cars for the Russians, serving tables in SoHo and promoting events in Niger his life has been nothing short of a multicultural rollercoaster.
56. Sandro Valigy
Sandro Valigy is an event producer and an entertainment entrepreneur. He made extravaganza his business and with great focus and hard work kept the party going from Mozambique all the way to the Czech Republic, we dive into how he set up his entertainment business, his events, becoming a father, and Mozambican/Czech connections.
54. Carla Fonseca
Carla Fonseca is an incredibly multi-talented performance artist. Through a myriad of mediums, her art speaks volumes and forces us to stop and ponder. From Egoli to Xai-Xai and back, she shows no signs of slowing down, in this episode to talk about her Mozambican roots, how Batuk started, building a music catalogue, writing films and much more.
53. Rui Fernandes
Rui Fernandes is a tourism entrepreneur. With his eagerness to learn and willingness to teach, we time travelled back centuries on a guided tour of the Atlantic slave trade and much more. We also touched on how he got into tourism and how he's coping with fewer tourists during the pandemic.
39. Danilo ‘Kloro’ Malele
Danilo 'Kloro' Malele has a peculiar point of view and determination to achieve results, this brilliant artist demystified the Mozambican hip hop game and outlined cultural conundrums through this engaging and insightful tête-à-tête where he shared his views with us on the difference in artistic influences from provinces in Mozambique, how to elevate our quality as artists, purchasing power in the Mozambican public and his new album "Revolução Cultural" coming out 10 November 2020.
38. Taíla Carrilho
Taíla Carrilho is the founder of the NGO Conforme - Consciência Falciforme. A trip down memory lane made for interesting stories with this sublimely gifted, incredibly funny, in love with life courageous woman. In this exciting episode, we take it back to the origins of her love for music, DRP, RUUM Gallery and Conforme which is building awareness in Mozambique about sickle cell anaemia.
37. Celso Zaqueu
Celso Zaqueu is the creative director for Zwela communications agency and a fantastic photographer. With an eye for detail, excellent business aptitude and a drive like no other, he brings light into focus while describing the journey towards his craft, in this episode we talk about his experience living in London, making beats, being self-taught, the creative community in Mozambique, The Kins, Zwela Agency, dealing with money in the art business and the execution of ideas.