The Salary Scramble With Lee Kasumba

"We can work ten times more than the Chinese. Our DNA is strength. But are we building to capacity? To quality?" Papy Kaluw on why Africa has the power but still ships everything in from somewhere else.

The global fashion industry is worth $2.5 trillion. Africa's share? $31 billion, barely 1%.

Papy Kaluw knows what that gap feels like. He left Congo as a child, dropped out of university, taught himself fashion, and built Urban Zulu from nothing. To... more

Join us on The Salary Scramble With Lee Kasumba as Papy Kaluw breaks down the one thing every entrepreneur fears: your own paycheck taking a chunk out of your business.New episode out tomorrow!

Oma Areh has worked with everyone from Coca-Cola to Davido to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She's a PR powerhouse, film producer, and now a pioneer in the $26 billion micro-drama industry. But her journey started with a column called "How to Get the Man ... more

You've worked with global brands. You've built a reputation over six years. You've done everything right.

And then one client doesn't pay for six months. Your reserves disappear. Your staff is counting on you. And you realize: the business you built... more

He became a vegetarian because meat was expensive and his student stipend was low. Then it became fashionable. Then it became political. Then he realized he was wearing leather shoes.

In this chapter, Sanza Sandile traces his complicated relationshi... more

Sanza Sandile Shabalala doesn't call himself a chef. He calls himself a cook, a storyteller, and a gastronomic smuggler. But somewhere between growing up in Soweto in the 80s, co-hosting the radio shows that shaped a generation at YFM, and building t... more

He used to think Ethiopian restaurants were just shebeens with sour-smelling beer. He wanted to save the planet but couldn't pick an animal. And before he became one of the most beloved chefs on the African continent, he was just a guy in Yeoville wh... more