In this podcast, we unpack why most managers don’t actually know how to lead. Being a manager is not about the salary, the title, or the corner office it’s about taking full responsibility so your leader can focus on what truly matters.

We dive into why middle-level managers must step up and cover their boss, not compete with them. If you report directly to the CEO, your job is simple but tough: fire the CEO from daily operations. When leadership still handles everything, it means the wrong people are in the wrong roles.

We also expose why many new managers struggle to step up, why CEOs are forced to be everywhere at once, and how poor management quietly destroys company culture, growth, and focus especially in African businesses.

This episode is a wake-up call for:• CEOs who feel overwhelmed• Managers who want to become truly valuable• Businesses stuck because leadership can’t let go• Organizations suffering from poor accountability

Great managers don’t add work to the CEO they buy time.

If your leader still has to check everything, approve everything, and solve everything, you don’t have managers… you have job titles.

Watch the full conversation and learn:

• Why management is about responsibility, not money

• How strong managers protect and empower their leaders

• The real signs of poor management in an organization

• How to build a leadership structure that actually works

Subscribe for more real, unfiltered conversations on leadership, management, and African business growth, management failure, leadership mistakes, CEO burnout, African business leadership, bad managers, middle management, executive leadership, company culture, business growth Africa

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Most companies don’t fail because of bad strategy.

They fail because of one person with too much ego.

In this powerful podcast episode, we break down 7 critical reasons why leaders must remove ego-driven individuals from their teams no matter how talented, senior, or influential they are.

We use a real-world football example involving Kylian Mbappé’s reaction after a loss to Barcelona to show how unchecked ego destroys discipline, respect, and leadership authority. The same thing happens every day in African businesses, startups, and corporates just without the cameras.

You’ll learn:

Why ego silently kills company culture before it kills performance

How one ego can sabotage the best strategy in the room

Why leaders who protect ego players lose authority

The danger of “star performers” who don’t respect systems

How ego spreads like a virus inside teams

Why culture always beats talent in the long run

When cutting ego is not personal, but pure leadership

If you’ve ever had:

A brilliant employee who disrespects leadership

A partner who thinks rules don’t apply to them

A team member who divides others instead of uniting them

This episode is for you.

Key lesson: You can plan, strategise, and hire all you want but if ego is in the room, execution will always fail.

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Zambianisation was meant to empower local citizens by prioritising the employment of Zambians over foreign workers. But is this policy strengthening Zambia’s economy or quietly driving foreign investors away?

In this powerful podcast episode, we unpack the real business realities of Zambianisation in Zambia. We discuss the daily HR challenges, constant labour disputes, frequent court cases, and how the Zambian Labour Act heavily favours employees. Many investors find themselves dealing with productivity issues while employees know the Labour Law better than their job descriptions.

We also explore the growing culture where, after just one year of employment, gratuity discussions begin regardless of company performance. Instead of focusing on company growth, the mindset often shifts to personal gain, leaving businesses struggling to remain sustainable.This episode asks the hard questions:

Is Zambianisation protecting workers or discouraging investment?

Are Zambia’s labour laws balanced enough for business growth?

Why are investors facing HR crises almost daily?

Is foreign investment becoming too risky in Zambia?

If you’re an investor, entrepreneur, policy maker, HR professional, or business owner in Zambia or Africa, this conversation is one you cannot afford to ignore.

Watch the full discussion and decide for yourself.

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Most African businesses don’t have a market problem. They have a sales leadership problem.

In this episode of The Vendors Corner, Jerry More Nyazungu (aka The Chartered Vendor) break down the 11 deadly sales mistakes African companies keep making, mistakes that silently kill revenue, demotivate sales teams, and frustrate business owners.

If you’ve ever said “salespeople are lazy” or “the economy is tough”, this conversation will challenge you hard.

THE 11 SALES MISTAKES WE UNPACK

1. Recruiting marketers and assuming they can sell

2. Paying salespeople big basic salaries

3. Allowing salespeople to use personal phones for business

4. Business owners who don’t know how to run sales teams

5. Operating without clear sales KPIs

6. No consequences for missed sales targets

7. Not training salespeople daily

8. Reporting sales performance only at month-end

9. Running a business with no clear sales strategy

10. Confusing activity with real productivity

11. Operating without a CRM to track leads, follow-ups, and pipelines

WHO SHOULD WATCH THIS

Business owners

Sales managers

Entrepreneurs building sales teams

African SMEs struggling with revenue growth

Sales is not luck.

Sales is systems, leadership, culture, and discipline.

Watch till the end one of these mistakes might be the reason your business is stuck.

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Host: Jerry More Nyazungu The Chartered Vendor

Show: The Vendors Corner

Africa has the land.

Africa has the climate.

Africa has the people.

So the real question is: why can’t Africa feed herself?

In this powerful episode of The Chartered Vendor (TCV) Podcast, we sit down with Wendy Madzura to unpack the uncomfortable truth about farming and agriculture in Africa. We explore why agriculture has been treated like a punishment instead of a business, how our education system sidelined farming, and why Africa remains a primary consumer instead of a value-adding producer.

We also tackle hard conversations around cellphone farming, the lack of modern farming technology, low adoption of AI and digital tools, and why feet on the ground still matter. Wendy shares insights on mindset, belief, leadership, and why Africa must create its own agricultural solutions instead of importing answers.

With renewed interest from young people entering farming, this episode challenges African farmers, policymakers, educators, and entrepreneurs to stop treating agriculture as a hobby and start building scalable, profitable farming businesses.

If the why is big enough, the how will take care of itself.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE

Why Africa has the potential to feed itself

Where Africa is missing it in agriculture

The dangers of cellphone farming

Why value addition is Africa’s biggest opportunity

How modern farming tools, AI & technology can transform agriculture

Why agriculture was framed as a punishment in schools

How social media is becoming an equalizer for farmers

Why mindset and belief are critical to farming success

How to treat farming as a serious business

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PODCAST: The Chartered Vendor (TCV)Guest: Wendy Madzura

Topic: The Future of Agriculture in Africa

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Many African entrepreneurs don’t fail because they are lazy they fail because they ignore fundamental business truths.

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Mr Thulani, Managing Director of Supaprint Media Group, as he shares raw, real-life lessons from a journey that started selling sugar sweets in primary school to running a structured, compliant and disciplined business.

We unpack why most partnerships collapse, why money destroys friendships, and why a shareholders agreement must come before operations not after disputes. Mr Thulani also explains why Supaprint treats business as business, even when it involves spouses, and why never hiring someone you can’t fire is a rule many African businesses ignore at their own cost.If you’re in branding, printing or creative services, this episode will challenge you hard especially on why buying machinery before building sales is a fatal mistake. We also explore focus, systems, compliance, tax pressure, visibility, and why your personal image and premises are part of your brand whether you like it or not.

This is not motivation.

This is business reality for African entrepreneurs.

Watch, learn, and rethink how you’re running your business.

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What does it really take to win in business, careers, and life in the age of AI?

In this powerful episode of The Chartered Vendor Podcast, we sit down with Aaron Kumanja to unpack raw, honest lessons most people learn too late.

From sending over 500 CVs after school before getting his first opportunity, to understanding why how you end 2025 determines how you start 2026, Aaron breaks down the mindset of action-oriented people.

We talk about why some founders are hunters, not managers, why young entrepreneurs fail by diversifying too early, and why sales remains the heartbeat of every successful company.

We also tackle the uncomfortable truths:

How AI will replace many jobs in the next 10 years

Why tech-savvy people who know how to use AI will survive

Why the person you marry can determine whether you become rich or poor

Why you must start where you are, buy what you can afford, delay gratification, stay humble, and stay disciplined

This is a conversation for founders, young professionals, salespeople, and anyone serious about winning in the next decade.

Guest: Aaron Kumanja

Podcast: The Chartered Vendor Podcast with Jerry More Nyazungu

Watch till the end. One insight here could change how you approach 2026.

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Entrepreneurship looks glamorous from a distance, but the real education begins when you are responsible for everything decisions, people, money, and mistakes.

In this episode of The Chartered Vendor Podcast, we sit down with Rumbidzai Chinyowa, a lawyer by training and the Director of Dingamuzi Real Estate, to unpack the hard truths behind entrepreneurship, partnerships, and leadership in Zimbabwe’s property sector.

Rumbidzai shares her journey from legal practice into real estate development and management, explaining how the transition reshaped her thinking about risk, decision-making, and accountability. We explore why running a business is easy when you are two or three partners around a table, but becomes far more demanding when you are alone and everything starts and ends with you.

The conversation dives deep into partnerships why many entrepreneurs enter them out of fear of being alone, how a shareholders agreement completely changed Rumbidzai’s view of partnerships, and how failing to define clear terms and conditions led to the collapse of her own partnership. She also explains what entrepreneurs must prioritise first before choosing a business partner.

We also unpack:

The difference between partnerships in law firms and those in other industries

Why entrepreneurship is a journey of constant mistakes and why the so-called “dull” students often perform better in business

Why entrepreneurs struggle to fire non-performers, even when they know it’s hurting the business

The biggest recruitment mistake founders make: hiring for skill and ignoring attitude

Why land will always hold value in Zimbabwe, and how history, Chimurenga, and culture shape our relationship with property

This episode is essential viewing for founders, professionals moving into entrepreneurship, real estate investors, and anyone considering a partnership in business.

Real lessons. Real mistakes. Real growth.