SuperLead Podcast

Success in entrepreneurship is not just about strategy it’s about the inner game.
In this episode of the SuperLead Podcast, we are joined by Oabona Kgengwenyane, founder and CEO of Innolead Consulting and author of Innolead: Unpacking the Inner Game of African Entrepreneurship. Oabona shares his journey from leaving corporate life in 1999 to building multiple businesses across Africa.
We explore the mindset shifts, emotional resilience, and leadership disciplines African entrepreneurs need to scale without burnout. This conversation dives into happiness, purpose-driven leadership, and what it truly takes to build sustainable success in emerging markets.
A must-listen for entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders committed to growth both professionally and personally.

In this episode of the SuperLead Podcast, Dr Maanda Tshifularo sits down with one of Africa’s most influential business leaders Shirley, CEO and Regional Senior Partner of PwC Southern Africa.
With over 35 years of leadership experience, Shirley has shaped governance, risk, and ethical leadership across Africa and on global platforms. Recognised by Forbes Africa as the Most Influential CEO in Africa and a recipient of the SuperLead Outstanding CEO of the Year Award, she shares powerful insights on leadership, legacy, and leading with purpose.
Beyond the boardroom, Shirley is a passionate advocate for women empowerment and youth development, and the founder of the Faranani Rural Women Training Programme, which has impacted over 4,500 women entrepreneurs.
This episode is a must‑listen for leaders, executives, and aspiring change‑makers committed to building resilient institutions and a better Africa.

In Episode 163 of the SuperLead Podcast, Dr Maanda Tshifularo sits down with futurist, cultural forecaster, and transformation strategist Carmen Murray for a fearless conversation about the future we are creating — and the humans we are becoming.
This episode goes beyond the hype of artificial intelligence to explore Authentic Intelligence™, human agency, and the responsibility leaders carry in an age of exponential change. Carmen challenges us to stop being enslaved by disruption and instead enable change, so we can reflect it, shape it, and ultimately become it.
Together, they unpack why the future cannot remain locked in boardrooms, why fear is the enemy of progress, and why becoming more human — not more digital — is our greatest competitive advantage. This is a powerful dialogue on leadership, foresight, culture, and the New RenAI²ssance — where humanity and AI must learn to work together with intention and ethics.
This episode is a call to lead consciously, think critically, and participate actively in shaping the future.

In this powerful SuperLead Podcast episode, we are joined by Dr Mzamo Masito — Africa Regional Lead at Canva, former Google Africa CMO, seasoned brand executive, academic, and co‑founder of African Men Care (AMC). With over 27 years of leadership experience across Unilever, Nike, Vodacom, Google and the academic world, Dr Masito brings deep insight into identity, opportunity, and the future of African leadership.
We dive into his bold and thought‑provoking work, “This Country Hates Our Men Boys.”
Dr Masito unpacks the realities facing boys and men in South Africa, the impact of broken systems, the crisis of opportunity, and the urgent need for healing and belonging. He also reflects on ubuntu, fatherhood, identity, and the responsibility leaders carry in shaping a more humane future for all.
This is an honest, necessary, and deeply human conversation with a leader committed to democratising opportunity and uplifting the next generation.

n this episode of The SuperLead Podcast, Dr Maanda Tshifularo chats with Talifhani Banks, a multi‑award‑winning South African tech entrepreneur, investor, and Group CEO of Analytics X. Talifhani is also the founder of Spaza Eats and Myxpay, two platforms reshaping township commerce and digital payments across South Africa. With expertise in data, software, and systems engineering, he has spent the last decade building technology that bridges informal and formal economies.
Talifhani shares a powerful and deeply personal leadership journey — from putting his family on his payroll, to pushing himself to rise to the next level, to realising that his drive to make his father proud was only the beginning of discovering his own purpose. This is an inspiring conversation about growth, responsibility, and building Africa‑centred tech that transforms lives.