HeyJaredThe Salary Scramble With Lee Kasumba
The Salary Scramble is a podcast born from one hard truth: payday can be one of the most challenging moments for entrepreneurs. It’s a high-stakes time that brings pressure, tough decisions, and emotional weight, the kind only a founder or entrepreneur can truly understand.
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"It's Our Duty" – Keeping Africa Breathing with Valerie Mpholle (opens the original)
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She walked into an industry where no one looked like her. She built a company that keeps people alive. Valerie Mpholle, founder of Consuweld. Her first major contract was back home in Lesotho. Today, she supplies oxygen to 11 hospitals across 8 African countries. She's seen what happens when the cylinder is empty. She made sure that stopped. Watch the montage from her raw, unfiltered conversation on The Salary Scramble with Lee Kasumba. Catch the full episode in our playlist! 🎙️ Where glossy tit
"Is She Fronting?" – The Scramble of Building in a Boys' Club (opens the original)
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She founded the business by herself. But that didn't stop them from asking: "Is she fronting?" Valerie Mpholle walked into an industry where the room was built for older white men with engineering degrees, people who had opportunities her relatives never could have dreamed of. She dropped out of science. She studied psychology for 11 years. And today, she runs Consuweld, a gas distribution company spanning 8 African countries, supplying oxygen to 11 hospitals, keeping people alive. In this episo
From Microwave Explosions to Market Queues — Sharna Darko (opens the original)
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On this episode of The Salary Scramble , Sharna Darko from Kingston Kitchen GH joins us, and we went there. She exploded an egg in the microwave as a kid. Now she's exploding queues at Green Butterfly Market. Jamaican, British, in Accra, selling patties and answering the question: is this just a meat pie with a yellow crust? That's her chapter.
Jamaican Patties or Ghanaian Meat Pies? Stop Confusing Us (opens the original)
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Sharna Darko from Kingston Kitchen GH joins us this week, and we went there.She started with just two dishes, jerk chicken and curry goat, pre-order only. No storefront. No grand plan. Just cooking and hoping someone would buy. Then word spread. Then queues started forming before the market even opened. One Saturday, someone in the crowd asked, "What is that lady selling?" and that's when she knew she was onto something. But here's the thing she's Jamaican, cooking in Accra. And Ghanaians love t
Jerk Chicken, Curry Goat and a Dream (opens the original)
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Sharna Darko from Kingston Kitchen GH joins us this week, and we went there. Rolling dough, chasing paychecks, she started with two dishes and a prayer. Now people are queuing at 9:30am before the market even opens. Is this the dream or just the beginning? She answered everything. New Episode Out Tomorrow!
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