When we share our testimony, our life inspires faith and courage in others. Here you can find testimonies and stories of our Ziwani community finding and living out their marketplace calling.
A successful career demands deep commitment – the kind of dedication that can easily take over your life. Especially when the husband is an award-winning architect, and the wife is a CA travelling all over the world. Yet James and Valentine Gitoho mastered the art of doing excellent work, without becoming slaves to it. Be encouraged by their remarkable story!
"It's not putting a marble in a glass of water, it's putting a drop of ink in a glass of water - it changes everything." Every single day, our work gives us opportunities to ‘add kingdom life’ to our colleagues and communities. This is fundamentally because business provides the wide-ranging products and services that people need, together with sustainable employment. A passionate couple whose convictions have been refined by real-life experience, Dr Dennis Tongoi and Irene Tongoi challenge conventional perceptions about the interaction between entrepreneurs and the church.
What is the difference between perfection and excellence? And what are the markers of excellence business? In this panel discussion, Keri-Leigh Paschal talks to Irene Kauma Kisaka, Danstan Kisuule and Champ Thekiso about business being a beacon of excellence.
In this informative talk, Rev. Dr Dennis, CEO of Root-to-Fruit, helps us to understand what it means to be a faith inspired Christian working in the African marketplace. He explains that the redemptive purpose of business is to bring about justice and peace in the world.
In this panel discussion, Champ Thekiso, Nissi Eckpott and Pieter Faure talk to Kerryne Krause about what Redemptive Business is. They point out that it is not "the next big thing", but it is God's plan for business. They go on to explore what this looks like in their respective industries and contexts.
Brandon Paschal introduces the concept of common grace by explaining that everyone we meet is an image bearer of God. Therefore every person is under God’s goodness and grace, and we as believers are called to serve Him in humbly seeking the welfare of the nations.
A town planner with over 19 years’ experience in the public and private sectors, Phumeza Qwashu has a passion for changing people’s lives by unlocking the value of their properties.
What truly influences company culture? What do you do when you’ve inherited a toxic company culture? Phillipa, Afrika and Rowan cut through the waffle in this webinar – offering astute advice based on years of experience. They explain why culture cannot be designated as an HR function, the value of conflict as a revealer of culture, and how to manage diversity and inclusion well.
Nola Dlamini is an electrical engineer with 24 years’ experience in the ICT sector. As a corporate professional and a single mom, she believes there is great comfort in surrendering to God sovereignty. Though some moments seem insignificant at the time, when we look back we can see God has been working out his plan and purpose for our careers all along.
Balancing our professional and private lives is tough in today's busy world. Irrespective of what industry we're in, most of us struggle to strike a healthy balance between working long hours and running a household and managing a family. This is especially true of Christian business leaders in Africa. Listen to Almero Strauss, Abella Bateyunga, Jacob Zikusooka and Phillipa Geard at the Ziwani "At the Lake" webinar as they discuss how to tackle this challenge.
Brandon takes an encouraging look at the tech venture space in South Africa and debunks the lie that Africa and innovation are oxymorons.
From working with East-Asian refugee families in America, to opening a family therapy practice in South Africa, Dr Somo believes in integrating her Christian faith into her work as a psychologist. She explains how Spirit-led wisdom can bring healing to clients, even when they do not share the same faith.
This short documentary tells the tale of two brothers, who chose to walk away from a multi-franchise family business founded in 1944 – to find their own blueprint for life. Years of carefully calculated choices have added up to redefine success in an industry known for shadiness and predatory practices. And as their staff and clients attest, they truly put people before profit, every day.
Following the development of The Monday Christian podcast series, Keri and Paul discuss the collaboration process of creating content for the Ziwani platform.
Few people remember the 2014 demise of African Bank as acutely as Sam Houlie. Overnight, he was no longer celebrated as an icon of success, but shunned as a marked man with no future. Yet there is much more to this story than personal resilience in the face of public failure. This is the powerful testimony of how God used the despair and ashes of one family – to bring hope and beauty to many.
Hope. Hard work. Not handouts. This is Nelson Ashitiva’s plan for a prosperous Africa. Rising from a one-man band in a notorious Nairobi slum, to an award-winning advocate and founder of a Top Ten law firm in Kenya – he knows what it takes. Passionate about creating opportunities for others to scale their businesses from kiosk to corporate, he illustrates an inspired way of loving your neighbour.
As COO of Mergon, Gauché Radley's responsibility is to identify, negotiate and implement new investment opportunities across the globe. In this candid interview, he provides many business examples that offer a fresh perspective on the power of money, and the definition of true success.
In this short interview, Sibs Sibanda traces the development of the 'faith and work' conversation, and why Ziwani plays a key role within its local expression.
This short documentary film artfully blends two uplifting stories of entrepreneurial grit and passion. Three trailblazers – Sandy Barlow and Pete Howie, co-founders of Seattle Coffee Co., and contemporary artist Philip Barlow – recall their 20-year journeys of highs and lows in business, and God’s faithfulness along the way. An incredible testimony of finding beauty in the mundane, rooted in an enduring calling to create.
Meet the remarkable minds behind The Monday Christian podcast series – Paul Kim and Sibs Sibanda – who believe that the Bible has a lot to say about work. Over 28 episodes, they explore the ways we can practically, thoughtfully, faithfully, and fruitfully connect the dots between Sundays and the rest of the week. (Listen to the first episode here: https://lnkd.in/dxKBpxB7)
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