The Infinite Creativity Podcast Kim White

In pursuit of challenging the Zimbabwean pharmacy system, Dudzai set out to make the lives of patients a lot easier. Her crowdsourcing service, the Medical Information Service (MIS), provides a real-time inventory and prices of medication from hundreds of pharmacies across the country so patients in need have quick access to this information, especially in time of dire need. Listen to her story about getting the service up and running, and what inspired it, as well as how creative she gets with her business ventures (hint, it may involve goats!).

In this episode we discuss:
Self-discipline: 00:05:10
How the MIS works: 00:14:23
Dudzai's first business venture: 00:19:06
The legal battle around the MIS: 00:32:30
Where Dudzai gets her fighting spirit from: 00:44:22
How experience trumps fear: 00:49:00
Dudzai's definition for creativity: 00:52:57
The first time I met Dudzai: 00:56:55
The possibilities behind the question "What do you do?": 01:02:40
Social media: 01:08:00

Connect with Dudzai on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dudzai-mureyi-phd-15b0b129/

Content producer: Nadia Ghumra
Music: ‘Yorire Ngoma’ by Taffie Matiure https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKp82-C_YDPYFVnq0hlwohg
Bowties: www.zimbowties.com

Bringing some new flavour to the Infinite Creativity Podcast, Tapiwa Guzha goes into detail about how he began his signature hand-churned ice cream business during his days at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The journey has seen him become creative with his menu, incorporating tastes from all over Africa.   In this episode, Tapiwa also shares his insights on:  


The range of possibilities in handwriting techniques 00:25:32 
The simplicity of ice cream 00:24:48 
How he started making ice cream 00:41:00
Imposter syndrome 00:55:30 
Why he chose to open his shop in Observatory (Obs) 01:08:00 
His definition of creativity 01:30:00 

See Tapiwa's artwork here: https://instagram.com/kasvikiro 

Check out the tasty delights he's creating here: https://instagram.com/_tapi_tapi

From a young age, Charlie was always encouraged to let his imagination run wild. He was inspired to never let boundaries or rules stop him from being creative. This outlook has taken him on many adventures, one of them was having me as a roommate, and onto the path of photography and videography. From his humble beginnings as a YouTube travel vlogger to running his own production company  and everything in between, Charlie shares his story with me in the 8th installment of the Infinite Creativity Podcast.

As a Finance specialist, Salsabil used to think that she had no creative potential because creativity was only for artists. But, when she co-founded YouthHub, she began to realise just how creative she really is.  

Since unleashing her creative side, Salsabil has been on a mission to help the children of Tunisia to unleash theirs. YouthHub is designed to guide children into becoming social entrepreneurs and help them see their innovative ideas come to life so they can solve social problems in their communities.   

I was fortunate enough to cross paths with Salsa at the Watson Institute in Boulder, Colorado in 2018. Her amazing work and efforts to promote creative thinking have been an inspiration to me ever since.

Arnie Jacobson won’t admit it, but he’s a bit of a marketing legend. Over the course of his career he helped brands like Nike and Levi’s to connect with their customers and tell their stories to the world.

Now that he’s retired, he sits on the board of Intercambio (https://intercambio.org/ ) where he advises the organisation on how to convey their messages of the special work they do.

During my time at the Watson Institute in Boulder in 2018, I was lucky to have Arnie as a mentor for Zimbowties and we’ve kept in touch ever since.

Editing: Nadia Ghumra

Music: ‘Yorire Ngoma’ by Taffie Matiure https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKp82-C_YDPYFVnq0hlwohg

Bowties: www.zimbowties.com

Cyprian Aarons is a self-taught software engineer, the CTO of Freshideas in Zimbabwe, and the founder of the tech agency, Topiax and the nonprofit organisation, All We Got Is Mind.   We talked about learning from breaking things, just in time learning, how schools and universities in Zimbabwe (and other countries) might change how they teach, what he's working on, what it's like to lead the top dev team in Zimbabwe at Freshideas and what it's like to work for Kuda Musasiwa.   

Learn more about Cyprian and his work at cyprianaarons.co.zw/ and follow him at twitter.com/CyprianAarons  

Music by Taffie Matiure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHbhvDJC-Lc