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  • International Expansion in Education with Dr. Mark Abell

    International Expansion in Education with Dr. Mark Abell
    Sep 9 2025
    Dr. Mark Abell joins host Monde Nkosi to unpack the dynamics of international expansion in education. Mark explains why and how schools and universities venture abroad, highlighting the differences between for-profit and non-profit models and the key factors that separate successful expansions from failed ones. Mark also shares some personal reflections on his journey and pays a heartfelt tribute to teachers who have profoundly shaped his life.

    Mark is a highly regarded international lawyer with over 40 years’ experience in international education. He currently acts as a consultant to a number of well-known educational institutions on the development and implementation of their international expansion strategies. Until 2022, Mark was Global Head of International Education and Franchising at the global law firm Bird & Bird. He has advised over 80 independent schools on international expansion including the likes of Westminster, North London Collegiate, Wellington College and Dulwich; as well as universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and Surrey. Mark has authored 13 books, including Educational Institutions – A Legal and Regulatory Handbook for Setting Up Overseas. Mark holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Southampton and a PhD from the University of London. Watch on YouTube
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    1 h et 5 min
  • Corporate Education and Human Capital Theory with Matthew Butler-Adam

    Corporate Education and Human Capital Theory with Matthew Butler-Adam
    Sep 3 2025
    Matthew Butler-Adam (Regional Managing Director of Duke Corporate Education) joins host Monde Nkosi to discuss corporate education and Human Capital Theory. Matthew provides an overview of the >$100 billion corporate education sector globally. He breaks down the sector into various verticals, exploring their characteristics and growth profile. Matthew also describes the academic research into the reasons behind growing educational spend at individual and country levels, with a specific focus on Human Capital Theory. Matthew shares personal reflections from his journey growing up in Durban, South Africa, to attending some of the best universities in the world including Oxford and Harvard, and now to working in the sector he is passionate about.

    Matthew is Regional Managing Director of Duke Corporate Education, leading their activities for the UK and Europe. Prior to Duke, he worked in strategy consulting and M&A advisory at Bain & Company and Deloitte. Matthew is the author of Cracking Corporate: Building a Career That You Can Be Proud Of and was identified as a top young businessperson by the Mail and Guardian. His educational background is in economics and education, including a Master’s in International Education Policy at Harvard and a Master’s in Development Economics at Oxford, where he was awarded the Luca d’Agliano prize for the best dissertation. His research was funded by the Laurie Dippenaar FirstRand Foundation and the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust. Watch on YouTube · Watch on YouTube
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    53 min
  • Football and Education with Pitso Mosimane and Moira Tlhagale

    Football and Education with Pitso Mosimane and Moira Tlhagale
    Aug 26 2025
    Pitso Mosimane and Moira Tlhagale (founders of Pitso Mosimane Youth Football) join host Monde Nkosi to discuss the intersection of football and education. They explore the importance of age-appropriate physical education in schools and describe how they are bringing to life their vision of developing players of the future who are well educated, socially adept, and technically equipped to compete at the highest level. They also share personal stories about their journeys and pay tribute to their teachers and mentors.

    Pitso Mosimane and Moira Tlhagale are the founders of Pitso Mosimane Youth Football, which runs football development programs serving over 12,000 players and 100 coaches across South Africa.

    Pitso Mosimane is a football legend. He played for three of South Africa’s largest teams in Jomo Cosmos, Mamelodi Sundowns, and Orlando Pirates. He then went on to play internationally for clubs in Greece, Belgium, and Qatar. He also had the honour of playing for Bafana Bafana, the South African Men’s National Team. After hanging up his playing boots, Mosimane went on to become the most successful football coach to come out of South Africa. Coach Pitso has 21 titles to his name, including an unprecedented 3 African Champions League titles and 2 Bronze medals at the FIFA World Club Cup, putting African football on the global map.

    Moira Tlhagale is a successful entrepreneur. She is a Quantity Surveyor by profession and a Construction Project Manager. In 2004, Moira founded TMTJ Consulting and she subsequently worked on some of South Africa’s most iconic developments, such as being a leader of the technical team responsible for delivering the 10 stadiums used in the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup and being Programme Manager in the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative. She is currently the Managing Director of Pitso Mosimane Youth Football. Watch this episode on YouTube · Watch on YouTube
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    1 h et 6 min
  • Investing and Leading in Higher Education with Doug Becker

    Investing and Leading in Higher Education with Doug Becker
    Aug 19 2025
    Doug Becker (founder of Cintana Education, Laureate Education and co-founder of Sterling Partners) joins host Monde Nkosi to discuss investing and leadership in education. Doug shares personal and professional lessons from his exceptional entrepreneurial journey spanning multiple successful businesses in education and healthcare. Focusing on his work in education, from K-12 tutoring to global higher education, Doug explores the importance of partnerships, technology, and maintaining a strong sense of mission and purpose.

    Doug is an exceptional entrepreneur and investor. He is the Founder and Chairman of Cintana Education, which supports universities around the world to develop and scale high-quality academic programs. Founded in partnership with Arizona State University, which is ranked as the most innovative university in the United States, the Cintana Alliance of universities includes 32 institutions serving more than 330,000 students. Prior to Cintana, Doug founded Laureate Education and grew it into the largest higher education group in the world serving more than 1 million students across more than 200 campuses in 29 countries. Earlier in his career, Doug served as the Chairman and CEO of Sylvan Learning Systems, which was the largest K-12 tutoring company in North America serving more than 200,000 students. Doug has served on many non-profit boards and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine International and the International Youth Foundation. Watch on YouTube
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    52 min
  • EdTech and Corporate Learning with Melvyn Lubega

    EdTech and Corporate Learning with Melvyn Lubega
    Aug 12 2025
    Melvyn Lubega (Partner at Breega and founding executive of Go1) talks to host Monde Nkosi about EdTech and corporate learning. Melvyn explores the $300 billion professional and corporate learning market globally. He explains the growth of the market, digitisation and the evolution from compliance training to ongoing professional development and lifelong learning. Melvyn discusses venture capital with a focus on the EdTech sector, including sharing lessons from some of the common pitfalls he has observed. Melvyn also shares some personal stories on his journey, the roots of his passion for education, and his career ambition to create 100,000 sustainable jobs.

    Melvyn is an exceptional entrepreneur and investor. He was a founding executive of Go1, an EdTech unicorn that is one of the market leaders in online corporate learning globally. Melvyn is currently a Partner at Breega, a venture capital firm managing more than $700 million. Among other accolades, Melvyn is a Rhodes Scholar, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and an Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellow. He holds degrees in Actuarial Science from the University of Cape Town and in Education (Learning and Technology) and Public Policy from Oxford. Watch on YouTube
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    49 min
  • EdTech and Leadership with Robert Paddock

    EdTech and Leadership with Robert Paddock
    Jul 2 2025
    Robert Paddock (co-founder of GetSmarter, Hubble Studios, and Valenture Institute) talks to host Monde Nkosi about EdTech and leadership. Robert discusses EdTech in K-12, higher education, and lifelong learning. He explores the potential of technology to transform education, and explains the limitations of technology and the important role of humans in the learning process. Robert also discusses personal lessons from his entrepreneurial journey founding three successful EdTech companies. These lessons include deeply challenging topics such as burnout and personal fulfilment.

    Robert is an exceptional entrepreneur. He co-founded GetSmarter, which went on to become one of the global leaders in the market for online short courses and was acquired by 2U in 2017. Robert also co-founded Hubble Studios, which went on to be acquired by Noodle Partners in 2023. Robert is currently the CEO of Valenture Institute, which he also founded. Outside of his entrepreneurial achievements in EdTech, Robert is a musician, triathlete, founding board member of Injini EdTech Accelerator, and co-founder of Men Who Meditate. Watch on Youtube · Watch on YouTube
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    1 h et 11 min
  • Investing in Education with Sudeep Laad

    Investing in Education with Sudeep Laad
    Jun 24 2025
    Sudeep Laad, Partner in L.E.K. Consulting’s Global Education Practice, talks to host Monde Nkosi about investing in education. Sudeep shares an overview of the $25 billion annual investments that go into independent education groups around the world, and explains the various verticals that these investments go into. He highlights emerging themes in the education sector that he is excited about, including premium schools expanding to emerging markets, mid-fee schools in countries with growing middle classes (such as Vietnam), and higher education in regions with rising enrolment rates (such as Africa). Sudeep also discusses the social impact of the sector and shares some personal stories about his journey.

    Sudeep Laad is a Partner in L.E.K. Consulting and a founding member of its Global Education Practice. He advises operators, investors, foundations, and governments on areas of strategic importance. He brings in-depth experience in education segments covering K-12, tertiary education, transnational education, after-school supplementary education, language learning, and education technology. Over the last decade and a half, Sudeep has led more than 400 projects in education in more than 40 geographies. His insights have been featured in numerous publications, including Education Investor Global and Relocate Global. He is frequently invited to speak at industry-leading education events, including SuperReturn Emerging Markets, AFSIC Africa, EdEx Online Africa, EdtechX Europe, Edtech Asia, and Education Investor’s Global Hotspots. Watch on YouTube · Watch on YouTube
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    50 min
  • Leading a Schools and Higher Education Group with Geoff Whyte

    Leading a Schools and Higher Education Group with Geoff Whyte
    Jun 10 2025
    Geoff Whyte, Group CEO of ADvTECH Limited (JSE:ADH), talks to host Monde Nkosi about leading a combined schools and higher education group serving more than 100,000 students across multiple countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Botswana and Ethiopia. Geoff presents his investment and social impact case for ADvTECH and independent education. Geoff also shares some personal stories about his journey from growing up in Scotland to living, and working, in multiple countries including England, Russia, and the Netherlands; and moving to South Africa in the late 1990s.

    ADvTECH is an education group listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of approximately R18 billion / $1 billion. Prior to joining ADvTECH in 2024, Geoff was the CEO of Nando’s Africa/Middle East/South Asia region. He has executive experience in a range of global organisations including Unilever, PepsiCo, Cadbury-Schweppes and SAB-Miller. Geoff has also won a range of awards including the Sunday Times’ South African Marketing Person of the Year. He holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Aberdeen. Watch on YouTube · Watch on YouTube
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    42 min