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Episode Overview:
Origins of Nisan - Nairobi, village wisdom, love and community. Stark differences between social and economic classes and the dangers they bring. Matriarchal lineage - How did having strong females in your family impact you? Culture, symbols and the unspoken. Spirituality, Your 6 languages spoken and the journey of learning them. Power of language and how has that shaped you as a person. Validity of one’s story regardless of their command of a language. Communication, vocal and active listening. The toughest moment in your life. What does it mean to live, What is true legacy? How Nisan helped create 20-30k jobs in Africa and attracted 50m investment. How did you outsmart big corporations and single-handedly won government contracts? Importance of integrity and values. ADHD - pros and cons, How do you deal with yours? What did your multiple kidnappings teach you? Your 3 most important life lessons. Your purpose. Nisan’s recipe for happiness.

About Guest: Nisan Abdulkader, dual Yemeni-Kenyan, is an FDI expert, humanitarian, speaker and a force for change in developing world.
She worked in senior public and private sector roles across the globe including in Tunisia, Kenya, South Africa, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Syria, Italy and Canada.
Nisan began her career in consulting and program management roles at UN agencies including Consortium for agricultural research (CGIAR), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy and the United Nations Environment Program in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.
Since 2014, Nisan has advised over 30 government investment authorities in emerging markets on how to best respond to the significant FDI opportunity which has created an estimated 50 million high value jobs across sectors like Agriculture, Healthcare, Tourism, ICT and Manufacturing. Specifically, Nisan supports IPAs to understand the services they need to optimize market share which typically cover activities like investment strategy development, aftercare & business retention, investment prospecting approaches as well as defining capacity building requirements of government authorities.
Nisan holds the Mary Brooks Law Award, the Social Business Impact Award and the Extraordinary Young 30 Under 30 Award from the Government of Canada.
She holds an honours B.A in Political Science, Management and International Development Studies from McGill University in Canada and a Diploma of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies from Harvard University. Nisan speaks 6 languages: Arabic, English, Italian, French, Swahili, Spanish.

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