Leadership Exchanged: How to lead change to empower girls in the Congo with Noëlla Coursaris Musunka

University of Birmingham

Joining Christopher Pietroni for the third episode of ‘Leadership Exchanged’ is Nöella Coursaris Musunka, an award-winning philanthropist and international model. Nöella is the founder and CEO of Malaika Foundation, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which began as a school and has now grown into a community-driven ecosystem working to transform the lives of young girls and their families.

In this episode, Nöella discusses how she uses her leadership in philanthropy to empower young girls into becoming the next leaders of Africa, and the challenges she has faced both in her own life and whilst setting up a charity. As well as discussing her experience in the third sector, Nöella also delves into the contrasts between her modelling career and her philanthropy career.

The Leadership Exchanged podcast asks if the world's biggest and most complex problems could be solved if the right leadership approach was applied? Do we need to exchange current approaches to leadership for something new?

Find out more about Leadership Exchanged: The Podcast: birmingham.ac.uk/leadership-exchanged

Follow Nöella on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/noellacoursaris/

Follow Malaika on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/malaikadrc/

Follow Christopher on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/pietroni_c

Resources mentioned in the interview:

Malaika - https://malaika.org/

Vogue – https://www.vogue.co.uk/

Vanity Fair - https://www.vanityfair.com/