Blessing Mokoena

05/06/2025

Nobody wants to work anymore?
😢

They say fashion trends like to come and go, Infact a well educated friend of mine always say "history doesn't repeat itself , but it very often rhymes".

I remember a few years ago the culture of Hustle bros took over the internet, people were showing off how much or how hard they were working and how working was so integral to success.

However recently I find that the trends are very much about shutting out work and confining it to a small corner of your life.

Graduates come out of school and want to earn $1000 immediately with essentially no experience or skills.

What happened to working the hard yards? To running through walls to get stuff done, to hit your deadlines delivering high quality work.

What happened to getting your hands dirty and putting everything in the trenches and giving it the beans?

My advice to young career professionals the first 5 years of your professional life focus on becoming unbeatable.

The money will always follow top talent, Ronaldo didn't wake up and start demanding $200million as a no body

He worked hard and trained, delivered on the biggest stages and so when he puts his hat down the coins are ready to be tossed.

Its actually pretty easy
1. Be the earliest to every meeting
2. Be the most prepared, research
3. Be the most curious, the hungriest to learn, the hungriest to succeed, take Intiative and volunteer to lead even small projects
4. Have a can do attitude, stay positive
5. Take tasks off others' plates
6. Stay later (Do extra, nights, weekends whenever you can)
7. Don't gossip or talk trash
8. Be easy to work with
9. Be accountable accept mistakes and learn from them
10. Don't whine or complain

You do these 10 things consistently every day for 5 years especially early stage! You won't ever have to worry about value or money.

You will be impossible to compete against, there is no organization that wants to lose a valuable player and other organizations are always ready and eagerly looking for star players!

So I hope the trend where working hard is cool again comes back because honestly it's the only way we will rebuild Zimbabwe, it's the only way we take Africa to the top! We n

28/05/2025

The Real Voyage of Discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes... 💯

Exciting Times

ZimQuest Africa was crowned a Winner in the 2025 POTRAZ Innovation Drive Ideathon in the Tourism & Creative Industries!

This is a huge milestone for me and the amazing humans alongside me, building the future of digital experiences✨.

What this means for ZimQuest Africa

Seed Funding ✅
Mentorship ✅
Networking ✅

This will allow us to push on and bring some of our incredibly crazy ideas to life!

I spent a week with some of the industry's best minds in Masvingo learning, interacting, and interrogating ideas. It was an enlightening experience that taught me a lot about myself and the reality of both shared and opposing viewpoints! You will only be able to find new eyes when you look at problems from a different perspective!

Made new friends and connections✨, Honestly I could list all 30 Participants (Yes I know each and every one of them by name and affiation 🫶🏽)

There are so many brilliant minds in our ecosystem and many thanks to POTRAZ and Initiatives like the Innovation Drive for funding, training and capacitating Zimbabwean start ups for the past few years. I've watched from afar, and now I get the chance to stand beside you all and we can walk this path together!

Honoured beyond measure to meet Hon Tatenda Mavetera
Special Mention to Clever Haparari! You made me dig beyond the symptoms and find the real problem!

Stephen Muraga you are a gem leadership, Your passion, honesty and knowledge is astounding. Thank you for being dedicated to the cause for African entrepreneurs. I now have someone on speed dial to quickly ask important questions 🙏🏽

Cheers to Tatenda Gotora for thoroughly asking some tough questions on what could go wrong from a technical perspective 🙉, hopefully we are more prepared now!

Hearts of gratitude to Zimbabwe Tourism Authority

Our GYB trainers sibongile sibanda, Ivy Katawa Chitambo

Thank you Ian Nyasha Mutamiri, Annastasia Magaya, MERCY NYAMA, Coach Lucky, Cyril and the entire POTRAZ Team for putting together such a life changing program together 🙏🏽✅

Forever Grateful now let's Go out there and keep fighting ✨🫶🏽

25/04/2025

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11/04/2025

"Blessing You need to wake up and stop dreaming.. "😭😪🙌🏾

Growing up I never really knew what I wanted to do, at 4 I wanted to be a Gardner at Gunhill play center

At 10 I was so moved by Ben Carson that I wanted to be a neuro-surgeon...then I discovered I'd need to spend a minimum of 10 years in Uni and I was like pass

It was around the age of 15 when I had spent a few years watching my parents run multiple businesses as well as do their core corporate jobs that I decided that one day I wanted to run a business

At 16 I decided that I wanted to be a CEO, my mom showed me that CEO's are usually CAs(Chartered Accounts) and so from then on my heart was set on becoming a CA not because I knew accounting (heck never did it at any level except Uni) but because my eyes were fully focused on one day becoming a CEO.

That didn't really work out and by the time I was 20 I had to find a new career path, I still wanted to be a CEO but well you can't study a BSc in CEOing and that's when my Dad Told me to "Wake up and stop dreaming" not because my dream was bad but because there was no clear plan📌

In this labyrinth of life with all its ups and downs, having a plan is more important than anything, patience and resilience will serve you well but a plan and a purpose will always help bring your dream to life.

Save to say before I could become the CEO of a company I needed to become the CEO of showing up every day!!!

And that's how I think all good things happen by showing up every day relentlessly, brick by brick you build the Roman Empire and who knows may one Day You'll be the CEO of Showing up for Yourself and For Everyone around you 🚀🌟

BM

23/03/2025

"Recognition whispers, humility resonates...be measured in work and not applause... "💯🙏🏽🙌🏾

Truly humbled to stand among the Giants that are shaping the future of projects across multiple industries without border or boundary.

I'm incredibly ecstatic to be a recipient of the "40 Under 40" award for Young Project Leaders by the Chartered Institute of Project Managers Zimbabwe. My heart is truly full, with an outpouring of gratitude to all the amazing people that I have had the privilege to work with, my team, my friends,and my family.

To the client's that have a vision that we work to bring to life, cheers for always trusting and believing in us, there is a whole lot more we can do in Technology, AI, Data, Digital Marketing, Digital Transformation for you and your business.

If we haven't worked together yet, 2025 still has a lot of runway for the stars to align for us😉

This award belongs to all of us, a reminder to keep working hard even when no one is looking, remember to measure work in results and not applause 🏆 For The Brightest Stars will always Shine no matter how Dark the night 💫

Special Thanks To the Chartered Institute of Project Managers Zimbabwe, and their partners and sponsors for putting together such an amazing event.

BM

13/03/2025

"Blessing I'm Counting On You!!!" 🥺

Words that I often hear from Clients that come to me with a vision, entrusting me and my team to consistently execute and deliver for them.

Words that weigh heavy when I consider the sheer level of trust and faith that's been bestowed upon me to bring a dream to life.

Over the past 3 years I've led and completed over 250 projects encompassing Digital marketing, AI, Web and software development, as well as high level projects to drive business and digital transformation across multiple industries including FMCG, Tourism, Technology, Fintech, Government, and many more (Over the past 12 years I can account for over 1531 projects which I've been an individual Contributor for some of the biggest brands in the world)

But I've also been at the center, fully at fault and sometimes downright wrong in managing and navigating some of these projects. It would be disengenous to pretend to be this infallible gold standard.

But in each instance I faced the music with honesty and transparency, held my hand up to accept the concequences and did my best to learn from the shortcomings. Welcomed criticism with open arms and Despite all adversity I hope that I'm better everyday because pressure makes diamonds and we all need to go through the fire to become Unstoppable 💯👌🏽

Overtime I've learnt that the words "Blessing I'm Counting On You" don't just mean hey don't mess this up.... But they actually mean thank you for being someone I know I can count on to be transparent and honest with me. Thank you for being able to buy into my vision and walk this journey with me!

And Honestly it means alot, Might sound strange but I used to dream of times like this.

I'm living my dream and leading people I care deeply about to victory everyday, in every sphere we come across. Helping Businesses realise their full potential! Telling Stories that nobody's heard before📌

Through the Ups and Downs, Strive everyday to be the person that somebody is counting on.

So keep your Head down and keep grinding

I'm counting on you✨💯🫵🏾

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24/12/2023

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17/12/2023

So Humbled to be Awarded

Most Innovative Young Project Manager of the Year 2023

By CIPMZ Project Managers Zimbabwe.

It's been a Challenging Year, and through Highs and Lows we have kept Fighting.

Thank you so much to my team , and to my support system, my family, and to amazing wife for believing in me every step of the way!

2024 Awaits A luta continua!! Let's Take it all to New Heights!

07/12/2023

Leadership Nugget: Empower your team by giving them Clarity, Context and Autonomy - They will reward you with ownership, innovation and results

04/12/2023

A couple of weeks ago, I went out to the IIBA Zim Chapter Meet and Greet! It was so much fun to chat with amazingly talented people from so many varied walks of life!

As someone who has been a BA myself in Past roles I'm well aware of the challenges that it brings and how little it's often understood. Now as a Project Manager, my deep appreciation of BAs and the BA profession allows me to draw from different and unique perspectives!

To put it simply Business Analysts justify the existence of the technology around the business. They define the why, the business case, and without them, we may continue to seek the answers to what we all might have thought were the world's greatest ideas

Long Live The IIBA community you are all awesome!

P.S thanks for the Tee!