Aug 4, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min · 11 segments
How can better data transform businesses, education, and national development? In this episode of the Diary 101 Podcast, Akakandelwa Kandepwe speaks with Esther Zulu, CEO of PRIS365, about the power…
Esther ZuluGuest
Akakandelwa KandepweHostI like that you have the key element of research shouldn't be an afterthought, or if we have money remaining, we'll allocate this, the remaining money to it, or we'll just allocate 10%.
when I was starting my own business, and honestly, I have gone through hoops and hoops, [laughs] hoops and hoops to just try to decide what it would be, and also just a business will flow and later on be its own person.
There was not so much research on consulting companies in Zambia at the time.
One of the things I learned when I was a student was when you want to set up a business, start with what you have.
And I was like, "I am going to offer consulting services." What? I don't know.
It was so frustrating because I'm like, "Then how am I supposed to make..." So apart from, like, the top five consulting companies in the world, maybe also data from other companies from other countries, when it came specifically to how the Zambian market was doing, there wasn't much.
I like that you have the key element of research shouldn't be an afterthought, or if we have money remaining, we'll allocate this, the remaining money to it, or we'll just allocate 10%.
when I was starting my own business, and honestly, I have gone through hoops and hoops, [laughs] hoops and hoops to just try to decide what it would be, and also just a business will flow and later on be its own person.
There was not so much research on consulting companies in Zambia at the time.
One of the things I learned when I was a student was when you want to set up a business, start with what you have.
And I was like, "I am going to offer consulting services." What? I don't know.
It was so frustrating because I'm like, "Then how am I supposed to make..." So apart from, like, the top five consulting companies in the world, maybe also data from other companies from other countries, when it came specifically to how the Zambian market was doing, there wasn't much.
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