Today, on Equip & Elevate Podcast we got to chat with Liziwe Ntshweza-Freemantle on navigating corporate as a young black professional and tips to build your career in corporate. Liziwe is an economist with research interest in inclusive and sustainable market development with a specific focus on Financial Economics and development.  She has several years in economic and strategy consulting across sub-Saharan Africa. Her work has focused on financial sector development and strategy development for corporate and commercial banks, other financial service providers and policy makers across Southern and West Africa. Most recently she has been working in the world of insurtech within a leading listed financial services organization. She also has interests in Gender economics, specifically as it pertains to issues affecting African women and black women of African descent in the global diaspora. Liziwe studied a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Economics Honours at Rhodes University and then completed an MSc in Development Economics from SOAS, University of London.