{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f8df02aa4e5a0011e2ab89/69ea258617df632b854640af?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"62 - Show Up and Do It Well: Sinah Legong on Ecosystems, mLab and Staying the Course","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64f8df02aa4e5a0011e2ab89/1776951254578-43ebd98f-526b-42bc-aac6-b79c5698f82a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>62 - Show Up and Do It Well: Sinah Legong on Ecosystems, mLab and Staying the Course</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Sinah Legong is someone Hlulani has known since the early days — back when they were both finding their footing at mLab in Pretoria, surviving on noodles and showing up to every event that had free food.</p><p><br></p><p>Today Sinah is at the forefront of one of South Africa's most enduring tech ecosystem builders. She has opened provincial offices, managed partnerships at executive and grassroots level, walked startup founders through their first business registrations, and sat with them when the wheels fell off. She has been doing this work quietly, consistently, and without stopping.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode they catch up properly — and the conversation covers a lot of ground.</p><p><br></p><p>From growing up in a household where entrepreneurship was just survival, to stumbling into computer science because a university application arrived too late, to becoming the person who holds the ecosystem together when everyone else is chasing the next big event.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Growing up in a family where business was a daily necessity, not a career choice</li><li>How a missed application deadline redirected Sinah into computer science</li><li>What mLab actually is and why it is the only one of five African labs still standing</li><li>Why big tech companies are still treating youth programs as KPI tick boxes</li><li>What early stage startups consistently get wrong — and where the real drop happens</li><li>The hidden cost of working in silos across South Africa's innovation hubs</li><li>What it takes to build an ecosystem that people actually trust</li><li>Why she still shows up, even in rooms where she was told she did not belong</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Support the show</strong> buymeacoffee.com/shetalkstech</p><p>#SheTalksTech #WomenInTech #GirlsInSTEM #WorkCulture #AfricaTech</p>","author_name":"Hlulani"}