Saray Khumalo: Executive Coach & Founder, Summits With a Purpose – Lessons From the Mountain, First Black African Woman to Summit Mount Everest

Nkemdilim Begho

On this weeks episode, I chat with award winning Mountaineer, philanthropist and Executive Coach Saray Khumalo. Saray is the Founder of Summits With a Purpose an initiative that has raised funds and built physical and digital libraries in disadvantaged African schools. She believes that literacy and education have the power to change the narrative for the next generation. She is also the Founder and  Host of the Podcast, Because It’s There.

On May 16, 2019, on her fourth attempt, Saray summited Mount Everest, becoming the first Black African woman to summit Mount Everest — a demonstration of her resilience, irrespective of her starting point and past unsuccessful attempts. We talked about how suffering personal loss caused her to lean into a life of service and purpose. What it means to discover one’s why, failing forward and the fact that we are all extraordinary and being ordinary is a choice we make. 

Saray is also an Executive Coach. She uses a combination of her mountaineering triumphs and her ability to steer businesses to partner with organizations that are on a transformational journey and also to enable individuals and teams to identify their personal and business goals, explore and unleash their full potential and achieve set goals.

Saray’s African Business Story is about being deliberate in breaking the shackles of convention. It is about triumph.

To learn more about Saray and the work she does – https://saraykhumalo.com/

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You are extraordinary!

“Be yourself and believe in yourself. If you fail, it’s ok! Fail forward and learn from everything. Time is short, guard it and use it meaningfully.”

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