#BravingTheOdds
A Memoir on Perseverance, Finance and Faith
Number #1 International Best Seller
Braving the Odds: A Memoir on Resilience, Finance, and Faith
An intimate and inspiring memoir by the CNBC, All Africa Business Woman of the Year Award Award winner.
Having been a multi-award-winning CEO of a large international bank, Mizinga Melu knows what it’s like being the only woman in the boardroom. It’s not an easy ride. From navigating untaught corporate politics, finding her skills and experience routinely questioned, and having to work harder just to have her voice heard, her resilience has been constantly put to the test. However, she was primed to overcome hardship.
This isn’t just a book about braving the odds in the boardroom—it’s about how an ordinary girl from Zambia overcame such setbacks as the loss of her mother while still a young girl, failing out of nursing school as a young woman, and being denied an executive role she knew she was the most qualified for as an aspiring banker. Melu warmly invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood growing up on a farm and the growth of her deep and unwavering faith, to her years as a global banking executive balancing the demands of career and motherhood while living internationally.
Braving the Odds is a story about being a daughter, wife, mother, woman of God, and an African businesswoman in a white man’s world. Through its telling, she hopes to inspire women and girls around the world to not let anything stand in their way.
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can’t wait to read mizinga melu’s book. she’s so inspiring kind of woman.
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Mizinga Melus’s enthralling book, “Braving the Odds” strikes a powerful chord. Mizinga is a home town girl and some one I worked with at Standard Chartered Bank. Mizinga always exhibited great leadership qualities, mentoring and guiding new recruits with great patience and kindness. This best seller is a compelling story of Mizinga’s intimate struggle to defy insurmountable odds; the inner monologue is riveting, illuminating and instructive. An inspirational story by an empathetic, well-grounded, down to earth person who has a unique sense of humour and has remained true to her roots.
Her memoir chronicles an honest reflection of the experiences that shaped her from a carefree farm girl to a CEO operating in high-powered, male- dominated global, financial circles. Mizinga Melus is a powerful advocate for women and young girls all over the world and a role model for the financial world.
Such a beautiful review. Thank you so much, Hajira. God Bless sis!
Looking forward to reading this book. Would like to find out how I can get my book signed once I purchase it this month end. Am within Lusaka. Best regards.
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Thank you so much Musonda!
Getting a copy this monthend. I must say your podcast has done so much for me already but I want to confound the content therein with the book. Thank you phenomenal woman – Inspirational, phenomenally.🙏💪