Podcast In conversation with Christina Belloge – Melanin Travels Magic Our first episode in 2021 features Christina Belloge, a multilingual paid media/digital marketing consultant, travel enthusiast, and director of Melanin Travels Magic. Christina has been an expat for 14 years, living in London, Amsterdam, and Dusseldorf. Melanin Travels Magic is a black-owned travel agency aimed at helping the Black diaspora facilitate their discovery of other […] January 4, 2021January 4, 2021
Podcast In conversation with Fadzisai Matewa Fadzisai Matewa is our guest on this episode of the Other Expats podcast. Fadzisai is Zimbabwean, has lived in Malaysia for several years, and is a market development specialist with a multinational software company in Kuala Lumpur. Some stuff we talked about: 1.00 Who is Fadzisai? 2:51 being (over)sold the Malaysian education experience 4:49 the […] July 18, 2020February 22, 2022
Podcast In conversation with Carl Kapapiro Our guest on this episode of the Other Expats podcast is Carl Kapapiro, co-founder of SNCT Marketing. He spent 12 years in Malaysia, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in business studies from the University of East London and proceeded to pursue his career in sales and marketing. Carl Kapapiro is currently based in Uganda, […] April 18, 2020February 22, 2022
Podcast Introducing Zainab Olamiji… and how different are jobs from careers? Who’s Zainab Olamiji? Why did she go from studying medicine to being a business development manager? Are jobs and careers the same thing? Or just how different are they? Did our parents care about their jobs or their careers? You’d have to listen to find out. This episode of the Other Expats podcast was produced […] February 19, 2019March 8, 2022
Podcast Felix Tabenda – Tell the world who we are Felix Tabenda—Cameroonian and a Lead Finance Analyst at an MNC in Malaysia—talks to Other Expats about moving from Cameroon to the UAE and now, Malaysia. January 29, 2019March 8, 2022
Blogs Two things you should know if you’re an expat worker in Malaysia Two major updates. The first is about insurance. One of the biggest insurance companies in Malaysia recently released a memo (not public) about countries that are sanctioned. We’re not sure if the sanctions are on a national level by Malaysia or just this one single company. But here’s what you need to know. What countries are […] November 25, 2018February 21, 2022
Blogs New in Kuala Lumpur? 5 apps you should download now Just moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and need some advice on what apps can help you get around and meet your new neighbours? We have 5 of those for you! November 7, 2018March 8, 2022
Podcast Aminu Akhabue – Come for the study, development and knowledge then go home June 3, 2018March 8, 2022
Podcast Kristen Noelle – Building communities This episode of the Other Expats podcast features freedom chaser, digital nomad, and founder of LITT Nomads, Kristen Noelle. If living and working on the go in Southeast Asia is your thing, you’ll definitely want to hear what she has to say and check out LITT Nomads. Living in Malaysia I’ve learnt that it is […] April 1, 2018March 8, 2022
Podcast Roth Mikoungui – If they can do it, so can I In February, we met up with Roth Mikoungui, a support engineer from Congo, in Nu Sentral. It took us a while to find a quiet-ish place to record and we finally settled at The Gravy Factory, which had an open-air area with a great view and was relatively quiet. Being on the fifth floor and […] March 24, 2018March 8, 2022