Imagine a young boy in a poor family in rural Zimbabwe. He has little to look forward to except grinding poverty and a life exactly like his parents and others in his village.

Imagine a young boy in a poor family in rural Zimbabwe. He has little to look forward to except grinding poverty and a life exactly like his parents and others in his village.

Enter a young Australian teacher who arrives at the rural school with tales about the world outside their village.

One young boy is enchanted by what he hears and studies hard so he can escape the confines of his village and explore this other world he’s hearing about for the first time.

But when he eventually makes it to Australia with only a backpack of dreams and hopes, he finds the reality a little different from what he expected.

A whole new range of difficulties faces him. Including racism, unfair treatment and much more.

Now, he’s had a TV programme made about him, runs a successful digital agency in Melbourne and hosts a long-running and popular podcast.

Prosper Taruvinga has a story to tell that is unique and fascinating. There are twists and turns, false starts and lucky breaks, but underlying it all is a desire to help others and to succeed.

Join my next episode to hear how Prosper has overcome more adversity in his life than most of us can ever conceive of and the lessons he learned that we can all benefit from.