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Ukulima kwamazambane bekuyinsika kubalimi baseKenya amashumi eminyaka, kodwa futhi kube wumthombo wokukhungatheka njengoba isivuno esikhulu sivame ukuholela ekulimaleni ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezindawo zokugcina kanye nezinketho ezilinganiselwe zokucubungula. Yilapho i-Wedgehut Foods, inkampani ekhiqiza amazambane, iqophe indawo ethile. Isungulwe ngusomabhizinisi we-serial u-Wanjiru Mambo ngo-2020 ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-COVID-19, inkampani eseRuiru ihlinzeka ngamazambane agayiwe futhi abandayo ezikhungweni ezahlukahlukene ezihlanganisa amahhotela, izibhedlela, abahlinzeki bokudla, izikole kanye namakhaya.
UMambo wafikelwa wumbono we-Wedgehut Foods ngemuva kokuthi kudingeke ukuthi athengise inyama, imifino namazambane endaweni yokudlela yakhe ngenxa yalolu bhubhane. Wabona ukuthi amazambane athengiswa ngokushesha futhi wanquma ukucwaninga izindlela zokwelula isikhathi sawo sokuphila. Ekugcineni uthole igebe ochungechungeni lwenani ngokugxila ekuxebeni amazambane, okuwumsebenzi okhathazayo nodla isikhathi ezinkampanini ezifana nezindawo zokudlela ezidayisa ukudla okusheshayo. Ngokucubungula nokupakisha amazambane, i-Wedgehut Foods yenza lula umthwalo wezindleko zabasebenzi kuyilapho futhi yehlisa ukumoshwa kokudla.
Umoya kaMambo kwezamabhizinisi kanye nekhono kwezamabhizinisi sekuphinde kwabonakala ukuthi uphumelele. Wasebenzisa uchwepheshe ukuze amsize ahlanganise ama-projections, kwathi ngo-2021, i-Wedgehut Foods yaqala ukusebenza ngokusemthethweni eCape Business Park eRuiru. Ngolwazi analo kwezokuthutha, ukwamukela izihambi, kanye nokucutshungulwa kwezolimo manje, uMambo udale ithuba elisha ochungechungeni lwenani lamazambane.
I-Wedgehut Foods iyisibonelo esihle sokuthi ukucabanga okusha kanye nokuzimisela ukuzungeza ngezikhathi eziyinselele kungaholela kanjani empumelelweni yebhizinisi. Ngokugxila ekucubunguleni amazambane, u-Mambo udale isixazululo odabeni oselunesikhathi eside embonini yokulima yaseKenya ngenkathi ehlinzeka ngenkonzo ebalulekile ezikhungweni ezahlukahlukene. Njengoba isidingo sokudla okutholakala endaweni, okusimeme sikhula, kungenzeka ukuthi osomabhizinisi abaningi abafana noMambo bathole izindlela ezintsha zokwenza embonini yokugaywa kwezolimo.
Ukusuka Ekuhlubeni Amazambane Ukuya Ekubani Nenkampani Elungisa Ukudla: Izifundo Ezivela Ku-Wedgehut Foods
Ukuqala ibhizinisi elincane kungaba inselele, kodwa uWanjiru Mambo, umsunguli we-Wedgehut Foods, ubonisa ukuthi ngokuphikelela nokusebenza kanzima, umuntu angakwazi ukukhulisa ibhizinisi kusukela ekuqaleni. Inkampani ithenga amazambane kubalimi futhi iwacubungule abe yimikhiqizo ehlukahlukene, inikeze amakhasimende ahlukahlukene kusukela ezitolo ezinkulu kuya emahhotela kanye namaketanga okudla okusheshayo. Ngomthamo wokucubungula wansuku zonke wamathani ama-metric amahlanu, i-Wedgehut Foods isikhule isuka endaweni engamamitha-skwele angu-500 yaya embonini engamamitha-skwele angu-4,000 enomshini wokucwecwa u-80kg ngomzuzu. Indaba yempumelelo kaMambo inikeza ukuqonda okubalulekile kubalimi, izazi zezolimo, onjiniyela bezolimo, abanikazi bamapulazi, ososayensi, nabanye osomabhizinisi emkhakheni wezolimo.
Ihlinzeka ngamathuba emisebenzi, ikhuthaze ukutholakala kokudla, futhi idale ukwengezwa kwenani emikhiqizweni yasemapulazini. Indaba yempumelelo ye-Wedgehut Foods ikhombisa ukuthi ibhizinisi lokucubungula ukudla lingaqala lincane futhi likhule ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ngokutshala imali kubantu abalungile, ukusungula izinqubo ezijwayelekile zokusebenza, nokuthobela ukuhlolwa kokuphepha kokudla, inkampani kaMambo ikwazile ukukhuphula ukusebenza kwayo futhi yandise isabelo sayo semakethe.
Ikhwalithi Yamazambane: Isici Esibalulekile Sempumelelo Embonini Yokucubungula Ukudla
Esinye sezifundo uMambo azithole emabhizinisini akhe adlule ukubaluleka kokuhlela kusenesikhathi nokwenza ucwaningo olunzulu ngale mboni. Ululeka osomabhizinisi abasafufusa ukuthi bangaqali amabhizinisi ngoba abanye bayawenza, kodwa babe nohlelo olucacile oluhlanganisa nendlela yokukhulisa imali. Ukuphathwa kwezimali zokusebenza kungenye into ebalulekile uMambo ayigqamisayo. Izinkinga zokugeleza kwemali zingaba inselele, ikakhulukazi kumabhizinisi asebenzisa imali enkulu njenge-Wedgehut Foods. Ukuze aqhubeke esebenza, uMambo wenza ngamabomu ukuphatha ukuhamba kwemali yenkampani nokugwema isilingo sokusebenzisa imali yokusebenza ukuze kusetshenziswe imali.
Enye yezinselelo ezinkulu abacubungula amazambane ababhekana nazo wukuthola nokuhlanganisa amazambane. Ngesomiso esikhona ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba, ukushoda kanye nokungaguquguquki kwezinto ezitholakala ngamazambane kungaba yinto ekhathaza kakhulu amabhizinisi afana ne-Wedgehut Foods. Ukuze kubhekwane nalokhu, inkampani ixoxisana namakhasimende ukuze ifinyeze izikhathi zezikweletu futhi ithuthukise ukuhamba kwemali.
Ukuqinisekisa izinga lokuhlinzekwa kwamazambane nakho kubalulekile. Naphezu kweminyaka yokuhlangenwe nakho kokulima amazambane, abalimi bangase bangabi nalo ulwazi lobuchwepheshe oludingekayo ukuze batshale amazambane anobukhulu obufanele nezinhlobonhlobo. Lokhu kudala igebe lolwazi phakathi kwabalimi nabacubungula, okwenza kube semqoka ukuthi abacubunguli banikeze iziqondiso ezicacile kubahlinzeki babo.
Nakuba ukuncintisana kushubile embonini yokucubungula ukudla, asemaningi amathuba okuthi amabhizinisi akhule futhi ahluke. UWanjiru Mambo uhlela ukunweba umugqa womkhiqizo wakhe wenze ufulawa wamazambane neminye imifino ngenkathi eqhubeka nokuqhuba izinkampani zakhe ze-Express Courier kanye ne-Mambo Logistics. Nokho, ukuze afeze lokhu, uyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokufuna usizo kubatshalizimali kanye nokudlulisela imithwalo yemfanelo kwabanye.
Ukugcina ikhwalithi yamazambane kubalulekile empumelelweni yamabhizinisi okucubungula ukudla njenge-Wedgehut Foods. Ngamasu alungile akhona, njengokuxoxisana ngezikhathi zezikweletu nokuhlinzeka ngemihlahlandlela ecacile kubalimi, abacubunguli bamazambane bangakwazi ukunqoba izinselele ezihlobene nokutholakala, ukuhlanganisa, kanye nekhwalithi, futhi bachume embonini eqhudelana kakhulu.