Kachamba calls more youth to join entrepreneurship

By Blessings Kaunda…….

Chief Executive Officer for Project Innovation Center Kondwani Kachamba Ngwira, in partnership with Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Smedi), has challenged youth in Mzuzu to formulate groups and contact him for any kind of support in entrepreneurship skills and support.

Speaking at St. Andrews CCAP in Mzuzu during entrepreneurship summit Saturday Kachamba said he has already reached over 2000 youth from various colleges with cooking oil production skills.

He said last year he mobilized fresh graduates across the country from various colleges whom he gave a platform to cultivate sunflower to produce cooking oil.

“As Project Innovation Center, we believe in youth empowerment. We have helped 2000 graduates with land to cultivate crops for 5 years. As I am taking now, they are progressing well in cooking oil making,” Kachamba said.
He called on the youth in Mzuzu to be innovative and follow what he taught them saying there is ready market for them.

He urged church members to take part in supporting the youth so that they become productive to the nation.

Kachamba said the youth have capacity but all they lack is skills which he said he is ready to provide at any given time.

Smedi regional manager for the north, Mwawi Makwakwa said the organization is eager to impant entrepreneurship knowledge and skills so that they grow economically.

He said many youths remain unemployed due to tough conditions for them to access loans.

St. Andrews Christian Youth Fellowship (CYF), Lusubiro Mwangonde said they are satisfied with the training which covered topics in production of cooking oil soap, sugar and chicken feed among others.

“We are happy for the training. We believe that this trait will change a story of someone. We are also happy that Kachamba has assured us of his support. We will encourage the youth to be in groups,” Mwangonde said.

He said they have a starting point because they lacked skills and knowledge which they have gotten.

One of the participants Cecilia Chakhala said the training has made them sport their weaknesses and how they can work out in the challenges.

“Everybody had the mindset that they should do business individually without thinking the hiccups but today we are preveledged to have learnt entrepreneurship skills which will help us excel in our businesses we are to venture,” Chakhala said.

She said the training has also helped them that working in groups is much better than working alone.