Mavis Nduchwa
Mavis Nduchwa, also known as Rewana Nduchwa (28 August 1982 – 13 August 2021), was the founder and CEO of the agribusiness Chabana farms, which also trades as Kalahari Honey. The wife and mother to two beautiful sons born in April 2014 and April 2017[1] She is a motswana entrepreneur, who is one of the 2020 Jack Ma foundation[2] top 50 Africa Business Heroes finalist.[3]
Background and education
[edit]Mavis Nduchwa was born in 1983, in Francistown, Botswana, and holds a bachelor's degree in real estate and hospitality management.[4]
Career
[edit]Nduchwa is the founder and CEO of Chabana farms, which trades as Kalahari Honey. Kalahari honey business model revolves around solving the human elephant conflict in Botswana. Her company identifies farmers to set up beehives as a way of mitigating crop damage. Through her business model she seeks to study ways of increasing the bee populations.[5] Her social enterprise Kalahari Honey supplies beehives to women in rural areas as a means of protecting their farmlands from elephants.[6]
Nduchwa is the 2020 Women Empower UN SDG challenge winner for Sub- Saharan Africa, a global award for women in business[7] and 2019 AFRINIC (African Network Information Center) fellow.[8] In 2017 she was among the Tony Elumelu Foundation winners,[9] where she was selected for the Mandela Washington Fellow initiative, Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) fellow.
Nduchwa holds the 2019 Woman Owned Business of the Year Botswana (Grant Thornton), Most Outstanding African Entrepreneur Award 2018 (Tony Elumelu Foundation) and Botswana Innovation Award 2019 [10] In 2017 she was selected for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program[11] in which African business are selected based on merit and receive entrepreneurship training and a $5000 grant. In 2019, Nduchwa was featured in the Food Chain Global Champion as a guest judge with Samin Nosrat, Gaggan Anand, Marion Nestle and Arnold Kreilhuber.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "The journey so far: Mavis Nduchwa, CEO, Chabana Farms". How We Made It In Africa. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ Rw, Taarifa; a. "Jack Ma Foundation's Top 50 finalists of 2020 "Africa's Business Heroes" Competition". FurtherAfrica. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ Ngwako, Taboka (July 28, 2020). "Nduchwa among Top 50 finalists". Botswana Daily News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ "The new face of farming: youth making agribusiness 'cool'!". Africa Renewal. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ "When Life Gives You Elephants, Make Honey (And Money!)". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Mavis Nduchwa". Vital Voices. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "2020 Awardees". WE Empower UN SDG Challenge. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ COMMS, AFRINIC. "AFRINIC-31 Fellowship Winners Announced". www.afrinic.net. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ Agunbiade, Tolu (2015-06-16). "cofoundHER Interviews: Mavis Nduchwa of Chabana Farms". Innov8tiv. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "Mavis Nduchwa". Meaningful Business Community. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ Agunbiade, Tolu (2015-06-16). "cofoundHER Interviews: Mavis Nduchwa of Chabana Farms". Innov8tiv. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "The Food Chain Global Champion Award 2019 winner: Akshaya Patra". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-03.