BY GIFT SUKEZ SUKALI
In 2014 after finishing my
tertiary education, I debated whether to continue with entrepreneurship or go
for formal work. Several companies offered me jobs, but I had to put them on
hold since I was undecided.
Then I gave myself six
months to try and see if entrepreneurship will work or not, so my degree was my
backup plan in case things won't work out; that's when I met Hastings my
brother and busines partner, and we started pushing things together.
My Mom and Dad were very
supportive, and they said whatever I choose, they are okay with it, but they were not supporting the idea of me
staying in Blantyre and said they would keep me if I move back to their house
in Lilongwe, which I didn't want lol.
I moved to a small one-room
boys quarter which I was paying 10,000 a month.
Every day I would go to a
music studio, asking artists to shoot music videos for them.
I wasn't known much at that
time, and most people would ignore my proposal, so I offered free videos to a
couple of artists even paid for expenses to come to their shoot.
It was one particular time
when I didn't find a business to pay for my k10,000 rent, I could not keep up.
The landlady issued me a
warning and eventually , I was evicted from the small room, and I moved to my
uncle's place.I almost gave up.
I received a call from @onesimusmuzik telling me to shoot his music video in South Africa (I am always thankful).
I moved from Blantyre to
Lilongwe and started working on my passport in no time, I went to Pretoria,
where I shot three music videos of his and they all blew up, especially miracle
money and after that we got hired by many people in Zambia and Zimbabwe.
After three months, I came
back home (Blantyre) and occupied a bigger house with Hago, and we continued
pushing.
In 2016 we opened offices in
Blantyre Dzuka Hub and employed a couple of people.
I am trying to communicate
that never give up; once you have a vision, give it time and work towards it.
If you can dream it, you can make it, I know people are also struggling to make
ends meet, but I encourage you to stay strong because challenges will be there,
and Solutions will also be there.