Zainab Ansell adabera njira yake yoti akhale mtsogoleri wamkulu wazamalonda wokopa alendo pamakampani azokopa alendo omwe ali ndi amuna ambiri ku Tanzania ndi Africa. Ndiwo m'gulu la azimayi ochepa omwe amatsogolera bizinesi zokopa alendo pano, akuwongolera ndikuyendetsa kampani yayikulu kwambiri yoyendera alendo ku Tanzania.
Akugwira ntchito muofesi yake ku Zara Tours m'tauni ya Moshi m'mphepete mwa phiri la Kilimanjaro, Zainab amanyadira kuwona kampani yake ili pamwamba pamndandanda wamakampani oyendera alendo okhazikitsidwa ndi nzika zaku Tanzania. Kampani yake ndi kampani yayikulu kwambiri yosamalira alendo paulendo wokwera phiri la Kilimanjaro, komanso ili ndi mndandanda wamahotela oyendera alendo ndi malo ogona nyama zakuthengo.
Zainab Ansell wamanga imodzi mwamakampani ochita bwino kwambiri okopa alendo ku Africa, ndipo mayi wolimbikitsayu wakwanitsa kupanga bizinesi yoyendera alendo kuyambira pachiyambi ndipo wathana ndi zovuta zambiri monga mayi ku Africa.
Mbiri yake yopambana idayamba mu 1986 pomwe adayambitsa kampani yake atagwira ntchito ngati Reservations and Sales officer wa Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC), ndege ya dziko la Tanzania. Pofotokoza za chipambano chake, Zainab adati adabadwira ku Hedaru m’chigawo cha Kilimanjaro m’banja la ana 12 asanasamukire ku Moshi komwe wakhalako.
Adali ndi maloto oti azigwira ntchito ngati Air Hostess pakampani yandege yapadziko lonse lapansi asanatembenukire kwa oyendera alendo komanso eni mahotela ambiri.
"Malato anga anali kukhala Air Hostess ku Air Tanzania Corporation, [ndipo] ndiye [ine] ndinapeza ntchito imeneyo. Bambo anga sanagwirizane ndi chisankho changa, koma kenako ndinakhala Reservations and Sales Officer, ntchito yomwe ndinagwira kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu,” adatero.
"Ndinali ndi chidwi. Kuyambira ndili wamng'ono, ndakhala ndikusangalala kwambiri. Mwayi wofufuza zapadziko lonse lapansi ndikugawana za momwe dziko likusinthira moyo," adatero Zainab.
Kumayambiriro kwa bizinesi, Zainab adakumana ndi zovuta. Sanathe kuchita bizinesi ndipo anayenera kugwira ntchito popanda phindu kwa kupitirira chaka chimodzi popanda malipiro a antchito ake.
Anavutika kuti apeze laisensi ndi kuvomerezedwa ndi Unduna wa Zachilengedwe ndi Zokopa alendo komanso bungwe la International Air Transport Association (IATA) kuti agulitse matikiti a ndege.
“Kupeza ziphaso ndi kulembetsa sikunali kophweka chifukwa makampaniwa anali ankhanza komanso olamulidwa ndi amuna. Zinanditengera chaka chathunthu kuti ndiyambe kugwira ntchito. Ndidayamba ndi kampani yogulitsa matikiti andege ngati si a IATA.
"Mu 1986, ndidalembetsa ku IATA komwe kunali chiyambi cha nyengo yabwino. Ndinagulitsa ndege zambiri - KLM, Lufthansa kutchula ochepa. Komabe, mkati mwa zaka 3 ndinayamba kuwona kuchepa kwa bizinesi. Ndidayang'ana phirilo ndipo ndidalimbikitsidwa kuti ndigulitse ndi safaris, "adaonjeza.
"Tsiku lina ndikudya kapu ya khofi, ndikuwona chipale chofewa cha phiri la Kilimanjaro kuti ndipange lingaliro lokhazikitsa kampani yoyendera alendo yomwe pano ndi Zara Tours yogulitsa maulendo okwera phiri la Kilimanjaro," adatero.
“Potengera kuti ukadaulo sunapite patsogolo, ndidadalira pakamwa kuti ndigulitse bizinesi yanga. Ndinkapitanso kokwerera mabasi kukapempha makasitomala. Makasitomala omwe ndimapeza nthawi zambiri amatumiza makasitomala ena. Ndicholinga chofuna kupititsa patsogolo makasitomala anga komwe kudandipangitsa kukhala ndi mbiri, "adatero Zainab.
Panalibe intaneti kapena njira zamakono zoyankhulirana zothandizira bizinesi yake. Amadalira kwambiri telex ndi telefax kuti azilankhulana ndi makasitomala ndi ogulitsa.
"Ndimaona kuti ndine wodzichepetsa komanso wokondwa kuti nditha kuwongolera zochitika za anthu ndikuthandizira pazochitika zosiyanasiyana zapadziko lonse lapansi pogulitsa zochitika zosaiŵalika. Ndimasangalala ndi zomwe ndimachita, ndipo nthawi zonse ndimayang'ana mwachidwi kupanga zinthu zosaiŵalika komanso zosangalatsa kwa makasitomala anga, ”adawonjezera.
Kuyambira pomwe adapeza chuma chake, Zainab adayamba bizinezi yake ngati ntchito yoyendera alendo ku Moshi, kumpoto kwa Tanzania, ndikugulitsa matikiti andege andege zosiyanasiyana zopita Kumpoto kwa Tanzania.
“Ndidatsegula ofesi ku Moshi, ndikungogulitsa matikiti andege, ndisanabwere ndi lingaliro lokhazikitsa kampani yoyendera alendo kuyambira pachiyambi. Inali bizinesi yovutirapo ku Moshi komwe ndi komwe kuli amuna ambiri ku Tanzania," adatero.
Kampani yake yasintha kukhala phiri lalikulu kwambiri ku Tanzania lokwera phiri la Kilimanjaro komanso m'modzi mwa oyendetsa ndege akulu kwambiri kumpoto kwa Tanzania, malo abwino kwambiri ochitirako nyama zakuthengo ku East Africa.
Kampaniyo pakali pano ikuyang'anira mahotela oyendera alendo ndi misasa yokhala ndi mahema, onse omwe ali kumpoto kwa Tanzania alendo oyendayenda, pamodzi ndi maulendo a VIP, maulendo okondwerera ukwati waukwati ndi maulendo okhazikika, kutengerapo ndege, kusamutsidwa kwa mzinda ndi mzinda, ntchito zogwirira ntchito pansi, komanso magulu ndi mabungwe. padziko lonse lapansi.
“Kukhala mayi sikunandiletse. Ndikuthokoza Mulungu chifukwa chokhala ndi banja londithandiza kwambiri. Ndine wofunitsitsa kwambiri, wokonzeka nthawi zonse kugwira ntchito molimbika ndipo ndidatsimikiza mtima kunyalanyaza denga lagalasi lokhazikitsidwa ndi jenda kuti ndikwaniritse maloto anga, "adatero.
Ngakhale kuti zopingazo zinali zenizeni ndipo nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta kwambiri, kutsimikiza mtima kwake ndiko komwe kumamupangitsa kuti asasunthike. M’makampani olamulidwa ndi amuna, iye ankafuna kuoneka ngati mkazi wolimbikira ntchito. Kwa zaka zambiri, adaphunzira kuvomereza ukazi ngati mpikisano.
Masiku ano, Zara ndi malo ogulitsira omwe akupita ku Tanzania, ndipo hoteloyo idakhazikitsidwa mu 2000, Kuyambira ndi magalimoto atatu okha, lero kampaniyo ili ndi gulu la magalimoto opitilira 3 okwera mawilo anayi ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito owongolera mapiri 70 ndi pafupifupi 70. onyamula paokha omwe ali m'mabungwe awo.
Otsogolera ambiri ndi onyamula katundu amathandizira mabanja awo ndikupeza ndalama zawo pogwira ntchito ndi kampani yake. Amapatsidwanso inshuwaransi yazaumoyo ndikuwathandiza kuti atsegule maakaunti aku banki kuti atchulepo zochepa komanso maphunziro owonjezera luso kuti awapatse luso lothandizira alendo apadziko lonse lapansi.
Mu 2009, Zara Charity idakhazikitsidwa kuti ibwererenso kwa anthu ammudzi. M'nyengo zotsika zokopa alendo, kampaniyo imayang'ana kwambiri zachifundo popereka maphunziro aulere kwa anthu osowa. Pafupifupi ana 90 a mtundu wa Maasai ku Ngorongoro Conservation Area ku Northern Tanzania akupindula ndi Zara Charity kudzera mu maphunziro aulere.
Zainab Ansell adawonekera chaka chatha pakati pa azimayi 100 apamwamba kwambiri ku Africa, omwe amalemekezedwa chifukwa chakuchita bwino pantchito zokopa alendo ku kontinenti pa msika wa Akwaaba African Travel ku Nigeria. Adalandira mphotho ya Leaders, Pioneers, and Innovators mugulu la Africa.
