U-Zainab Ansell webe indlela yakhe yokuba usomabhizinisi wesifazane ohamba phambili kwezokuvakasha embonini yezokuvakasha egcwele abesilisa eTanzania nase-Afrika. Uphakathi kwabaholi abambalwa besifazane bamabhizinisi kwezokuvakasha manje, ophethe futhi aphethe inkampani enkulu yezokuvakasha eTanzania.
Esebenza ehhovisi lakhe e-Zara Tours edolobheni laseMoshi ezansi kweNtaba iKilimanjaro, u-Zainab uyaziqhenya ngokubona inkampani yakhe ikleliswe phezulu ohlwini phakathi kwezinkampani zezivakashi zendawo ezisungulwe izakhamuzi zaseTanzania. Inkampani yakhe iyinkampani enkulu ephatha abavakashi emhlabeni ohambweni lokuqwala iMount Kilimanjaro, futhi inoxhaxha lwamahhotela ezivakashi nezindawo zokuhlala zezilwane zasendle.
U-Zainab Ansell wakhe enye yezinkampani zezokuvakasha eziphumelela kakhulu e-Afrika, futhi lona wesifazane okhuthazayo uye waphumelela ukwakha ibhizinisi lezivakashi kusukela ekuqaleni futhi usenqobe izinkinga eziningi njengowesifazane e-Afrika.
Indaba yakhe yempumelelo yaqala ngo-1986 lapho eqala inkampani yakhe ngemva kokusebenza njengesikhulu sokuReservations and Sales for Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC), okuyinkampani yezindiza kazwelonke yaseTanzania. Elandisa ngempumelelo yakhe, uZainab uthe wazalelwa eHedaru esifundeni saseKilimanjaro emndenini wezingane ezingu-12 ngaphambi kokuthuthela eMoshi lapho ebehlala khona.
Ubenephupho lokusebenza njenge-Air Hostess enkampanini yezindiza kazwelonke ngaphambi kokuphendukela kubavakashi basemhlabeni kanye nomnikazi wochungechunge lwamahhotela.
“Iphupho lami kwakuwukuba i-Air Hostess ye-Air Tanzania Corporation, [futhi] ngase ngiwuthola lowo msebenzi. Ubaba akazange avume ukuthi ngikhethe kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngaba yiReservations and Sales Officer, umsebenzi engawenza iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili,” kusho yena.
“Nganginothando. Kusukela ngisemncane, bengilokhu nginomuzwa omuhle wokuzijabulisa. Ithuba lokuhlola umhlaba ufunde futhi wabelane ngokuthi umhlaba ushintsha kanjani impilo,” kusho u-Zainab.
Ekuqaleni kwebhizinisi, uZainab kwadingeka abhekane nezinselele. Akakwazanga ukuthola ibhizinisi futhi kwadingeka asebenze ngaphandle kwenzuzo isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka engaholi abasebenzi bakhe.
Uthwale kanzima ukuthola ilayisensi nokugunyazwa wuMnyango Wezemvelo Nezokuvakasha kwase kuba yi-International Air Transport Association (IATA) yokudayisa amathikithi endiza.
“Ukuthola amalayisensi nokubhaliswa bekungelula njengoba imboni ibinolaka futhi igcwele abesilisa. Kungithathe unyaka wonke ukuthi ngikwazi ukuqala ukusebenza. Ngaqala ngenkampani yezokuvakasha edayisa amathikithi endiza njenge-ejenti engeyona eye-IATA.
“Ngo-1986, ngathola ukubhaliswa kwe-IATA okuphawula ukuqala kwenkathi ethembisayo. Ngithengise izindiza eziningi - i-KLM, iLufthansa ukubala ezimbalwa. Nokho, phakathi neminyaka emi-3 ngaqala ukubona ukwehla kwebhizinisi. Ngabuka intaba ngathola ugqozi lokuyidayisa kanye nesafa,” wengeza.
“Ngolunye usuku ngiphuza inkomishi yekhofi, ngabe sengibona iqhwa elicwebezelayo leNtaba iKilimanjaro ukuze ngiqhamuke necebo lokusungula inkampani yezokuvakasha manje eseyiZara Tours yokudayisa imikhankaso yokuqwala iMount Kilimanjaro,” usho kanje.
“Ngenxa yokuthi ubuchwepheshe abukathuthuki kangako ngathembela emlonyeni ukuze ngimakethe ibhizinisi lami. Bengiya ngisho eziteshini zamabhasi ngiyonxenxa amakhasimende. Amakhasimende engangizowathola ngokuvamile ayedlulisela amanye amakhasimende. Yilowo mzamo wokuhambela amakhasimende ami elinye ibanga ongenze ngaze ngaba nesithunzi,” kusho uZainab.
Zazingekho i-inthanethi nezinkonzo zokuxhumana zesimanje zokusekela ibhizinisi lakhe. Wayethembele kakhulu ku-telex kanye ne-telefax ukuze axhumane namakhasimende nabaphakeli.
“Ngizizwa ngithobekile futhi ngijabule ngokukwazi ukubumba izigigaba zabantu nokubamba iqhaza emibonweni eyahlukene yokuhlukahluka komhlaba ngokuthengisa izinto engingazikhohlwa. Ngiyakuthokozela engikwenzayo, futhi ngihlale ngibheke phambili ekudaleni izigigaba engingasoze ngazikhohlwa nezithokozisayo kumakhasimende ami,” wengeza.
Kusukela ekuqaleni kwenhlanhla yakhe, u-Zainab waqala ibhizinisi lakhe kusukela ekuqaleni njenge-ejenti yezokuvakasha edolobheni lezivakashi eliseNyakatho neTanzania, iMoshi, edayisa amathikithi endiza ezindiza ezihlukahlukene eziya eNyakatho neTanzania.
“Ngavula ihhovisi eMoshi, ngidayisa nje amathikithi ezinkampani zezindiza, ngaphambi kokuqhamuka neqhinga lokusungula inkampani egcwele yokuvakasha kusukela ekuqaleni. Bekuyibhizinisi elinzima eMoshi okuyindawo egcwele abesilisa eTanzania,” kusho yena.
Inkampani yakhe isiguquke yaba i-Mount Kilimanjaro enkulu kunazo zonke e-Tanzania futhi ingenye yezinkampani ezinkulu ze-safari eNyakatho neTanzania, indawo eyinhloko yohambo lwezilwane zasendle eMpumalanga Afrika.
Le nkampani okwamanje ilawula amahhotela ezivakashi namakamu aqashiwe, wonke atholakala endaweni yezokuvakasha esenyakatho yeTanzania, kanye nohambo lwe-VIP, iholidi lomshado kanye nokuvakasha okuvamile, ukudluliswa kwezindiza, ukudluliswa kwedolobha kuya edolobheni, izinsizakalo zokuphatha umhlabathi, kanye namaqembu nezinkampani. abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba.
“Ukuba yintokazi akukaze kungivimbe. Ngibonga uNkulunkulu ngomkhaya ongeseka kakhulu. Ngizimisele kakhulu, ngihlale ngikulungele ukusebenza kanzima futhi ngizimisele ngokungawunaki uphahla lwengilazi olubekwe ngokobulili ukuze ngifeze amaphupho ami,” kusho yena.
Nakuba izithiyo zazingokoqobo futhi ngezinye izikhathi ziyinselele kakhulu, kwakuwukuzimisela kwakhe okwakuhlala kumenza aqine. Embonini egcwele abesilisa, wayefuna ukugqama njengowesifazane ozikhandlayo. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, wafunda ukwamukela ubufazi njengendlela yokuncintisana.
Namuhla, i-Zara iyisitolo sokuma okukodwa lapho uya khona eTanzania, futhi ihhotela lasungulwa ngo-2000, Liqala ngezimoto ezi-3 nje kuphela, namuhla inkampani inoxhaxha lwezimoto zohlobo lwe-safari ezinamasondo angama-70 futhi zisebenzisa abaqondisi bezintaba abangaba ngu-70 kanye nezicishe zibe ngu-300. abathwali abazimele abangamalungu ezinhlangano zabo.
Inani elikhulu labaqondisi kanye nabathwali bempahla basekela imindeni yabo futhi baziphilise ngokusebenzisana nenkampani yakhe. Baphinde bahlinzekwe ngomshwalense wezempilo futhi ubasize ukuthi bavule ama-akhawunti asebhange ukubalula ezimbalwa kanye nokuqeqeshwa kokuthuthukisa amakhono ukuze bahlonyiswe ngamakhono angcono okusebenzela izivakashi ezisezingeni lamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngo-2009, i-Zara Charity yethulwa ukubuyisela emphakathini. Ngezikhathi eziphansi zezokuvakasha, inkampani igxila ekusizeni abantulayo ngokuhlinzeka ngemfundo yamahhala emphakathini owawuncishwe amathuba. Cishe izingane ezingama-90 zamaMaasai endaweni yokongiwa kweNgorongoro eNyakatho neTanzania ziyahlomula ku-Zara Charity ngemfundo yamahhala.
UZainab Ansell uqhamuke ngonyaka odlule phakathi kwabesifazane abayikhulu abahamba phambili e-Afrika, abahlonishwe ngokwenza kahle ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha ezwenikazi ngesikhathi se-Akwaaba African Travel Market eNigeria. Uthole indondo yeLeaders, Pioneers, kanye nama-Innovators emkhakheni we-Afrika.
