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The Journey, the Passion and Opportunities – Connections2Communities (C2C)

Maureen Manongwa Nyakuchena

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Maureen Manongwa Nyakuchena, 17/12/2020

From my childhood, I grew up with so much energy and determination to pursue my dreams and achieve my goals in life and these qualities keep me focussed on the things that I set my heart on.

I am so grateful that my parents also recognised the same in me when I was young and this has greatly encouraged me to aim high and think big regardless of circumstances.

Despite the energy, determination and parental support, I have come to appreciate that being surrounded by the right people who have a shared understanding with you on the things that you want to achieve can open doors, boost your confidence and create opportunities for you.

As such, one of the basic steps to achieve that is to seek a mentor who can share his/her experiences and insights with you in a way that helps you to identify and engage the right people to interact with in the pursuit of your goals

Recently, I engaged in a telephone conversation with a media personality, Brian Kazungu and businessman Mutumwa Mawere under the Connections2Communities (C2C) initiative and I discovered that there is so much in common among people when they choose to connect and pursue their dreams.

C2C is paid up member-driven initiative which seeks to raise awareness on the urgency and need for people to be active citizens on any aspect of human life through working together than individually in building community power towards solving problems that are faced from time to time.

In my conversation with mentioned gentlemen, just like me having a passion for the development of the music industry across the world especially in Zimbabwe, I also discovered that Mutumwa Mawere, the Chairperson of the 1873 Network which runs 1873FM is also passionate about music.

Despite having followed him up through social media and linking up with him for the sake of business mentorship, I came to also know that he has written several songs which were produced by the Ghanian national Fredrick Koomson who also helps to train upcoming artists and develop the music industry in our society.

From my side, I have a Music Record Label company, Trusted Voices Entertainment under which we also manage and promote upcoming music Zimbabwean artists such as Cjah Matsotsi.

Over and above the promotion of upcoming artists and the recognition and celebration of the whole arts industry through various activities, we also mentor these artists and promote music events.

So, just like the name Connections2Communities suggests, I discovered that when like-minded people connect, they can build better communities that strive for better ideals.

Imagine I used to just watch Mutumwa’s Corporate Literacy live shows on Facebook especially when he does them from The Royal India Restaurant in Sandton, South Africa but through our interaction, I decided that when I am in South Africa with my artists, we can actually patronize this restaurant in order to experience the inviting atmosphere that we see on the Facebook shows.

All this shows that the connections that people choose to create or engage in within their communities can spiral into bigger things like business collaborations that were not imagined before.

In the same discussion, I indicated how my passion for music was inspired by my daughter Collette Nyanduwa aka Coco who is a very gifted musician that I would want to give the best of my support for her to soar to the highest possible levels that her passion and gift can take her.

listen to coco’s song

Interestingly, in my later conversations with Brian Kazungu, who is the editor of iniafrica news, he highlighted that in their publication, they have a music consultant as a columnist on their platform.

The music industry consultant that Brian mentioned is an Australian based Zimbabwe national Israel Sebenzo who is also a singer, song writer as well as Artist and Reportoir (AR) Executive with extensive knowledge and experience in the music industry.

These engagements and discoveries shows that when you believe in something, you must take a step of faith and do something about it especially through connecting yourself with people who share the same ideals with you so that you can see the universe conspiring to your advantage.

Being part of the C2C community is of the choices that have suddenly made me to see the power of associating with other people than trying to individually tackle the issues that you find yourself facing from time to time.

If you would like to become a member of the same platform towards engaging with those of similar interests and pursuits in life, you can subscribe on the following link: https://zonfulenergy.com/membership/

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