2021 Membership To The C2C – Banking On Africa’s Future (BOAF) – 10,000 Points Of Light (POL) – MR Gerald Kanyepi

JOHANNESBURG (January 11, 2021) – Mr. Mutumwa Mawere, Chairman of the Africa Heritage Society (AHS) and the 1873 Network, and Mr. Brian Kazungu, the Editor of iniAFRICA News, announce today that Mr. Gerald Kanyepi, a person of Zimbabwean heritage who is also an entrepreneur and aviator, based in Dubai, has henceforth been inducted into the list of 10,000 members of persons who are contributing to reshaping the African identity through thought and action.

Mr. Kanyepi is a member of C2C, an initiative to convert connections to communities that can act as bridges to knowledge and opportunities.

“Imagine it is midnight and you had to zoom into the world, what would you find in Africa? – It would certainly have many dark patches and a few shinning stars whom by playing their parts in delivering the promises that speak to their passion, they help provoke, inspire and ignite positive change.

Mr. Kanyepi’s life journey, and his footsteps when replicated, holds a better promise for others. By building a circle of human beings like Mr. Kanyepi around a problem, no problem will escape a solution.

When minds meet on what is yet to be done, a seemingly insurmountable problem becomes an opportunity,” said Mr. Mawere.

This is what Mr. Kanyepi had to say: “By virtue of my current geolocation, I have been privileged to meet many people from around the globe.

I have partnered in a JV collaboration with one Canadian, who after having lived in 12 countries around the world, is currently based in the Caribbean.  The other JV partner of African descent is from the Netherlands.  Together, the formation of the JV portfolio identifies African projects and matches investors to those projects.

We have a solid base of investors in the JV and we are helping projects in all industry sectors, including renewable project holders such as Solar PV.  “With a bankable project business case presented, we secure in return a facilitation success fee. The key word here is “success”. 

He continued to say: “This came at the backdrop of me having projects that needed funding.  After a struggle, I then realized that a number of other African entrepreneurs and successful business people have meaningful projects, but don’t have access to funding because of the way they present their projects.”

Mr. Mawere said: “By inducting you into a group of 10,000 people, you already belong to a bank of hope in which the currency are the human beings in it.

Like any bank, it is opened by an opening balance, and each entry is a like a cash deposit and each exit is like a cash withdrawal.

Now that Gerald is a member, this bank is his and it is important to shape and define its personality by acting in its name.

He can now use C2C as his vehicle to build a community who share an interest is learning.   For example, about the promise and challenges of renewable energy solutions.

It follows that people who are looking at the energy balance and insecurity in Africa, have through Gerald, a bridge to capital markets to bridge ideas and projects that will remain in the minds and graveyards absent capital.

Gerald is now an official C2C-BOAF 10,000 POL Ambassador.

Mr. Kazungu said: “On behalf of the iniAfrica News, I am pleased to welcome Gerald to this exciting and promising enterprise to build a family of connected people with a purpose.

We believe that the question of our time is and ought to be: “Ask not what C2C can do for you but what you can do for yourself using C2C as a vehicle.”

For more information:

Brian Kazungu

Editor and Member Services Director

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