Andrew Mupuya

Andereya yavukiye mu cyaro cya Mbale, muri Uganda, yimukiye i Kampala muri buruse ya kimwe cya kabiri kugira ngo yige ku rwego rwo hejuru. Andrew Mupuya ni we washinze uruganda rwa mbere rwa Uganda ruzwi nka paper bag company.

Nyuma byaje kuba inzitizi yo kumuha ibyo akeneye igihe yari ku ishuri ababyeyi be babaye abashomeri. Muri 2008, afite imyaka 16, Andereya yabonye amahirwe yisoko mugukora imifuka yimpapuro. Mu gihe guverinoma ya Uganda yegamiye ku kubuza gukoresha imifuka ya pulasitike ya polythene, Andereya yahisemo kwishora mu mushinga utangiza ibidukikije wo gukora impapuro.

Kubera ko nta murwa mukuru wambere, Andereya yasukuye ibidukikije akusanya amacupa ya pulasitike yakoreshejwe hanyuma ayagurisha ku ruganda rutunganya plastike. Amaze gukusanya umurwa mukuru w’imbuto wa mbere ingana na 36.000 shilingi ya Uganda ($ 18), yahise atangira gukora imifuka yimpapuro ku rugero ruto akiri mu mashuri yisumbuye.

Amateka

Mu mwaka wa 2010, Andereya yiyandikishije mu isosiyete ye nshya, Youth Entrepreneurial Link Investments (YELI). Ubu YELI niyo sosiyete yambere yanditsweho impapuro hamwe namasosiyete akora amabahasha muri Uganda. Ubucuruzi bwe bwakuze bukoresha abantu 22, imfura muri zo ni 53. Abakiriya ba YELI barimo ibitaro byaho, amaduka acururizwamo, abagurisha umuhanda, amasoko akomeye, hamwe n’amasosiyete akomeye akora ifu yo mu karere nka Maganjo abasya ingano na Akamai Foods. YELI niwe wahawe amarushanwa ya miliyoni 2.6 yo muri Uganda ($ 1.000) amarushanwa ya gahunda yubucuruzi ya ILO. Ahereye ku byo yinjije, Andereya abasha kwishyura impamyabumenyi ihanitse mu bucuruzi muri kaminuza ya Makerere, kwishyura umushahara ku bakozi be, kandi atunga umuryango we i Mbale afungura aho bagurisha imifuka n'ibahasha nyina agurisha. Usibye gucunga imishinga ye ikura, Andereya yabonye umwanya wo guhugura abantu barenga 500, cyane cyane urubyiruko, uburyo bwo gukora imifuka yimpapuro hifashishijwe indi mishinga 16. Intego ye bwite ni ugukoresha abantu 60 bitarenze 2015 no gushyiraho uruganda rukora impapuro kugirango agere ku cyerekezo cya Afrika isukuye.

Andereya ubu akoresha abantu 22 bose, kandi yagiye atandukanya umurongo we kugirango ashyiremo imifuka yimpano. Niwe wahawe igihembo cya FERD 2012 cya Rwiyemezamirimo wumwaka.

Andereya yagaragaye nko kuri Ventures Africa, CNN kandi yamenyekanye na Tony Elemelu igihembo cya Tony Elemelu igihembo cy’ubucuruzi mu 2014.