THE PRIDE OF BUSINESSMAN MEDIA ENTREPRENEUR
By: Khanyisile Rasmeni
Twitter:
@KHANYISILERasm1
Email: khanyisilerasmeni@gmail.com
There is nothing as
powerful as men who share their experiences and insights through storytelling
to inspire others. Michael Ncube is a Zimbabwean man with a passion for media
and storytelling that inspires.
Michael Ncube is a 30-year-old
born and raised in Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. He was raised by a single mother, his
father passed on while he was still young. He decided to come to South Africa
in 2010 to look for a job that suits his talent.
He came to South Africa as a Sound Engineer and has a history of Graphic designer which he was servicing on a more personal and private level. When he was doing his work that needs printing out, he noticed that whenever he prints out stuff, people he was approaching for the printing have substandard equipment. This is Mr Ncube's graphic design work.
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| Image: Michael Ncube |
Their printers wouldn’t
have enough quality that he wanted. That’s when he decided to buy a printer and
keep it at home. He later realised that printing on its own is a good business.
Michael decided to look
for a place to operate in 2011 and he found it in Cosmo city Ext 6, Equatorial
Guinea Close. He decided to buy a small house and use it as his own internet cafe
and was able to employ two people to help him.
“It was a bit of a challenge to start a new business because at that time I was fully employed on full time basis as a music teacher,” said Mr. Ncube.
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| Image: Michael Ncube |
He does not only own the internet cafe, but is also a graphic designer, architecture, interior design. “I decided to become a media entrepreneur because I am creative and passionate when it comes to presentable graphics,” he explained.
In this audio below Mr Ncube explains about his businesses.
https://on.soundcloud.com/
His internet café
business offers high speed internet access, other computer services and variety
of PC games. It deals with internet time that a customer buys and it can be
sold per hour or minutes and sometimes longer.
Whenever there is a company or clients around Cosmo that needs creative distinctive visuals like billboards, posters etc. They call him because he is known for doing his job correctly. This is his interior design work.
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| Image: Michael Ncube |
His employee John
Samuel said, “I’m so grateful to work here and I have learned more things I
didn’t know about computer, and he is such a great boss.”
“What I learnt about being a media entrepreneur is that I have to be consistent and relevant all the time because requirements are always changing,” said Mr. Ncube.
Below is a video of Mr. Ncube's architecture.
Being a media
entrepreneur requires taking on significant responsibility and comes with
significant challenges and potential rewards. Mr Ncube said that if you want to
become a successful media entrepreneur you must be creative and, don’t take no
for an answer.
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