Kumanga Franchise gives away 5 fully-stocked container shops worth K1 million

Mr Silver Chiluba Kabwiku on the right poses for photo with a friend after receiving the shop

Lafarge Zambia under the Kumanga Franchise successfully handed over five (5) fully stocked container Shops worth K250,000 each, in the just ended ‘Win a Container Shop’ Campaign in the Copperbelt. The ‘Win a Container Shop’ promotion ran from 1st June-30th July 2016. To win customers had to buy 10 bags of mphamvu cement to receive an entry form into the draw.

The ceremony was held today September 21 in Itawa, Ndola and was officiated by the Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary (PS), Reverend Howard Sikwela, Lafarge Zambia Commercial Director Kaziwe Kaulule and Human Resources Director Thecra Milambo.

Speaking at the event, Kaulule said the Kumanga Franchise was about creating a new business for our customers, and allowing Lafarge products to be close to the customers while creating a consistent retail experience.  He further said that the franchise would stock Lafarge cement brands and other building materials such as brick force wire and tile fix which are often required by home builders.

And Rev Sikwela congratulated the five winners and urged them to guard their businesses jealously as such opportunities didn’t come around too often.

Rev Sikwela commended the Kumanga Franchise whose main focus is on entrepreneurship as he said that over three quarters of the youth in Zambia can be empowered through this initiative. He further encouraged women to venture in all domains more especially in the construction industry as they too can be retailers by selling construction materials through the container shops.

The lucky winners of the fully furnished container shop with 300 bags of cement and building materials such as tile fix, steel rods and brick force were  David Kalunga Musonda in Ndola, Silver Chilumba Kabwiku also in Ndola, Gift Kasongo in Luanshya,  D. Mwanza in Mufulira and  Amozi Mukupa in Kalulushi.

The Kumanga Franchise is a Lafarge initiative which allows customers to become a Lafarge sole distributer by owning a container shop which sales cement and other Building materials. The customer is provided with a fully furnished container shop and they are only required to provide land and an initial capital.