MAN OF THE MONTH: Mutende Musonda; A man with an Innovation that may help women in rural areas.

African women have been known to be the strongest both spiritually and physically over the years. Evidently, this truth has been seen in the way African women live in rural areas. They face hardships fearlessly and they don't complain because to them, its the lifestyle, that's the way they live. Its amazing how a woman would be pounding some cassava with a baby on her back. Or carrying firewood on her head, baby on her back and a container of water in one hand.

Mr Mutende Musonda

Well, we have one Zambian man who has seen how hard these women work and he has decided to come up with a brilliant idea that would make it easy for women to process cassava. ASW had an online interview with Mr Mutende Musonda, who is currently in the Netherlands for studies.

ASW: Mr Mutende Musonda, glad to have you on African Super Woman. Its indeed an honor to have a chat with you. Tell me about yourself briefly.

Mutende: Thank you. I am a Zambian and I am currently studying my MBA at Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands, specialising in Corporate Strategy and Economic Police. Back home, I studied Agricultural Engineering (BEng) at the University of Zambia. Over the years, I have had a couple of professional training conducted by Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA). These include; The Extension Management Training Course, "Monitoring and Evaluation" at the Farmers Training Institute (FTI), Northern Zambia and this was done by JICA's Rural Extension Services Capacity Advancement Program (RESCAP). I also did "Introduction and Evaluation" under the same program conducted by JICA. Trained and successfully completed the Monitoring Founding Training Course (including basic operations of GIS software for digitalised mapping) by RESCAP at FTI Northern Zambia. Trained in Participatory Village Development in Isolated Areas (PaViDIA) by JICA.

Mr Musonda with the Mayor of Maastricht City

I have done several other trainings conducted by JICA, the Zambian government under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Barcleys Bank, Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia, People's Act Fund, Children's Aids Funds (CAF) to mention but a few.

I am working for the government of Zambia at the moment under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives as District Agricultural Coordinator (DACO). I have also worked with Barcleys Bank Zambia (Plc), Children's AIDS Fund USA. I have worked with many other institutions and organisations, the list is long.

January CandyMan; Abel Chungu Musuka

I am so loving 2015! This year is so exciting for me because I have so much to write about and I am introducing the segment of " monthly CandyMan", just to give my African Super women something to feed their eyes and also learn one or two things about "CandyMan". Africa has lots and lots of HOT brothers who are talented and are making it big time on the continent. I figured that, in as much as I like to blog about the African women, I have decided to be featuring one gentleman every month whom the readers would want to know something about (especially the ladies ;-) ).

The January CandyMan of the Month is Abel Chungu Musuka. A Zambian gospel musician who is making waves in Zambia, in Africa and he has gone international now. This guy is on FIRE!! He is moving on the wings of God and he is HOT! Oh yes, he is.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT ABEL CHUNGU MUSUKA.

*He was born in 1985
*He was lead to Christ by his mother at the age of four.
*He is the son of the former Government Minister and Ambassador Otema Musuka and Georgina Musuka.
*He is married (yes ladies, you heard me right lol!). His beautiful wife Zarina Hassen Musuka, the love of his life is in bible school with RHEMA Zambia.
*He has a son.
*He completed grade 12 in 2002 at Taonga Trust School in Lusaka and got his first job thereafter at "Picture Perfect Productions", as an intern director.
*He lived in Oklahoma to study at RHEMA Bible Training Centre in Broken Arrow for two years.
*He goes to Miracle Life Family Church in Lusaka, Zambia and he has served in the church as Youth Director.
*He is a stand-up comedian and he says he would like to go into movies too. (he is multi-talented)

"NEVER PUT A LIMIT ON WHAT GOD IS DOING. NEVER BE INTIMIDATED". Abel Chungu Musuka