BUBANZA, February 11th (ABP) – “Creativity, courage and willpower are enough to cope with unemployment”, these are the words of the young entrepreneur from Buhororo 2 village in Bubanza commune (North-West Burundi), by the name of Thérence Ngengeze, who started poultry farming after his university studies.
Contacted by ABP, the young Ngengeze says he is 30 years old. He did entrepreneurship at the Hope Africa University until 2021. After two years of unemployment, in 2023, he developed a chicken farming project and shared it with other young people from his village, and afterward, they teamed up into a cooperative called “Tuje hamwe”. He confides that the idea of poultry farming was motivated by the simple reason that these poultry multiply quickly and generate income quickly, once well maintained. A chick, after 4 months, begins to lay eggs and is worth 60,000 BIF, he continues to say. Young Ngengeze indicates that they started with a capital of 700,000 BIF, in 2023, but currently, with the loan from PAEEJ, the cooperative reaches the capital of more than 10 million BIF. He says their cooperative has 65 laying hens, 10 roosters and 200 chicks, with a monthly interest of around 300,000 BIF. He says that he is currently able to meet all his needs without counting on his parents. He even supports them by paying the staff for field work at their home. In the future, he plans to buy a plot of land and build his house, buy a land property and start his family.
This young entrepreneur calls on other young people to be creative, courageous and never underestimate a job or profession, because, he says, it is possible to evolve with a small capital.