FARAI FOUNDATION Partners with UMNOVU CONCEPTS for “Walk with Me Charity Day & VIP After Party”.

FARAI FOUNDAION

As a non-profit organization, Farai Foundation is the charity wing for Gridbow Engineers, a company that specializes in the creation of turnkey solutions for the electricity industry. Farai Foundation seeks to make the insignificant children in our communities feel relevant and important through mentoring and offering financial assistance to create tomorrow’s leaders today.

The Foundation also uses its partners and friends to assist in these causes. Farai Foundation gives hope for a brighter future where education is the answer.

To date, Farai Foundation has worked on a number of successful projects across the Southern hemisphere of Africa which include, constructing a Basketball Court for Thornhill High School in Zimbabwe and donating primary school jerseys worth E20, 000.00 which were distributed by Swazi Jive as part of The Hipnotik Youth Festival’s Corporate Social Initiative this year.

Swaziland being a preferred destination for both business and leisure purposes has played catalyst in the Foundation’s founder, Farai Chabata to discover the unfortunate livelihood of citizens residing in outskirts of our capital city, Msunduza Township to be exact.

 

 

WALK WITH ME CHARITY DAY

 

On the 22nd November, 2013, Farai Foundation will host its first annual “Walk with Me Charity Day” at Msunduza Primary School in Mbabane, Swaziland. 

Msunduza Primary & Pre School is a poor School with a majority of its attendees being under privileged children who reside within the township of Msunduza. The township has grown because of people flocking to the capital, and as employment is hard to find, people there live their lives in rural fashion.

It is these circumstances and most recently the heart breaking story of one of the school children committing suicide due to lack of school shoes that have propelled Farai Foundation to host the first annual “Walk With Me Charity Day” at Msunduza Primary & Pre School. The whole idea is to say: IF WE DON’T WALK the journey of life with the Orphaned and underprivileged, WHO WILL?

The event will start at 10am till 3pm. On this day, you’re invited to spend your afternoon with the children at Msunduza Primary & Pre School. Through conversation and action, let’s instil the principle of quantifying life by the impact we make on other peoples’ lives rather than our materialistic possessions. The reason why our youth today aspires to owning and showing off materialistic possessions is because those that are considered to be successful in our societies conform to the very same culture. Through “Walk with Me Charity Day” we are cultivating an alternative from the materialistic possession culture.     

Farai Foundation’s pledge towards this initiative exceeds E30, 000.00 and will be officially handing over to the school, furniture worth E10, 000.00 and with the help of sponsors and or partners; we’ll do some painting, cleaning, present sports kits and hopefully launch the extension of the school’s office and teachers’ staff room.

Companies, NGOs, Public entities and the public at large are invited to join us on this day and donate anything and everything that can make a difference even in one child’s life. It can be a pair of socks, sanitary pads, books or even time to help out with light work around the school’s premises. We would love people to attend the event so that they see the impact of their gesture to these kids.

WALK WITH ME VIP AFTER PARTY

Farai Foundation will be hosting a VIP AFTER PARTY at Happy Valley Casino Hotel. Access to the VIP AFTER PARTY will only be granted to “Walk with Me Charity Day” Sponsors, Guests and everyone who will join us at Msunduza Primary & Pre School. 

DJ T-Deep from Glen Lewis’ Prime Time Show on Metro FM who is also signed under DJ Christos’ Katsaitis Music will serve chilled vibes for our guests. We are yet to confirm local artists / DJs.

This environment will be ideal for speeches and presentations from our invited guests, networking between those that have made it and those that are making it, networking between those that are making it and those that want to. We are breaking the barrier between social classes and hopefully level the economic playground between the youth and our economy’s decision makers.

 

  

                

 

                                             

FARAI FOUNDATION’S PARTNERSHIP WITH UMNOVU CONCEPTS

Farai Foundation has partnered with a young and vibrant next-level multimedia solutions company, uMnoVu Concepts. uMnoVu Concepts is offering their events, public relations and marketing expertise as they charitable contribution to Farai Foundation’s “Walk with Me Charity Day & VIP AFTER PARTY”

INTERESTED IN “WALK WITH ME CHARITY DAY & VIP AFTER PARTY”?

Anyone interested in attending this event, any companies or NGOs interested in partnering with us are advised to:
Contact: Farai Foundation on +27787009755
                uMnoVu Concepts on +268 7680 9260 // +268 7633 1518
Email: info@faraifoundation.co.za // umnovuconcepts@gmail.com
Facebook: Farai Foundation // UMNOVU CONCEPTS
Twitter: @FaraiFoundation // @uMnoVuConcepts.

5 WAYS HOW BRANDS CAN BENEFIT FROM USING THE HASHTAG

A few months ago, Facebook announced they were going to begin supporting hashtags, joining the ranks of Twitter, Google+ , Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube and other social media networks. Social Media lingo defines hashtags as keywords or phrases with the prefix “#” in front of them (i.e. Thank you for Liking #uMnoVuConcepts). Sometimes words are mashed together, sometimes they’re independent. The hashtag essentially works as a filter — a way to see all responses that have included that specific word or phrase.

A new survey from ad platform RadiumOne found that 58 percent of respondents utilize hashtags on a regular basis, and 71 percent of regular hashtag users do so from their mobile devices. As the humble hashtag has become more ubiquitous brands have found more creative ways to use them and here are five ways how your brand can benefit from using the hashtag. 

Move up http://i.forbesimg.com t#Promotions

This little symbol levels the playing field between SMEs and big business with humongous marketing budgets, since the barrier to launching and driving a campaign is simply your imagination. Hashtags also make it easy to track a promotion’s activity across all social platforms. For an example, we (uMnoVu Concepts) are currently promoting Tiyas’ song titled #MyKryptonite. Those of you whom grew up watching the comic character “Superman” are familiar with the word “Kryptonite”, those of you whom don’t know what it is; a Kryptonite is a crystal stone which possesses the ultimate weakening effect over superman. Tiyas borrowed the same concept by writing a song for the Lady in his life, in which he expresses that his Lady has the same power over him just as a Kryptonite has over Superman. Now, hashtagging the song’s title (#MyKryptonite) gives us the leverage of connecting people that know of Superman’s Kryptonite with our Tiyas’ song and at the same time connect consumers of our his music with the conversations on Superman’s Kryptonite. Secondly, we are able to track consumers opinion on the concept of the song plus the production of the song.

If my point above has made you grow an interest of the song, please feel free to download it here.

#Unification

Since all of the major social networks are now supporting hashtags new tools like Tagboard are cropping up, which allow you to track a hashtag across all the major networks or filter them individually. How nice that you can promote your #NewProduct and engage with customers across all platforms without having to create special landing pages or campaign for each. Since the hashtag can be your own brand or product, you can very easily filter out the noise of the masses.

#Conversation

Of course, sometimes you want to see what the masses are saying. According to the RadiumOne survey, 43 percent of respondents think hashtags are useful and 34% use them to search/follow categories and brands of personal interest. Giving your customer your website URL doesn’t make it easy to begin a conversation, but hashtags do. 

#Targeting

New marketing tools allow you to advertise based on hashtags. Twitter obviously lets you target ads on their network by category or interest, but so do other marketing firms. Unlike going after a general web surfer on the open web, people who use hashtags are likely those who are engaging in the social conversation and therefore more likely to share a positive experience with your brand once you’ve broken through.

#Innovation

It’s important to remember that the uses of hashtags are still in their infancy. Because they’re so flexible, simple and ubiquitous, more brands are finding creative ways to add power behind the hashtag. Now that hashtags have joined the billion-user Facebook platform, expect to see even more innovation around the hashtag before the year is over.

INTRODUCING GOOGLE SCHOLAR TO SWAZI ACADEMICS

Here is a piece of information we think will be of great contribution to academics who turn to Google as their first and only research centre.

Google has addressed the need for Academics to distinguish reliable internet sources from unreliable ones, and to avoid referencing material that is capable of changing daily, unlike books.

Google has since introduced Google Scholar, a feature that covers all subject areas that are variable and verified. Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for academic literature, including peer-reviewed papers, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Google Scholar also finds articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.

To access this facility, please visit http://scholar.google.com

Thank Us Later!

Tiyas King Engages uMnoVu Concepts for Online and Offline Communications Services.

uMnoVu Concepts is proud to announce that we have teamed up with the all-round talented Swazi R&B King, Tiyas, in the build-up to the launch of his new album, titled ‘HELLO SUNSHINE’.

We will be working closely with the extraordinary musician in putting our online and offline communication talents and aspirations into the test, as we assist The Clan in making his new album an international success.

We are extremely excited, and honoured to have been approached by Tiyas to be a part of this incredible venture, and hope to challenge ourselves, and push the limits in as far as Communications, Branding and Marketing are concerned.

 

The sum of Tiyas’ travels have exposed him to new and urban sounds which he will  be incorporating into his latest offering, billed for release before the end of the year.

Working with an established personality and such a talented musician such as Tiyas is a huge honour and we are happy to welcome him and his amazing team to our playground.

We look forward to building an ever growing and successful working relationship with Tiyas and The Clan.

For interviews and more information regarding Tiyas, please contact umnovuconcepts@gmail.com and for booking inquiries please contact booktiyasking@gmail.com

 

This Is It... :)

The uMnoVu Concepts team unveils their first sketch contending for the official company logo;





This Is It :)





S/O to M.J!!! He taught us how to moon walk and since then the sky hasn't been the limit.

Ladies and Gentlemen, you are officially welcomed to our playground, where the scoreboard keeps the number of dreams we have turned into a reality. At this point you have asked yourself this question; What is this "uMnoVu"? "uMnoVu" is an abbreviation for "uMcebo noVuyo" loosely decoded as "Wealth and Happiness". We, at uMnoVu Concepts are sold to the belief that; on our earthly quest for self-discovery and positive exploitation of our potential, Wealth and Happiness are the two things that quantify success.

God Walk With Us...

The African Dream

Before we get into it, allow us to share a master piece that has been the blue print that got us here, towards Success.

Hope you'll be inspired: 

THE SHUTTLED DREAM OF AN AFRICAN CHILD.

The last time l checked, every African child is dreaming of the day when s/he can have equal access to quality education, quality health care, potable water supply, reliable electric supply, security among others. Most of all, the African child, like his American and European counterpart, is yearning for a 3-meal a day without necessarily being the son of the president or a politician . The African child also deserves to dwell in a clean environment and a comfortable home. This is therefore a call to our stake holders to sit up because the current standards forced upon the throat of the African child are simply unacceptable.

The African Youth and Unemployment

 The youth need jobs; not mere political speeches. Governments must concentrate on policies that will create more jobs for the youth. There should be good- governance structures that will enable every youth the opportunity to harness their God-given talents. The current level of youth un-employment in Africa which stands at 50% is simply unacceptable. No wonder armed robbery, internet fraud, prostitution and other social vices are becoming the order of the day. 

Therefore any government which does not clearly lay out a plan that demonstrates how youth un-employment will be tackled within a given time frame cannot be considered to be a serious government. There are many young ones out there with brilliant ideas, and excellent innovations, yet the states do not have systems in place to support such people. 

How can Africa develop if her

youth are constantly abandoned when many of them launch initiatives which have the potential to transform more African lives? If you were to ask the majority of African voters what they expected of their governments, many would tell you they need jobs, potable water, reliable electric supply, quality health care just to mention a few. Look at how much billions of dollars our governments have been wasting on military welfare and their explosives. Are these moneys not enough to build hospitals, school and good quality roads?

In 2012 for instance, the World Bank gave about $100m in aid to Ghana “to help fight malaria and other communicable diseases”. Shockingly, the sector Minister suggested that the amount was still not enough for the said purpose. Yet within the same year (2012), Ghana spent more than $600m on democracy's political rallies and or campaigns.

This does not include the amount which the various political parties wasted on political rallies, TV commercials, gigantic billboards and so on. At the same time, it was reported that many students could not write their final exams due to lack of funds. Are we serious as a people? Is Ghana truly the model of good governance and African democracy?

The African dream is found in our rich cultural heritage, the rich minerals of Africa and in the minds of the young, talented African youth whose burning desire has been ignored by our leaders. Our old men in government have hijacked this beautiful dream and handed it to their foreign donors to whom they owe their loyalty and allegiance.

The Way Forward 

Indeed, the African dream has remained a pipe dream for far too long. It will only take a serious revolution to remove all these batch of incompetent old men from the corridors of power to pave way for youthful, dynamic and vibrant leadership to make the African dream a reality. Our

people seriously deserve better than the usual lip service. The time to live the African dream is now; not in some 500 years to come. We must concentrate on investing in solar and other forms of renewable electric energy to solve these power crises once and for all. Our local industries cannot flourish with the current level of unreliable power supply. Most importantly, we need to reform our colonial educational system to place more emphasis on practical science and technical education. The current book-oriented educational system which lacks practical demonstrations has failed Africa. It is time for real practical solutions to be taught in the classrooms. Various legislation must be introduced across Africa that bans all politicians and public servants from depositing moneys abroad. Any politician who is found to be owning fat offshore accounts must have his/her assets frozen. This in a way will help ensure that, all those looted funds shall remain here in Africa and be used for the benefit of the African people.

Let us begin to live the African dream from today.

By: Honourable Saka

The writer is a Pan-African analyst and the founder of the Project Pan- Africa(PPA), an organization that was established to unlock the minds of the African youth to take Africa’s destiny into their hands. The PPA seeks to provide the biggest platform that will give international exposure to all exceptional talents in Africa.

Please visit them at:

www.projectpanafrica.org and

support the project. PPA is grateful to ITech Plus and all media partners that support their vision for Africa.

Email: honourablesaka@

yahoo.co.uk