Sylvia Banda Explained

Sylvia Banda (born 1962) is a Zambian business woman, restaurateur and social entrepreneur.[1] [2] [3] [4] She is an Ashoka fellow.[5] Banda promotes local food use, choosing ingredients for her restaurant from local and small-scale farms.[6] She started her own business, Sylva Professional Catering in 1986. By 2009, she had 16 restaurants in Lusaka. In 2014, she invested $105,000 in US dollars to open a food processing plant in Zambia.[7]

Banda has also served as the chair of the Zambia Chapter of the African Women Entrepreneurship Programme (AWEP).[8] Lusaka Voice calls Banda "one of Zambia's most recognisable entrepreneurs."[9] Banda and her husband, Hector, publish Zambian cuisine recipes in a weekly Times of Zambia column called "Zambian Dishes with Sylvia Catering."[10] Banda also trains women on how to preserve local foods.[11] She has a nonprofit organization, Sylva Food Solutions (SFS) to help local farmers increase business.[12]

Banda works with the University of Zambia to offer an agriculture-based training programme that promotes innovative thinking as well as traditional foods and recipes.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zambian open window gave restaurant lift-off. 28 February 2013. BBC News. BBC. 2013-02-03.
  2. Web site: Top tips from Africa's entrepreneurs. 11 March 2009. BBC News. BBC. 2013-02-03.
  3. Web site: Growth Management for a Zambian Hospitality Empire: Sylvia Banda and Sylva Professional Catering Services and College Limited . Columbia Business School. 2018-02-17.
  4. Web site: Sylvia Banda (Sylva Group of companies). Startup Grind. 2018-02-17.
  5. Web site: SYLVIA BANDA . Ashoka. 2018-02-17.
  6. Web site: 'Add value to products'. Chanda. Davies M.M.. 25 December 2014. Times of Zambia. en-US. 2018-02-17.
  7. News: Sylva Catering invests $105,000 Lusaka Voice. 2014-11-26. Lusaka Voice. 2018-02-17. en-US.
  8. News: Remove barriers for female entrepreneurs — Kaseba Lusaka Voice. 2013-04-24. Lusaka Voice. 2018-02-17. en-US.
  9. News: Nyamuka Zambia Promoting Transformative Entrepreneurship in Zambia Lusaka Voice. 2015-03-19. Lusaka Voice. 2018-02-17. en-US.
  10. Web site: Preparing Fishbone Soup. 28 March 2015. Times of Zambia. en-US. 2018-02-17.
  11. Web site: Sylva Catering to train 80,000 women. Chanda. Davies M.M.. 5 March 2017. Times of Zambia. en-US. 2018-02-17.
  12. News: Innovator Sylvia Banda Is Changing The Way Zambians Eat And Farm. Brown. Ann. 2014-01-08. AFKInsider. 2018-02-17. en-US.
  13. Web site: Sylvia Banda | Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker.

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