Famous Business Lady

Jennifer Douglas Abubabkar Sangweni has been awarded a Certificate of Enterprise from her school after coming up with an idea to set up a village soccer team. Jennifer saw a soccer match on TV and was immediately taken with the game. She approached her teacher at school to ask if she could gather people to play together. Many pupils joined up and very quickly Jennifer had a whole team. There were even some extra players.

Jennifer then approached the village parents, store owners and restaurants for extra cash so that she could purchase a strip for the team. She chose the colors on the flag of their country as the main colors for the strips.

We spoke to Jennifer to get her opinion of the plan. “I was really excited that my head teacher agreed. He even said he would paint a pitch for us and give us goals to use.”
Her mother and father, Nigadi, 34 and Achino, 33 have spoken of their pride in their daughters success. Her mother said, “We have been so proud because she is only 15 and she has come up with this idea to bring the children of the community together. This soccer team means that we can play other schools in the district and have our own little soccer league. It helps all the children to get to know each other and we are very happy that she came up with such a good idea.

Her father added “I have two daughters and I am pleased that one of them likes soccer. I watched the games on TV and it is great to see that the children in the village like to play soccer in a more controlled environment instead of just knocking the ball about. She has shown that she has strong qualities and we are very proud.”