Wednesday 24 January 2018

2017 Top 40 under 40 Woman-Mbula Musau

Today I turn my attention to a woman who has taken the less travelled road of entrepreneurship. She is an independent consultant and founder of Utake Coffee Consulting. She has personified what is popularly known as the 10,000 -hour rule. This principle suggests that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice are needed to make you world class in your skill; and world class she certainly is!

‘I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once... I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 TIMES’ Bruce Lee

She is a certified Q Arabica and Robusta Coffee Grader, the highest coffee qualification she attained in 2009 and 2011 respectively. She is one of the 40 certified Q Arabica instructors in the world, who conduct the esteemed Q Grader course, becoming the first African to attain such a qualification. Her company, Utake Coffee Consulting, is a company that specialises in coffee quality training, marketing, research consultancy and development management.

Meet the phenomenal Mbula Musau.


C: What do you consider as your greatest achievement to date?

M: Setting up and working in my own business, the first Specialty Coffee Association, SCA Premier Teaching Campus and Coffee Lab in Africa that has an in-house international certified instructor, and established throughpure passion and an effective business model.



C: What has your career path been like as you have navigated through your chosen field leading up to your current role/position?

 M: My career path was divinely inspired, I believe. I came across specialty coffee in my gap-year as I was waiting to join university and developed interest from the novelty of specialty fine coffee being offered in Kenya. I stayed the path, despite having many options and internship offers from the business world, as we often did having taken an undergraduate B-Com degree at the University of Nairobi. After establishing the wholesale coffee division at Java House Africa and doing Coffee Sales and Marketing for the company in and around Kenya, I came across the regional coffee association(Eastern African Fine Coffees Association, EAFCA), which I convinced my bosses that we join as a company. This led us to participate in several international trainings and national and regional coffee events as members, including cupping competitions such as the Kenya National Taste of Harvest competition.


I was selected to be a judge at this annual competition and while at it, the regional association spotted a skill in coffee quality assessment and marketing and offered me an opportunity for a regional position at the African Fine Coffees Association. I applied for the position, went through the rigorous interview process and thankfully, I went through. I headed the Quality and Marketing department, running national and regional coffee trainings and competitions for the 10 African member countries. I also represented the winners in international marketing events such as the Specialty Coffee Association of America, Europe and Japan every year. While there I took the Q Grader International qualification in coffee, and went ahead to train to be an instructor.

Five years ago I left the association and started up Utake Coffee Consulting, while taking my Masters Degree in Development Management at the Open University, UK. At the same time I worked as a Coffee Corps Volunteer and consultant at the Coffee Quality Institute, CQI. I was combining this with working with the International Trade Centre, ITC, an arm of the UN and WTO. My role here has been setting up International Women in Coffee Chapters in Africa as a vehicle to recognize and empower women in the coffee sectors in Africa. I was also finalizing my Q Instructor qualification and succeeded in 2013. I have since been teaching the Q Course to passionate coffee sector professionals all over the world.



This year I set up Utake Coffee Lab, an internationally certified Specialty Coffee Association, SCA Premier Teaching Campus, and registered it in Kenya, to serve the region and the world. I have plans to expand into the region, funds and logistics allowing. My Masters degree also helped with incorporating emerging real issues like gender equity, climate change mitigation and adaptation in the coffee sector and food security.

Why did I decide to set up Utake Coffee, you may ask? When I took the Q grader professional coffee training, these were funded programs. When the funding ran out, many stakeholders in the sector had no easy way to progress or even maintain their qualifications. The business idea I had was one that I knew would address this problem by ensuring that high quality coffee education is available right here at the coffee origin and accessible to all. Kenyan coffee, and African coffee for that matter is unique, and we should blow this trumpet, LOUDLY.



C: What advice would you offer to young people on figuring out the balance between work, family life and social life?

M: Have a plan to incorporate all three, and then give all of them your best shot. Balance is a moving target, but it will eventually take care of itself.

C: What is your greatest piece of advice to the young upwardly mobile individual?

M: Make a plan; break it down in years, months, days and hours. Follow your heart, and use your mind. If it gives you emotional and financial rewards, it is worth the pursuit.In other words know thyself and find what you love. If willpower fails you have a system (the plan) to guide you until you pick right back up.

C: What is the greatest lesson/ nugget that you have picked up in life?

M: Procrastination is the enemy of progress. The effort used in beating yourself up on unaccomplished tasks is the same it takes to actually do the task. So the sooner it gets done the faster you will grow, and surely blossom.

12 comments:

  1. Bolavita(titik)co ! Setiap Hari ada bonus menarik dari kami. FREE PENDAFTARAN !!! www.bolatangkasmm.com

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hello All ▲▲▲ I am Dianna Kent and I live in Nevada, U.S .I am a full member of the Illuminati brotherhood, and am among the 1252 lodge. ▲▲▲ Iwas ordained by the Grand-master to go out to the world and bringmore members to the Illuminati, ▲ so I was requested to get 400Recruits for the brotherhood, I have 210 new recruits already. I amlooking for only 190 more to go,▲I am sure you want to be amongthe 190 people that will be earning $500,000 monthly and a brandnew car, ▲so add me up now so we can achieve this great chanceof being rich ▲. You get to live your dream life on earth filled with luxury. so i urge you not to miss thisGreat opportunity becoming what you long wished for life email: illuminatitemple6634@gmail.com‬ or Whats-app +1(854) 220-5771 for guidance

    ReplyDelete
  3. Hello All ▲▲▲ I am Dianna Kent and I live in Nevada, U.S .I am a full member of the Illuminati brotherhood, and am among the 1252 lodge. ▲▲▲ Iwas ordained by the Grand-master to go out to the world and bringmore members to the Illuminati, ▲ so I was requested to get 400Recruits for the brotherhood, I have 210 new recruits already. I amlooking for only 190 more to go,▲I am sure you want to be amongthe 190 people that will be earning $500,000 monthly and a brandnew car, ▲so add me up now so we can achieve this great chanceof being rich ▲. You get to live your dream life on earth filled with luxury. so i urge you not to miss thisGreat opportunity becoming what you long wished for life email: illuminatitemple6634@gmail.com‬ or Whats-app +1(854) 220-5771 for guidance

    ReplyDelete
  4. �� ARE YOU TRULY IN NEED OF THE SERVICES OF A PROFESSIONAL HACKER?
    (CATCHING A CHEATING SPOUSE[Phone Hack], RECOVERY OF LOST FUNDS, CREDIT SCORE UPGRADE, WEBSITE HACK...)
    High prolific information and Priviledges comes rare as i would be sharing with you magnificent insight you wish you heard years before now. As it's been understood that what people don't see, they will never know.
    When you wonder “which hacking company should I hire, the first aspect that should concern you is quality. Clearly, you want to embark for services that povides swift response, Thanks to our talented and astonish Hackers, you are rest assured that your expectations will always be met. You’ll be glad to find out that our services Implies precisions and actions.
    This post is definitely for those who are willing to turn their lives around for the better, either financial-wise, relationship-wise or businesses.
    Welcome to the Global KOS hacking agency where every request on hacking related issues are met within a short period of time.
    If your shoe fits in any of the services below, you will be assigned to a designated professional hacker who is systematically known for operating on a dark web V-link protocol.
    The manual Operation of this hackers is to potentially deploy a distinguished hacking techniques to penetrating computers and various type of database system to meet your request.
    Providing value added services to clients as a hacker has been our sustaining goal.
    Are you faced with cyber challenges like
    ��Recovery of lost funds:✅(BITCOIN INVESTMENTS, BINARY OPTIONS, LOAN AND TRADING FOREX WITH FORGERY BROKERS.) ��️I would try my possible best to shortly explain this particular kind of hack.
    There are secret cyber infiltrators who call themselves brokers and doom. The particular system used by this scammers permeates them to manupulate the digital trading system or monetary fund based account. Strictly using a dark web rob to diverting successful trades into a negative outcome. This process bends to thier advantage while this also amounts to losing massive amount of money by investors. This has been held a secret for years. An act of gaining access to an organization or databased system to cause damages. We have worked so hard to ensure our services gives you a safe trading success.
    It saddens our mind when client expresses annoyance or dissatisfaction of unethical behaviours of scammers. We have striven to make tenacious efforts to help those who are victims of this flees get off their traumatic feeling of loss. The cyber security technique used to retrieving back the victims stolen funds is the application of a diverse intercall XX breacher software enables you track the data location of a scammer. Extracting every informations on the con database, every requested information required by the Global KOS would be used to tracking every transaction, time and location of the scammer using this systematic courier tracking base method.
    �� Hacking into the mobile phone of a cheating spouse.✅ This type of hack helps you track every movement of your cheater as we are bent on helping you gain full remote access into the cheater's mobile phone using a Trojan breach cracking system to penetrate their social media platforms like Facebook, whatsapp, snapchat etc. This spy processing is used via an HDSI folder which synchronizes the target mobile operating system into a clone S-Drive unit.
    The company is large enough to provide comprehensive range of services such as.
    • Email hacks��
    • Hacking of websites.��
    • Uber free payment hacks.��
    • website hack.��
    Our strength is based on the ability to help you fix cyber problems by bringing together active cyber hacking professionals in the GlobalkOS to work with.
    Contact:
    ✉️Email: clarksoncoleman(at)gmail • com.
    Theglobalkos(at)gmail •com.
    ®Global KOS™
    Copyright © 2020.•

    ReplyDelete
  5. Sawda Capital Finance provides affordable loans that align and suit your
    current financial situation.

    We provide various types of loans, Personal Loans, Debt Consolidation
    Loans, Car Finance, Agricultural Loans, Home Loans, Business Loans.

    Send us a reply and we will provide you with our loan application
    requirements with minimum criteria that meet most credit providers
    approval.

    Email: sawda.finance@gmail.com
    Phone: +918415036110
    WhatsApp: +918415036110

    ReplyDelete
  6. Are you a business man or woman? Do you need funds to start up your own business? Do you need a loan to settle your debt or pay off your bills or start a nice business? Do you need funds to finance your project? We Offer guaranteed loan services of any amount and to any part of the world for (Individuals, Companies, Realtor and Corporate Bodies) at our superb interest rate of 3%. For application and more information send replies to the following E-mail address: standardonlineinvestment@gmail.com
    Thanks and look forward to your prompt reply.
    Regards,
    Mr. Hameed Youssef
    Marketing Manager
    Standard Online Finance Company Ltd.

    ReplyDelete
  7. INTERNET SCAM ALERT‼️

    The internet today is full of SCAM ADS, mostly in comments of various sites and blogs. A large number of individuals have been victims of scam and lost a lot of money to SCAMMERS. Most of the common scam you can see are -:
    ❌BANK LOAN SCAM. ❌BINARY OPTIONS SCAM.
    ❌MONEY MULTIPLICATION SCAM. ❌HACKING SCAM. ❌GETTING DEGREE SCAM. ❌SHOPPING SCAM and lost more..........

    But here is a good news to everyone who has been a victim of INTERNET SCAM❗️
    You can get your money back from the scammer, and can even get more than what you lost, No Authorities will not been involve just the genius of our skill.

    WHO ARE WE⁉️
    We are PYTHONAX ! A group of skilled Hackers who have dedicated our time to helping individuals to get back thier money from INTERNET SCAMMERS. A research was carried out and an approximation of more than $3billion USD annually was said to be lost to INTERNET SCAM. This is so wrong and that’s why we have decided to help individuals get thier money.

    HOW DO WE OPERATE⁉️
    We use a RAT(Remote Access Trojan) to take over the SCAMMER(s) device(Phone or Computer) and take back your money by accessing their Bitcoin wallets or Bank Account. Most of this scammers use their Bitcoin to save money they get from SCAM activities. This is because Bitcoin keeps the money hidden from FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BOARD from getting to see the money they can’t give account for.

    If you have been a Victim of INTERNET SCAM, then you should contact us via the Email below
    Email-: pythonaxservices@gmail.com
    pythonaxhacks@gmail.com




    Pythonax.
    2020 © All Right Reserved.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Are you looking for loan to clear off your dept and start up your own Business? have you being going all over yet not able to get a legit loan Company that will loan you? Here is your final solution, We can give you any amount you need provided you are going to pay back within the period of time given without any problem. Apply now and Contact us for more details: financialserviceoffer876@gmail.com
    Whats App +918929509036

    ReplyDelete
  9. I was in a very bad situation financially after losing all my savings to a cryptocurrency investment scam, I was swindled off all my entire savings and went bankrupt after borrowing from everyone around me. I thought I was going to lose my life until I saw a pop-up on the internet about WARDRIVERS CYBER, a cryptocurrency recovery company that has been helping many others to recover their funds. I hurriedly contacted them and gave them all the information about the scam that took my entire savings, it only took WARDRIVERS Cyber 48 hours to recover my funds, and was able to track down these scammers. I’m truly grateful for their efforts and swift response in helping me recover my money. I’m recommending their service to everyone out there, if you wish to contact WARDRIVERS, you can reach them via E-mail: WARDRIVERSCYBERSERVICE(@)TECHIE.COM

    ReplyDelete
  10. A few months ago, I stumbled upon a post about a cryptocurrency investment platform that I thought was a good idea at that time to invest in crypto, I didn’t realize I was being catfished by the cryptocurrency investment manager who promised me huge returns on my investment. I lost my capital of $470,000 and interest without receiving any profits in return. I was depressed and had no idea how to move forward. I told my colleague at work about it and I was referred to Astraweb Cyber Service, a cryptocurrency recovery company. I provided all the information about the scam to them, and Astraweb was able to recover my funds within 72 hours. I’m truly grateful for their help and I want to recommend their service to everyone affected by these cryptocurrency scams. You can reach Astraweb via E-Mail: ASTRAWEB@CYBERDUDE. COM

    ReplyDelete

  11. Reclaiming Your Stolen Crypto: A Successful Recovery with Captain WebGenesis.

    Fraudsters steal hundreds of millions of pounds from innocent victims every minute using various methods such as phishing links and bogus investment schemes. That is why Captain WebGenesis, a Cyber organized foundation, is equipped with sophisticated recovery tools that are essential to assist fraud victims in recovering their monies. Although these fraudsters are generally intelligent, Captain WebGenesis is similarly designed with Cyber Intelligence (CYBINT) Experts who are very much knowledgeable in the crypto space and are able to penetrate to get to these fraudsters' systems thus obtaining access to the stolen funds and having them returned to your wallet in a timely manner. Captain WebGenesis is Extremely professional, Knowledgeable and always available for questions or consultations.

    Get in touch with Captain WebGenesis,
    Mail Info; Captainwebgenesis@hackermail. com

    More Info ; Captainwebgenesis. com

    ReplyDelete

I would love to hear from you.. yes YOU :)