Send us a textHello everyone!Welcome to EP 81.Today my guest is Tracy Vongai Mapfumo, a passion-driven entrepreneur, food innovator, crop scientistand the founder of Eny’s Treats Pvt Ltd. She graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture-Plant Science at the University of KwaZulu Natal in 2015. She has 5 years of workexperience in indigenous plants that have commercial value. She has always had anaspiration to see Zimbabwean food be transformed into competitive products on the market.Eny’s Treats, named after Tracy’s late mother, who nurtured her entrepreneurialskills, was founded in October 2018. It specializes in healthy snacks targeting upmarkethealth-conscious consumers. The snacks are a variety of seed bars, balls and seed butter.Key ingredients are sourced from local, rural small-scale farmers/producers. Eny’s Treatspartnered with the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund in training rural women and youthson the value addition of natural food resources. Tracy participated in the FemBioBiz Acceleratorprogram as well as the Youth Connekt program, where she was awarded the First Runner Up Prizefor Mashonaland Central. She was also the Start-Up Business Winner for CBZ YouthEntrepreneurs Program 2019. In 2021 she was the winner of a national TV program, NdineThaza Season 6. Tracy also participated in the EaglesNest Program led by ZimTrade.We chat about all of this and so much more!Twitter: @tracy_mapfumo & @enystreatszwInstagram: @tracyvongaimapfumo & @enystreatszwFacebook: Eny's TreatsLinkedIn: Tracy Vongai MapfumoSupport the showFollow the show on:Twitter: @RootofscipodInstagram: @Rootofscipod YouTube: The Root Of The Science PodcastFacebook: The Root of The Science Podcast LinkedIn: The Root Of The Science PodcastWebsite

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