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Mara Cancune, a Mozambican entrepreneur dedicated to human capital development in her country 

January 26, 2020 Melanie Hawken
Mara Cancune, founder of CharbanúRH (Mozambique)

Mara Cancune, founder of CharbanúRH (Mozambique)

Startup Story

Developing people and human capital is the key to the successful economic development of any country. In Mozambique, entrepreneur Mara Cancune, founder of CharbanúRH - Consultoria e Capacitação, is playing her role to ensure that young people are trained to enter the labour market. 

LoA chatted to Mara Cancune recently to find out more.

What does your company do?  

CharbanúRH is a company dedicated to human development. In terms of services, we consult in the area of ​​human capital, outsourcing in the area of ​​HR management, training for young people wishing to enter the labor market, training for employees in terms of attitudes, behaviors, ways of being, and development of institutional policies that aim to create a balance between individual and organizational interests. We also offers services in the recruitment and selection of employees, organizational climate diagnostics, and all other processes in the development of the main resource of organizations - their people.

O que a sua companhia faz?

A CharbanúRH, é uma empresa vocacionada na área de desenvolvimento humano. Em termos de serviços, são feitas consultorias na área de Capital Humano, Outsourcing na área de Gestão de RH, Formações para jovens que queiram ingressar no mercado de trabalho, Capacitações para Colaboradores em termos de atitudes, comportamentos, formas de ser e de estar, Desenvolvimento de Políticas Institucionais que visam criar um equilíbrio entre os interesses individuais e organizacionais, Recrutamento e Selecção de Pessoas, Diagnósticos de Clima Organizacional, e todos os restantes processos de desenvolvimento do principal recurso das organizações “o homem”.

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“O Ser Humano é o recurso mais difícil de gerir nas organizações.”

“The Human Being is the most difficult resource to manage in organizations.”

What inspired you to start your company?

My willingness to be independent and free always came first. But on the other hand, I also identified several aspects to be improved in my area of expertise and decided that I myself could start making that difference directly.

O que te inspirou a começar sua empresa?

A minha vontade de ser Autônoma, Livre e Independente sempre esteve em primeiro lugar, mas, por outro lado, também identifiquei vários aspectos a serem melhorados na minha área e decidi que eu mesma poderia começar a fazer essa diferença directamente.

Why should anyone use your service or product?

The Human Being is the most difficult resource to manage in organizations. And in our global component, although not very apparent, the human being is treated as an essential part but not as the main and fundamental part of a business. We do not only manage productive processes, we manage above all the emotions, attitudes, and abilities that are behind all productive processes. We harness the transformation component of inexperienced young people into professionally capable professionals to take up their places in the labor market. We turn negative unmotivated workers into positively boosted employees.

Por que alguém deveria usar seu serviço ou produto?

O Ser Humano é o recurso mais difícil de gerir nas organizações. E, na nossa componente global, embora não muito aparente, o ser humano é tratado como uma peça essencial mas não como a principal e fundamental. Nós não gerimos somente processos produtivos, gerimos sobretudo as emoções, atitudes, valências e habilidades que estão por detrás de todos os processos produtivos. Ainda unimos a componente de Transformação de Jovens inexperientes em Profissionais condutamente capazes de actuar no mercado de trabalho e Trabalhadores negativamente motivados passam a Colaboradores Positivamente impulsionados.

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“Ainda unimos a componente de Transformação de Jovens inexperientes em Profissionais condutamente capazes de actuar no mercado de trabalho e Trabalhadores negativamente motivados passam a Colaboradores Positivamente impulsionados.”

“We harness the transformation component of inexperienced young people into professionally capable professionals to take up their places in the labor market. We turn negative unmotivated workers into positively boosted employees.”

 

Tell us a little about your team

I have a good team. It is the best team that a company dealing with people could have. It is a team composed of 7 young people, all women with individual purposes but who collectively are transformed into one. The goal - to act in a determined and focused way for the development of the Human Capital of our organizations.

Conte-nos um pouco sobre sua equipe

Eu tenho uma Boa Equipa. É a melhor Equipa que uma empresa que lida com pessoas poderia ter. É uma Equipa composta por 7 Jovens, todas Mulheres com propósitos individuais mas que colectivamente transmutam-se em um só: Agir de forma Determinada e Focal para o desenvolvimento do Capital Humano das Organizações.

Share a little about your entrepreneurial journey. And, do you come from an entrepreneurial background?

Entrepreneurship started in me. I always wanted to be independent, and I knew that even being the best collaborator in a company, I would always be subject to other people's ideals. I always wanted to imagine and implement until it works, and this is only possible in entrepreneurship.

Compartilhe um pouco sobre sua jornada empreendedora. E você vem de uma formação empreendedora?

O Empreendedorismo começou em mim. Não trago crenças familiares sobre empreender. Eu sempre quis ser independente, e eu sabia que mesmo sendo a Melhor Colaboradora de uma Empresa, eu sempre estaria sujeita a ideiais de outras pessoas. Eu quis sempre imaginar e implementar até dar certo, e isso só é possível no Empreendedorismo.

What are your future plans and aspirations for your company?

I have many plans for my company, some internal and others correlated. We currently act only in the fields of Consulting, Training, Recruitment and Selection, Development, and more. I want more than that, I have short-term plans to do all of this in a digital era, making HR processes faster and more efficient. CharbanúRH plans to be the largest Human Resources Center in the City, Country, Continent and the World. Where people think of Human Capital, they can associate us quickly with it.

Quais são seus planos e aspirações futuras para sua empresa?

Eu tenho muitos planos para a minha empresa, alguns internos e outros correlacionados. Actualmente actuamos somente em Consultoria, Capacitação, Recrutamento e Selecção, Desenvolvimento, e mais. Eu quero muito mais que isso, tenho planos a curto prazo, de fazer tudo isso de forma enquadrada na era Digital tornando os processos de RH mais rápidos e eficientes. A CharbanúRH projecta ser o maior Centro de Recursos Humanos da Cidade, do País, do Continente e do Mundo. Onde as pessoas pensem em Capital Humano e nos associem rapidamente a isso.

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“A CharbanúRH projecta ser o maior Centro de Recursos Humanos da Cidade, do País, do Continente e do Mundo. Onde as pessoas pensem em Capital Humano e nos associem rapidamente a isso.”

“CharbanúRH plans to be the largest Human Resources Center in the City, Country, Continent and the World. Where people think of Human Capital, they can associate us quickly with it.”

What gives you the most satisfaction being an entrepreneur?

Freedom and autonomy of being able to create a short space between Dream, Idealize and Execute.

O que lhe dá mais satisfação ser um empreendedor?

Liberdade e Autonomia de poder criar um curto espaço entre Sonhar, Idealizar e Executar.

What's the biggest piece of advice you can give to other women looking to start-up?

All women must follow their instincts. No person is able to decide the course of their lives other than ourselves. We must invest in ourselves, make an internal investment. Change our ways of being, acting, thinking and, yes, it will change our lives.

Qual é o maior conselho que você pode dar a outras mulheres que querem começar?

Todas as Mulheres devem seguir os seus instintos, nenhuma pessoa é capaz de decidir o rumo das nossas vidas a não sermos nós. É preciso investir em nós mesmas, investimento interno. Mudar nossas formas de ser, estar, agir, pensar e, isso sim, mudará as nossas vidas.

Find out more

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