Ann Kihengu

Ann Kihengu (an haife ta a shekara ta 1983) 'yar kasuwa ce ta Tanzaniya, mai rarrabawa, kuma ta lashe lambar yabo ta Afirka ta shekarar 2010 na Cartier Women's Initiative Awards saboda aikinta na maye gurbin amfani da fitilun kananzir ta hanyar rarraba fitilun hasken rana da caja na wayar rana a Tanzaniya ta hanyar hanyar sadarwar matasa 'yan kasuwa. Kihengu kuma memba ce ta dandalin Tunanin Kasuwancin Duniya.  

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Kihengu ta girma ne a yankin arewa maso gabashin ƙasar Tanzania.  Ta karanci harkokin kasuwanci (Business Administration), sannan bayan ta kammala ta yi shekaru uku tana aikin samar da wutar lantarki mai amfani da hasken rana. A wannan lokacin ta gano matsalar rarraba kayayyakin. Don haka tana da shekara 26 ta yi murabus daga muƙamin ta kuma ta kafa kamfaninta mai suna Prian a shekarar 2009 kuma ta yi aiki tare da kamfanin D.Light wajen rarraba fitilun hasken rana da caja masu rahusa.

Saboda matsalolin sufuri a Tanzaniya (ƙarancin hanya da rashin motsi a lokacin damina), Kihengu ta kafa tsarin rarrabawa ta hanyar amfani da dandalin dandalin sada zumunta na Tanzaniya da jerin tarurrukan ƙarawa juna sani na ƙauye ga ɗaliban makarantun sakandare a faɗin ƙasar, domin ɗaukar aiki da horar da matasa don zama masu rarrabawa  sabon kasuwancinta. Ta horar da ’yan’uwanta sana’o’in kasuwanci da sana’o’in hannu, inda ta ba su damar ɗaukar sana’arta da kawo fitulun hasken rana zuwa ƙauyukan da ke cikin lunguna.  

An fara da fitulu 3 kawai, a cikin shekara guda Kihengu ta zama babbar mai rarraba kayayyakin D.Light a Tanzaniya, tana sayar da sama da raka'a 10,000 a kowace shekara.   

A cikin shekara ta 2012 Kihengu na ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyar mata tara wanda Shirin Jagorancin Baƙi na Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka ta ɗauki nauyin ganawa da Cibiyar Kasuwancin Mata a Jami'ar Chatham don magance matsalolin kasuwanci. 

Ana amfani da fitilun kananzir don haskakawa a Tanzaniya (da kuma yankunan Afirka da Asiya) inda wutar lantarki ba ta samuwa, ko tsada. Binciken Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya ya kammala cewa amfani da fitulun kananzir a cikin gidaje "sakamakon fitar da gurɓataccen gurbataccen yanayi a matakan da suka yi daidai da hadarin da ke tattare da lafiya".WHO IAQ guidelines: household fuel combustion – Review 9: health risks from kerosene use, p. 3, 

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Rukuni:Haihuwan 1983