Tendai Moyo

**Tendai Moyo**, wanda aka fi sani da **Varaidzo Tendai Moyo**, shi ne wanda aka haifa a Zimbabue kuma Shugaba na Ruka Hair, alama ce ta fadada gashi kai tsaye ga mata na Afirka da Caribbean waɗanda suka fi son gashi na halitta.

## Rayuwa da aiki
An haifi Moyo a Harare, Zimbabwe . A cikin mulkin mallaka na Zimbabwe, tsammanin zamantakewa ya matsa mata baƙar fata tare da gashin Afirka na Afirka na 3c da sama,  wato, tare da gashi mai laushi, gashi mai ma'ana ko gashi mai kinky, gashi wanda ke da nasa bukatun.  Yarjejeniyar ta buƙaci su sa gashin kansu madaidaiciya yadda ya kamata, don kwaikwayon ra'ayoyin ka'idodin kyawawan Turai. Moyo ya gano cewa gyaran gashi, ko ta hanyar amfani da sinadarai masu kwantar da hankali, gashin gashi ko gashin gashin gash, yana haifar da fashewar gashi, asarar gashi ko ƙonewar gashi kuma tsari ne mai tsada da tsawo wanda kuma yana nuna cewa akwai wani abu mara kyau tare da baƙar gashi da aka sa ta halitta. Wannan ra'ayi shine nuna bambancin launin fata kuma yana ciyar da wariyar launin fata.

Moyo ta ƙaura zuwa Malawi, sannan ta koma Swindon a Burtaniya, inda, ba kamar a Amurka ba inda kusan kashi 35% na mata 'yan Afirka-Amurkawa za su iya samun kayayyakin gyaran gashi a manyan kantuna,  ta ga ba zai yiwu ta sami shagunan gyaran gashi ko kayayyaki ba. Moyo ta yi karatu a Makarantar Tattalin Arziki da Kimiyyar Siyasa ta London inda ta sami digirin farko a fannin Kasuwanci, Lissafi & Kididdiga a 2018. Ta kuma sami takardar shedar Jen Rubio - Kai tsaye ga Masu Amfani daga Kasuwancin Fashion a watan Disamba na 2018.  Bayan kammala karatunta, Moyo ta yi aiki a banki, a matsayin Shugabar Kudi a Educo limited, daga 2017 zuwa 2019 kuma a matsayin mai ba da shawara tare da Bain & Company har zuwa 2020.   Ta sami kwarin gwiwa daga motsin gashin da aka yi a zahiri sannan ta mayar da hankali kan rashin samuwar kayayyakin gyaran gashi na Afro-Caribbean a Burtaniya.  

Kasa da kashi 1% na salons a Burtaniya suna ba da abinci ga gashin mata na Afirka da Caribbean, manyan kayayyakin da ake siyarwa sune masu sanyaya sinadarai. Moyo yana so ya ga matasan gashi na mata masu Baƙar fata, masu laushi da gashi da kayan gashi da aka wakilta a cikin masana'antar kula da gashi. A cikin 2021, Moyo ya kafa Ruka Hair tare da abokin aikin Najeriya Ugo Agbai .  Crowdfunding, don taimakawa kasuwancin su na Black, sun tara kuɗi da sauri, masu saka hannun jari ciki har da Ian Hogarth, wanda ya kafa Songkick, Tom Adeyoola, wanda ya kirkiro MeTail kuma wanda ya kirkiroo Extend Ventures, da Nicole Crentsil, wanda ya farawa Black Girl Fest.

Ga matan Afro-Caribbean da ke son gashi na halitta tare da zaɓuɓɓukan salo, kamfanin yanzu yana yin biodegradable, gashi na yanayi na tsawon daban-daban a cikin nau'ikan gashi har zuwa 4c. Wadannan suna samuwa kai tsaye ga mai sa. Ruka Hair ita ce kawai Black-owned hair concession don buɗewa a cikin sashen shagon Selfridges. Moyo ya yi imani da muhimmancin ilimantar da abokan ciniki, masu salo, masu salon da masu samar da kayan gashi game da yanayin da kula da gashin Afro-Caribbean don haka yana shirya bidiyon horo,  Bugu da ƙari, Majalisar Kyautattun Burtaniya  ta sami nasarar tura kula da gashi na Afro-Karibbean don a haɗa shi a cikin tsarin karatun ƙwarewar gashin gashi na Burtaniya.

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