Jesca Wilfredy

  • Jesca Wilfredy
© Jesca Wilfredy
Fashion designer, Activist
(Female)
Principal country concerned : Column : Fashion, Internet, Media

Jesca Wilfredy Macha popularly known as Jesca Wilfredy  is a Tanzanian Socialite and entrepreneur who was born in Moshi, Kilimanjaro on 9th September 1997 and raised in Arusha where she spent her childhood. In 2013 she completed her secondary education from Kaloleni Secondary School in Arusha District. In 2020, Jesca pursued and completed her Library and Science Information degree from  Moshi Co-operative University

She come from a low-income family but raised with the spirit to be self-independent when it comes to business and life. She started as an entrepreneur while in school where she was doing small businesses from time to time with her sister. She was able to collect and save some money for her future investments.  

In 2019, while in university she was doing a part time job at her sister's shop while taking her studies and later on she was able to start her one small cosmetics shop. In the same year Jesca gained  her popularity on social media through her movement to support and uplifting young female by providing them with knowledge on how to be self-independent in the business and life. At a young age she was able to capture and influence many young female entrepreneurs who were struggling on their small business and that gain her huge popularity over the internet.

After graduating from university in 2020, she decided to focus on her business where she founded Black Chagga Fashion, a Tanzanian retail- clothing company where she also run as the Chief Executive Officer. She has been able to utilize her online popularity to maximize profit and promote her business to acquire more clients.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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