Today’s success story column guest goes by the name Abubeker Ahmed Ture. He is the owner of Beker General Trading. Though he is on the wrong side of eighty, he looks younger for his age. He is well-known for his wealth. He stands up right and cuts a fine figure. He walks up the stair of his office with no trouble. He has never taken drugs in his entire life.
Likewise, Abubeker is dashing just as when he was knee-high like a grasshopper. For half a century now, he has been busy engaging himself in a wide-spectrum of business sectors.
As life is not short of pitfalls, Abubeker had spared no effort to climb up the ladder of success. Despite the hurdles life is sure to pose he never yielded to despair. More often than not, he loved facing challenges and coming up with lasting solutions.
Nowadays, under his close supervision, Beker General Trading is run by his children. More often, as he knows how to chart roadmaps that lets one embark on the avenue of success, he is leading his children in the right direction for the most part in a way which helps them emerge competitive in the business world.
Every so often, Abubeker gets up early in the morning and goes straight to his office and spends half a day there. As a matter of fact, he nonstop advises his children pertaining to the dos and don’ts of the business activities. With the intention of taking the business to a new height of success, he takes council with his children.
To say something about this successful business man, Abubeker was born and raised in Harar-a city of love, tolerance and harmony. He pursued education at Emperor Haile Selassie and Swedish Mission schools. At that specific point, as he was working at his brother’s textile shop on Saturdays and Sundays, he was able to learn much about the benefits of trading at different times.
As time passed by, Abubeker became a teacher in Debre Birhan and Chena despite challenges. He was subject to frictions with Woreda and Kebele administrators as a result of maladministration while engaged in a range of activities. Though he had been working by the sweat of his brow, he was not feeling on top of the world.
In due course, after a two year teaching service in the aforementioned areas, he returned to his place of birth. He was earning one hundred Birr on a monthly basis at that specific juncture. From that moment onwards, he made up his mind not to be an employee. Gradually, he came to a decision to run his own business and pull himself out of the situation where he was in. At that point, no matter what the challenges proved to be, he was making an effort to stand on his own feet and make ends meet.
The Ethiopian Herald Sunday Edition 11 August 2019
BY ADDISALEM MULAT AND MUSSA MUHAMMED
