{"id":20332,"date":"2026-06-15T07:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/?p=20332"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:27:21","slug":"from-fabric-waste-to-a-thriving-enterprise-how-umutesi-celine-turned-creativity-into-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/from-fabric-waste-to-a-thriving-enterprise-how-umutesi-celine-turned-creativity-into-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Dos retalhos de tecido a um neg\u00f3cio pr\u00f3spero: como Umutesi Celine transformou a criatividade em oportunidade"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">E se a maior oportunidade de mudan\u00e7a estivesse escondida naquilo que os outros deitam fora?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Em toda a \u00c1frica, milh\u00f5es de jovens possuem talento, criatividade e determina\u00e7\u00e3o para alcan\u00e7ar o sucesso, mas muitos enfrentam dificuldades para aceder \u00e0s oportunidades e \u00e0s compet\u00eancias pr\u00e1ticas necess\u00e1rias para construir meios de subsist\u00eancia sustent\u00e1veis. No Ruanda, onde mais de tr\u00eas quartos da popula\u00e7\u00e3o t\u00eam menos de 30 anos, o desemprego juvenil continua a ser um grande desafio. Em resposta a esta realidade, o <a href=\"https:\/\/juc-rwb.org\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_self\">Jesuit Urumuri Centre (JUC)<\/a>\u2014um Centro de Campo da AJAN no Ruanda\u2014tem vindo, desde 2019, a capacitar jovens atrav\u00e9s do seu programa Youth Empowerment for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Ao ajudar os participantes a transformar os seus talentos em neg\u00f3cios vi\u00e1veis, o programa est\u00e1 a promover uma nova gera\u00e7\u00e3o de empreendedores que criam emprego, protegem o ambiente e inspiram esperan\u00e7a. A trajet\u00f3ria de Umutesi Celine \u00e9 uma dessas hist\u00f3rias not\u00e1veis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Para <strong>Umutesi Celine<\/strong>, uma empreendedora ruandesa de 28 anos, a resposta encontrava-se em retalhos de tecido, peda\u00e7os de carv\u00e3o vegetal e uma determina\u00e7\u00e3o inabal\u00e1vel para criar, apesar de ter muito poucos recursos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Hoje, \u00e9 a fundadora da <strong>Cado House of Art<\/strong>, uma empresa criativa em crescimento que transforma res\u00edduos t\u00eaxteis em belas obras de arte, ao mesmo tempo que cria emprego e promove a sustentabilidade ambiental. Mas a sua trajet\u00f3ria come\u00e7ou com um sonho simples \u2014 e recursos muito limitados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-06-10_rwanda-urumuri-centre_ph3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-06-10_rwanda-urumuri-centre_ph3.jpg 850w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-06-10_rwanda-urumuri-centre_ph3-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-06-10_rwanda-urumuri-centre_ph3-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-06-10_rwanda-urumuri-centre_ph3-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Criar sem limites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muito antes de possuir um pincel, Celine j\u00e1 era uma artista. Quando era estudante, adorava decorar os cadernos dos seus colegas simplesmente pelo prazer de criar. Depois de concluir o ensino secund\u00e1rio, em 2019, inspirou-se nos artistas que seguia nas redes sociais. Foi ent\u00e3o que percebeu que a arte podia ser muito mais do que uma paix\u00e3o \u2014 podia tornar-se uma profiss\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Havia apenas um problema: ela n\u00e3o tinha condi\u00e7\u00f5es de comprar tinta. Em vez de desistir, Celine improvisou. Mergulhava giz infantil em \u00e1gua, triturava-o para obter pigmentos, separava as cores que conseguia encontrar e utilizava carv\u00e3o vegetal sempre que precisava da cor preta. Com estes materiais produzidos por si, continuou a criar obras de arte e a partilh\u00e1-las nas redes sociais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">As pessoas perguntavam-lhe repetidamente: <em>\u201cFoste mesmo tu que fizeste isto?\u201d<\/em> Essa pergunta tornou-se o in\u00edcio de uma jornada que viria a transformar a sua vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ver valor onde os outros viam apenas desperd\u00edcio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enquanto estudava Silvicultura e Gest\u00e3o Ambiental no Integrated Polytechnic Regional College of Kitabi (IPRC Kitabi), Celine reparou em montes de retalhos de tecido descartados por alfaiates locais. Muitos viam esses restos como res\u00edduos sem qualquer utilidade. Ela viu neles uma oportunidade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Inspirada pelos seus estudos na \u00e1rea do ambiente, come\u00e7ou a recolher os retalhos de tecido descartados e a incorpor\u00e1-los nas suas obras de arte, criando mapas, aves, animais e outras pe\u00e7as decorativas. O que come\u00e7ou como uma simples experi\u00eancia rapidamente evoluiu para a <strong>Cado House of Art<\/strong>, um neg\u00f3cio criativo assente na convic\u00e7\u00e3o de que a prote\u00e7\u00e3o do ambiente e a cria\u00e7\u00e3o de oportunidades econ\u00f3micas podem caminhar lado a lado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoje, a empresa produz obras de arte em tecido e pintadas, uniformes personalizados para escolas, caf\u00e9s e farm\u00e1cias, vasos decorativos para flores, capas de telem\u00f3vel reinventadas e muitos outros produtos criativos fabricados a partir de materiais reciclados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Come\u00e7ar pequeno, sonhar em grande<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O primeiro investimento de Celine n\u00e3o veio de um banco nem de um investidor. Veio da sua disciplina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Da sua bolsa mensal de estudante de <strong>40.000 francos ruandeses (RWF)<\/strong>, poupava <strong>10.000 RWF<\/strong> para comprar os seus primeiros materiais de pintura de qualidade. Come\u00e7ou por decorar capas de telem\u00f3vel, vendidas por <strong>500 RWF<\/strong> cada. Cada franco que ganhava era reinvestido no neg\u00f3cio. \u00c0 medida que as suas compet\u00eancias melhoravam, tamb\u00e9m aumentavam a procura dos clientes e o valor do seu trabalho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Em pouco tempo, come\u00e7ou a renovar sapatos, a produzir obras de arte emolduradas e a construir gradualmente o que viria a tornar-se um neg\u00f3cio sustent\u00e1vel. No entanto, o sucesso tamb\u00e9m lhe trouxe novas li\u00e7\u00f5es. \u201cTrabalhava arduamente, mas sem uma dire\u00e7\u00e3o clara\u201d, recorda. Como muitos jovens empreendedores, misturava as finan\u00e7as do neg\u00f3cio com as suas despesas pessoais, n\u00e3o tinha uma estrat\u00e9gia bem definida e esperava que os clientes viessem at\u00e9 ela, em vez de os procurar ativamente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aprender a construir um neg\u00f3cio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Tudo mudou quando Celine participou na forma\u00e7\u00e3o <strong>Youth Empowerment for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship<\/strong> no <strong>JUC<\/strong>. O programa dotou-a de compet\u00eancias pr\u00e1ticas de empreendedorismo, incluindo gest\u00e3o financeira, branding, relacionamento com os clientes, gest\u00e3o do tempo e planeamento de neg\u00f3cios atrav\u00e9s do Business Model Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Talvez o mais importante tenha sido o facto de a forma\u00e7\u00e3o a ter ajudado a repensar a sua identidade como empreendedora. Ela deu ao seu neg\u00f3cio o nome <strong>Cado House of Art<\/strong>, inspirado na palavra francesa <em>cadeau<\/em> (\u201cpresente\u201d), porque acredita que o seu talento art\u00edstico \u00e9 um dom de Deus e que a sua empresa deve tornar-se um presente para os outros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab A forma\u00e7\u00e3o ajudou-me a organizar melhor o meu neg\u00f3cio, a compreender a import\u00e2ncia do branding e a aprender que os clientes n\u00e3o chegam simplesmente at\u00e9 n\u00f3s \u2014 \u00e9 preciso procur\u00e1-los ativamente. O crescimento exige esfor\u00e7o, consist\u00eancia e uma boa comunica\u00e7\u00e3o com os clientes. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Um ponto de viragem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Uma oportunidade mudou tudo. Celine conseguiu um contrato no valor de <strong>2 milh\u00f5es de francos ruandeses (RWF)<\/strong> para produzir toucas m\u00e9dicas destinadas aos profissionais de sa\u00fade. Em vez de gastar o rendimento obtido, reinvestiu-o, adquirindo equipamento industrial no valor de <strong>750.000 RWF<\/strong> e investindo <strong>1,2 milh\u00f5es de RWF<\/strong> em mat\u00e9rias-primas e m\u00e3o de obra. Este projeto marcou a sua transi\u00e7\u00e3o de uma artista talentosa a trabalhar individualmente para a l\u00edder de uma empresa estruturada e em crescimento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Criar empregos e inspirar os outros<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Hoje, a <strong>Cado House of Art<\/strong> emprega <strong>oito profissionais qualificados<\/strong> \u2014 cinco mulheres e tr\u00eas homens \u2014 incluindo carpinteiros, alfaiates e designers que contribuem de acordo com as necessidades de cada projeto. A empresa serve turistas, caf\u00e9s, farm\u00e1cias, escolas, casais e propriet\u00e1rios de casas que procuram produtos art\u00edsticos \u00fanicos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Oficialmente registada e em conformidade com as suas obriga\u00e7\u00f5es fiscais, a empresa de Celine v\u00ea agora as suas cria\u00e7\u00f5es expostas em pain\u00e9is publicit\u00e1rios e em diversos espa\u00e7os p\u00fablicos do Ruanda. O seu neg\u00f3cio, que come\u00e7ou com apenas <strong>20.000 RWF<\/strong>, est\u00e1 atualmente avaliado em mais de <strong>6 milh\u00f5es de RWF<\/strong>, gerando um rendimento m\u00e9dio mensal de aproximadamente <strong>100.000 RWF<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Olhar para o futuro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celine sonha em levar a criatividade africana a um p\u00fablico ainda mais amplo atrav\u00e9s do lan\u00e7amento de um website e de uma aplica\u00e7\u00e3o m\u00f3vel que permitir\u00e3o aos turistas e clientes adquirir os seus produtos a partir de qualquer lugar. Embora ainda enfrente desafios, incluindo o acesso limitado \u00e0s mat\u00e9rias-primas e a expans\u00e3o para mercados de maior dimens\u00e3o, continua a avan\u00e7ar com confian\u00e7a e determina\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uma mensagem aos jovens empreendedores africanos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-183.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-183.jpg 778w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-183-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-183-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-183-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A trajet\u00f3ria de Celine lembra-nos que o empreendedorismo nem sempre come\u00e7a com capital. Por vezes, come\u00e7a com coragem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tudo come\u00e7a por ver oportunidades onde os outros veem apenas desperd\u00edcio, por escolher a perseveran\u00e7a em vez das desculpas e por acreditar que pequenos come\u00e7os podem conduzir a um impacto extraordin\u00e1rio. Em toda a \u00c1frica, in\u00fameros jovens possuem talentos \u00e0 espera de serem descobertos. Com criatividade, as compet\u00eancias certas e oportunidades para aprender e crescer, esses talentos podem transformar-se em empresas que criam empregos, protegem o ambiente e transformam as comunidades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Porque o futuro de \u00c1frica n\u00e3o ser\u00e1 constru\u00eddo apenas por aqueles que disp\u00f5em de recursos, mas tamb\u00e9m por aqueles que ousam cri\u00e1-los.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Por, <strong>Equipa de Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Jesuit Urumuri Centre, Rwanda.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if the greatest opportunity for change was hidden in what others throw away? Across Africa, millions of young people possess the talent, creativity, and determination to succeed, yet many struggle to access the opportunities and practical skills needed to build sustainable livelihoods. 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