Here is Trasizio's story:
''I am married. My wife is also a Human Resources Officer, and she also studied with ABE. I am based in Nsanje District, the southernmost district of Malawi, about 195km from Blantyre, the commercial capital of Malawi. I moved to Nsanje because of work. I enjoy studies that involve a lot of reading and recalling things from memory. Riding motorbikes, especially offroad, is my passion. I train people in Advanced motorcycle riding and defensive driving. I am working towards getting certified in this, and I have a vision to open my own motorcycle driving school or consultancy in 2027.
I also enjoy playing and watching football, as well as watching movies. If I didn’t suffer recurring hamstring injuries, I would probably have been a professional football player. Thank God, my academic path paid off when the football didn't.
I currently work as a Labour Officer for Nsanje District.
I went straight from secondary school to studying HRM with ABE. The advanced diploma I gained enabled me to enrol in my third year at a university where I graduated with a Bachelors degree in HRM. My first job was as a member of the Airtel Malawi Marketing team (Road Warrior). We were involved in the Airtel Zone marketing campaign.
After leaving Airtel Malawi I became A Sample Transport Courier with Riders for Health International. It was the best job I have ever done as it involved riding motorcycles in usually challenging environments to save lives. After my contract with Riders expired, I was recruited as a graduate intern with the Ministry of Labour Malawi. While I was an intern, I briefly worked as a data entry clerk with TNM Malawi and briefly as a banker (Temporary KYC Clerk) at NBS Bank. I was then hired to be an enumerator by the Zomba district council in the Unified Beneficiary Registry (UBR) 2023 project. I was offered of position of a Bursar under the Ministry of Labour while I was working as an Enumerator. I worked as a Bursar for 2 years before being promoted to the position of Labour Officer.
While discussing career progression, a classmate at Chiradzulu Secondary School Mwayi Kabaghe mentioned that his mother is a Human Resource Officer. I got interested and realised that with my scores in mathematics and the desire to be a manager someday, HRM was a perfect course for me. My father inspired me by giving me his management notes and recommending studying with ABE at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) Management Development Centre. It was then called the University of Malawi Management Development Center.
ABE has enabled me to open successful businesses and run marketing campaigns. The position of The Bursar requires a level 6 diploma in HRM while the degree in HRM and the experience enabled me to be promoted to the position of Labour Officer.
Working as a Bursar was more of an accounting job than managing people. Back then studying with ABE made it possible to avoid mathematics up to level 6. Therefore, learning accounting on the job though challenging had been exciting. To add to that, the job also involved interacting more with students outside the classroom, I enjoyed offering pastoral support. Furthermore, working in partnership with Technical Education Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) provided excellent career development opportunities.
My advice to learners starting out is that they must be confident and know that they made the right choice as ABE Qualifications are recognised by regulatory bodies such as TEVETA and the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE). Employers also rate the qualification highly. ABE graduates can choose to run their own businesses as well and the studies cover business management and entrepreneurship.
They should also know that with ABE qualification they can easily upgrade their education levels to for example join a university in 3rd year unlike the first or second year as some diplomas offer, they can follow a career path up to a Masters degree and they can even do better than I have done.''