TOWARD the end of last year, Desmond Shipanga was just a truck boy who was loading items for someone else’s moving business.
Today, his own business Birdies Movers & Trek Werk operates two trucks and employs four people.
“There was a point in my life when things were just not going well for me. I later found out that my girlfriend was pregnant,” he said, adding that the pregnancy news emphasised his need to do something.
Being a promoter and a ‘truck boy’ for a business that belonged to a friend, Shipanga asked his older brother for starting capital, which his brother provided.
“My brother gave me some money and I purchased a second-hand truck,” he said, adding that he quickly made profits and purchased another truck for the business.
According to him, his business has a great variety of clients now because his company does not discriminate.
“We relocate any person, businesses, and even shacks,” he said, explaining that he always make sure that he negotiates with people to the point that they become a client.
But his company also faces challenges as a new business.
“There are times when we face criticism because we cannot attend to all of our clients on the same day they want. Sometimes we just have too many clients and cannot attend to everyone at once,” he said, adding that Birdies Movers & Trek Werk is otherwise always ready to serve its people.
“Our business operates 24 hours a day and we work in a team to make sure we deliver our services efficiently to our clients,” he said.
According to him, making sure the customers’ goods are safe is a priority that they always make sure is met.
Shipanga also told The Namibian that the business plans to have more trucks and employees in the near future.
“We want to be Namibia’s number one most reliable and most trustworthy moving company,” he said.
