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has been a significant part of Marion’s leadership.
She tries to be inspiring, and leading by example is
also important to her. She gets great respect from
the employees, who see her as a mother figure. And
Marion laughs a little at the fact that her grey hair
gives her both respect and credibility. It becomes a
symbol of experience and wisdom.

“I am well aware that my leadership style is very
different from other managers in Zambia. At the
same time, I must be constantly vigilant about how
I interact with customers and employees and be
attentive, because sometimes I get a ‘yes’ just becau-
se I am the one asking,” answers Marion about what
it is like to be a leader with her background.

Marion and her partners and employees continue
to strive to get the cycle going where they find the
economy to manufacture and distribute the stoves

“ We have a solid business idea that saves
both lives and forests, and we want to
show that to future investors.”

to the Zambian people. The demand and need are duction in Zambia and many other African countries
enormous, but it takes capital to get the stoves out. must stop. And as long as it is a problem, we will
And that is Marion’s focus right now, getting new see Marion passionate about cleaner and healthier
capital so that their SupaMoto Stove reaches more fires. And for the company that helps spread healthy
people, and their pellet sales take off. cooking while contributing to Zambian society. She
loves to see how the people in the organisation grow
“We have a solid business idea that saves both and how they develop along with the positive impact
lives and forests, and we want to show that to future they are making every day. And that they all are a
investors. And the fact that we are so far ahead with part of creating something good and sustainable for
the technology in our connected SupaMoto stoves the Zambian society.
gives us an advantage when we need to demonstra-
te the significant positive environmental impact they Marion will go on inspiring the employees to carry
have,” says Marion about the advanced technology this forward and be as passionate about the compa-
the simple stove is equipped with. ny’s positive impact and development, as she is. For
other people’s fire is her passion.
Marion has a great passion for the work they do
with Emerging Cooking Solutions. Their idea is sus- Scan the QR code and
tainable, and they see with their own eyes the dif- see more of Marion at
ference their stoves and pellets make, which makes danir.se
her even more certain and passionate about what
she does. Deforestation caused by charcoal pro-