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Young Builders Challenge Season 2 Community Solutions - Startup / Early Operations

GIONATAH CORPORATION

by Charles Francisco

Current votes: 8

Rank #51 · Top 2 advance

Builder story

GIONATA CORPORATION Gionatah Corporation, commonly known as Gio’s, is an independent business engaged in the production and delivery of freshly made cupcakes. Established on 27 September 2025, the company was founded with the goal of providing reliable, affordable, and high-quality products that support both personal care and everyday enjoyment. Gio’s combines creativity, and consistency across its operations...

Community Solutions - Startup / Early Operations - Top entries

181 total

???? Pharmacy Business Idea: Medicine Delivery Service · Desire Mkwapatira

5375 votes

Pezantchito · Lawrent Nyondo

831 votes

Sir Godfrey Malata Education & Digital Learning Solutions · sir Godfrey Malata

388 votes

I do bake milky donuts at school and also chin chin snacks · Josephine Matenje

168 votes

Food business · Sibongile Myawa

133 votes

Opening a nurse lead private clinic · Chisomo Chikaonda

103 votes

TLAM tree seedlings · Paul Jailos

84 votes

Borehole mechanics and borehole drilling · Shantero davie

76 votes

Malita farm · Martha kakoma

70 votes

Day private secondary school in Mbayani (kwa ndalama) blantyre · owen jelasi

63 votes

Capital Mushroom Giants · Genesis Masanjala

59 votes

Fish selling · Madalitso Nyirenda

59 votes

Mwamfumu Agripreneurs · Amos Shikunzi Mwandu

51 votes

Growth Architect consultation · Ernest Phiri

49 votes

Community Entrepreneurship Hub · Kondwani Chikaonda

41 votes

Medicine store · Patricia Mgomezulu

36 votes

one-stop stationery, printing and educational supplies business, with a strong focus on schools and teachers. · Chikondi Chifuniro Msanyama

36 votes

Metal and plastic Scrup business · Innocent mtambalika

30 votes

THRIVE WELLNESS HUB · Brian Canadi

29 votes

Historic Academy · Chisomo Chimkondenji

28 votes

StartUp Malawi · Keith Kaliza

26 votes

Mnduluka community mini shop · Jared

26 votes

Shop · Sweeny Kapanda

25 votes

Business · Chrisper Elijah

24 votes

Shop · Adam Mdala

24 votes

Starting a Community Radio station at my local community of Mbayani · Edson Kankhuni

23 votes

Machines ActiveLife Malawi · Yamikani Karinge

23 votes

Campus bites food and takeaway · Kondwani Kasokola

22 votes

Pebble Chips and Take away · Abdul-Razaq Mdalah

22 votes

Opening school · Kelvin chipofya

21 votes

Community Crony · Stein Makhambera

21 votes

selling farm products · GEORGE MASALA

20 votes

Kezia’s baby hive · Kezia Ethel kuntembwe

20 votes

Tiya's collection · Tiyamike Makanga

19 votes

Nexora connect · Thokozani kaipa

18 votes

Umodzi yummy farms · Martha kondowe

17 votes

Sausage Making · Maggie Mwamwilah

16 votes

Tailoring · Loyce Zunga

15 votes

Nursery school and day care · Precious Chafulumira

14 votes

Cleaning Service Business · Emmanuel Mulenga

13 votes

Real Estate and Construction Firm · Evans Kachitamanja

13 votes

New World Security Services · Daud Willy

12 votes

Mobile banking · ATHANASIUS PHIRI

11 votes

Training and advocacy. Child protection. Mental health. Positive discipline and Gender based violence · Praise Maziko Chinyama

10 votes

School of cooking and baking · Beston Solomon

10 votes

Selling cooking oil · Chisomo Christopher machirah

9 votes

Makeup business · Jacqueline siliya

9 votes

Baking shop · Angella kakwere

9 votes

Taking drugstore to rule areas · Joseph kadzuwa

8 votes

Starting a modern Barbershop and Broiler chickens · Snowden Leonard Kaledzera

8 votes

GIONATAH CORPORATION · Charles Francisco

8 votes

Loan helper · Innocent Pachanya

7 votes

NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND · Sydney Kalipinde

7 votes

Glam by Fundoh · Chifundo Bennie

7 votes

Alinafe salon ( Re - branding to The house of Alice ) · Alice Kamandani

6 votes

School stationery and Laboratory equipments business · Msenga Msango Munkhondya

6 votes

MsikaDirect 123 · Phillip Zuze

5 votes

Sunflower farming · Ayanda khumalo

5 votes

Lantern masters · Ancient Gondwe

5 votes

Chifuniro early learning center · Luwen Benson Kamphonje

5 votes

fashion shop · kapito Banda masache

5 votes

AKANKO MOBILE MONEY HUB · Lesley Muchiwe

5 votes

Community library · Blessings Gregory Banda

5 votes

Business · Ulemu Chabwera

4 votes

MINSHOP · Stephano Mhone

4 votes

Diagnostic center · Thandie soko

4 votes

Destiny Medicine store · Maclean Fukizi

4 votes

Cosmetics and salon · Promise chidzanja

4 votes

Gas station.. selling gas and cylinders · Precious Respicious Manguluti

4 votes

Drug store · Tiwonge Munthali

4 votes

Kabaza Go · Joshua Matoliro

4 votes

KABANZA WA NJINGA YA MOTO. · Francis Alfred Mateyu

3 votes

Online business and I'm an Airtel money and Mpamba Agent · Violet Naomie Yokonia

3 votes

Making of Wala bags · Wennie bwanali

3 votes

Resilient Plot Initiative (RPI) to protect land values, structural property assets and vulnerable settlement by replacing failing concrete infrastructure with cost effective green infrastructure solutions to ensure adaptation to climate change. · Isaiah Sikanaje Banda

3 votes

BoraClean · Prudence Happiness Majawa

3 votes

Afordable Barber Man by Community members · Emmanuel Njikho

3 votes

Barbershop · Geoffrey banda

2 votes

TNM MPAMBA and AIRTEL MONEY ANGET · Derrick Magombo

2 votes

Cooking oil corner · Alex Mleke

2 votes

Selling clorthes in different schools · Febbie Namakhwa

2 votes

Business Investment Purpose Community Grocery Store MWK 1,350,000 Stock + shop setup ???? Airtel Money Agent MWK 500,000 Working float ???? Chicken Farming MWK 900,000 First broiler cycle ????️ Emergency/Reserve MWK 250,000 Protection agains · Stanford Macleod

2 votes

Airtel money and. TNM mpamba and FDH agent · Maxwell Samson

2 votes

Pharmacy · Denis Kamata

2 votes

Mobile money agent and technical services · Joseph Honde

2 votes

Youth Malawi podcast · Ezekiel Msowoya

2 votes

Online, shop, construction activities, agro dealer etc · Emmanuel Lottie chavula

2 votes

Graphic Design and Stationery Shop · SAULOS FORTUNE GWAZAH

2 votes

A restaurant · Tiyamike Lungu

2 votes

Area 25 Intensive Open Secondary School · Arthur Dalo

1 votes

I do Airtel and tnm Agent as self employed, therefore the money will help me to boost my business because I have already knowledge about it, and I will open other places and employee my fellow youth so that I should get more commission at the end of month · NAME:Madalitso kachingwe , born on 2 may 1998,

1 votes

Buying a motorbike(njinga yamoto ndikumapanga kabaza) · Praise Matola

1 votes

Nancholi food hub · Tryness chimphonda

1 votes

"Blantyre QuickDrop" - Smart Delivery & Errand Service* *1. The Problem* Blantyre people are busy. Traffic is bad. Offices, students, and families waste hours in queues for groceries, food, pharmacy, documents, and bank runs. *2. The Solution* A reli · STANLEY NAMBAYA

1 votes

Selling ice creams · Wily Chinkango

1 votes

Medicine store · Mike Rhinoce

1 votes

Transportation and mobile money Agent. · Mathews Alex Phiri

1 votes

SUMAISI CHICKEN AND PIG FARM · Sumaisi Makanda

1 votes

Chaminju Girls Hostel · Chimwemwe chaminju

1 votes

Bella's Investment · Prisca Jafali

1 votes

Saloon, shoes, clothes and cosmetics · Vannesa Konsekonse

1 votes

Private school · Felistus Gondwe

1 votes

Green community alliance · Teleza Ntata

1 votes

Food delivery kitchen · Jacqueline lipemba

1 votes

Integrated crop and poultry farming · Beatrice Scotch Phiri

1 votes

Kwathu plastic charcoal · EZALA BANDA

1 votes

Zisudzo Hubs · Nestor Chikoti

1 votes

IMAGINATION PVT SCHOOL · MAGANIZO LINGSON

1 votes

Stationary · Jameson Tsankhulo

1 votes

Airtel money and mpamba agent · Misheck kondwani

1 votes

Business idea yomwe ndilinayo Pano ndiyogulisa zovala kaunjika bale · Donna Florence Mvula

1 votes

Domasi Student Accommodation Enterprise · CHAMAKOLE MATUPA

1 votes

African Fabric Wraps · Mike Mathambo

1 votes

Fire Briquettes business · FLORENCE LUHANGA

0 votes

Salon · Theodorah wezzie Mughogho

0 votes

Ndindalama imeneyo nditha kuyambila bussing yogulisa zinthu monga nyemba ,nkhobwe mpunga ,popcon, ntedza nkhobwe komaso kuyikapo ma good price kuti katundu wanga osamakhalise komaso kusawabela amalawi anzanga kupita kwanyengo zinthu zikamayenda tizikhala · Lawrence ndalama

0 votes

Leonie cosmetic and home appliances · Memory Mbewe

0 votes

Transportation · Khama kalimanjira

0 votes

Opening a pharmacy as one way of increasing good health more especially in rural areas where the hospital are far away · Synoden

0 votes

Local fashion brand · Alinafe Makwinja

0 votes

EDDOMRAD ACADEMY · Kelvin Malenga Chirwa

0 votes

Bright Horizons Private School · Erick Ashilaf Jonas

0 votes

Selling original perfumes · Chinsisi chagomerana

0 votes

Small business · Hendrina Itimu

0 votes

Sunflower farming · Davie Chimaliro

0 votes

Butchery (Ndiwo center) · Gift Chimphepo Jentala

0 votes

ivannia fresh eggs · Mailess Billio

0 votes

Security service. After completing my diploma I had a privilege of working at a certain security company for internship. With enthusiasm and passion for learning i was inspired by the movement that lead me to register it in 2025. Currently am looking for · Madalitso Theka

0 votes

Grocery · Jumani Kachikopa

0 votes

Private Clinic · David Chisomo Banda

0 votes

Fumigation services · Donald Malula

0 votes

Lukwa girls rising bricks · Rose Stuart Chibwe

0 votes

Preschool · Mwayi Savala

0 votes

Wholesale and retail · Ghanie Nkhoma

0 votes

Institute for Community Eye Health · Mikah Tchale

0 votes

Lester Deliveries · Lester Chitanda

0 votes

Airtel money and mpamba transactions · Mary kunselema

0 votes

Money Agencies · Dickson Square

0 votes

Chicken nuggets · Mussah nkhoma

0 votes

Airtel money ..sending and receiving · Fred mphande

0 votes

Cee's food's · Cecilia Gift Mulemba

0 votes

Medicine Store business in my village · Malani Geisha Mweso

0 votes

Real estate · Reuben Ngomwa

0 votes

Stationery · Gracious chirwa

0 votes

Selling rice · Memory Watson

0 votes

SNEES (Support Needy Project) · Lucy Msowoya

0 votes

Loyl · Tamanda Kossam

0 votes

Phone accessories business · Hanif Jim

0 votes

Entrepreneurship in tote bags selling and bell dresses · Immaculate Banda

0 votes

Initiating a company which will be able to meet peoples needs and supplying what people demands like basic needs · Cuthbert hiwa

0 votes

Private Clinic · Gift K Msowoya

0 votes

Pa a Yugo Fast Food · Yusuf Kassim Matemba

0 votes

Buying and selling of empty sucks (bag's) · Harton Chinganyama

0 votes

Yithu bakery · Gerald Msukwa

0 votes

Waste management · Hope James selemani

0 votes

DYA BWINO FOODS · Ramie Nkhoma

0 votes

Opening a Loan Company that focuses on students in University · Christian Vinthenga

0 votes

Malawi shine laundry and cleaning services · Christopher Junior Sibale

0 votes

I sell shoes and clothes to students · Bianca Miracle Munyopowa

0 votes

Plumbing Company · Kingsley Sembezi

0 votes

Food sales · Steve Chimombo

0 votes

VIVA'S COLLECTION · Vanessa

0 votes

Buying wedding dresses for hire, Suits for hire and plastic chairs for hire · Clement Chisale

0 votes

Game zone · Grevazior Ngulube

0 votes

Country farming · Vitumbiko chilita

0 votes

Opening 4 barbershops which will help to employ some people(Especially young who have nothing to do to have a job so that they can earn something · Dennis Chafa

0 votes

Selling lotion · Ian banda

0 votes

Airtel money agent · Isabella Winnie Banda

0 votes

Photography Studio · Charles Maere

0 votes

UBUNTU MEDMART MEDICINE STORE · Joseph Chanodza

0 votes

Kabaza( njinga zakabaza) · Yona Chimaliro

0 votes

Restaurant · Maryam Allie

0 votes

Kabaza business · Joshua Matoliro

0 votes

Cooking mandasi/ madonasi · Gilbeta zadi

0 votes

Ndipo Shop · Marriam Jana

0 votes

Kairos Global Initiative · Eric Maulidi

0 votes

Airtel money and TNM agent · Daniloti Njanje

0 votes

Mobile Money Agent (Airtelmoney and Tnm Mpamba) · Andrea kapachika

0 votes

Special gardens for you · Hippo Maluwa

0 votes

Selling of fabrics · Mike chimenya

0 votes

Manufacturing poultry drinkers · Moses Yobu

0 votes