Thomas Svanikier

Thomas Svanikier
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Accra, ga Janairu, 1960 (64 shekaru)
ƙasa	Ghana
Ƙabila	Danes (en)
Ƴan uwa
Abokiyar zama	Johanna Odonkor Svanikier
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	business executive (en) da ɗan kasuwa

Thomas Swaniker (an haife shi a watan Janairu 1960 ) babban ɗan kasuwan Ghana ne kuma mai ba da taimako. Shi ne wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban zartarwa na Svani Group, wani kamfani na kera motoci, da kuma wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban kwamitin ba da shawara na bankin Fidelity, wata cibiyar hada-hadar kudi ta kasa da kasa.

Svanikier ya kasance kan gaba wajen sabuntar tattalin arzikin Ghana tsawon shekaru 25 da suka gabata, musamman a bangaren motoci da hada-hadar kudi.

Labarin kasuwanci

Aikin farko na Thomas Svanikier shine kasuwancin shigo da motoci. Svani Limited, wanda aka kafa a shekarar 1990, ya ba da motocin Lada na Rasha ga masana'antun Ghana, kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da hukumomin gwamnati, da masu amfani da su a yammacin Afirka. Dangane da rashin kasancewar motocin Arewacin Amurka, Svani Limited ya sake fitar da motocin Ford da Lincoln Mercury zuwa kasuwar Ghana a shekarar 1994.

Svanikier yayi sauri ya fadada kamfaninsa kuma ya sake masa suna Svani Group. Kamfanin yana shigo da motoci, ba da haya, haya da sayar da motoci, kuma shi ne mai rarraba janareta da sauran kayan aiki masu nauyi a yammacin Afirka. Svani ya sayar da motocin sulke ga ofishin shugaban kasar Ghana, hukumar leken asirin Amurka a Najeriya, gwamnan jihar Legas, da gwamnatocin kasashen Laberiya da Togo. Ƙungiyar ta kuma ba da kulawar motoci da na'urori na musamman ga Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka a Ghana.

A halin yanzu Svani yana sarrafa kusan kashi 20% na kasuwar motocin duniya a Ghana kuma yana da cibiyoyin sabis a Accra, Takoradi, Koforidua da Kumasi. Har ila yau Svani shi ne mai shigo da kaya da rarraba motocin Mahindra, sannan kuma shi ne mai rabon motocin Toyota Land Cruisers da Ford a Ghana. Tare da haɗin gwiwa da kamfanin Svanikier, Mahindra ya gina wata masana'antar hada-hadar babur da motocin daukar kaya a Accra, Ghana. Kamfanonin biyu a halin yanzu suna aiki don haɓaka aikin hada motoci da cibiyar sabis mai girman eka 9.6 a kan babbar hanyar Accra-Tema.

Motoci da dama da aka raba wa Svani sun samu nadin nadi a gasar karramawar motoci ta Ghana.

Svanikier ya shiga cikin masu zaman kansu tare da ƙirƙirar Africa Capital LLC, wanda ke saka hannun jari a harkokin sufuri, makamashi, kuɗi, da ayyukan gidaje.

A shekarar 2010, reshen makamashi na Africa Capital, Atholl Energy, ya samu yabo daga shugaban kasar na lokacin John Evans Atta Mills, bisa aikin hadin gwiwa da kungiyar Siemens, na gina tashar samar da wutar lantarki mai karfin megawatt 180, wanda ya kara habaka wutar lantarkin Ghana.

Babban bankin Afrika shine mafi girman hannun jarin bankin Fidelity. A halin yanzu dai Fidelity shine na hudu mafi girma a banki a Ghana, kuma yana girma cikin sauri. Bankin Fidelity yana da rassa 98 a Ghana kuma yana shirin kara yawan adadin a shekaru masu zuwa. A cikin Yuli 2020, jimlar kadarorin bankin sun tsaya a GHC biliyan 10.2.

A watan Yulin 2015, an gayyaci Svanikier da matarsa da su kasance cikin tawagar shugaban Amurka Barack Obama a ziyarar aiki da ya kai Kenya. An kuma bukaci Svanikier da ya halarci taron kasuwanci na duniya da ma'aikatar kasuwanci ta Amurka ta shirya a birnin Nairobi na kasar Kenya, inda shugaban ya gana da jiga-jigan 'yan kasuwa a Afirka.

Tun daga shekarar 2015, Svanikier yana aiki a matsayin babban mai ba da shawara ga Afirka don Ƙungiyar Dabarun Tsare-tsare, wani kamfani na Washington, DC wanda ke ba da sabis na shawarwari ga gwamnatoci da kamfanoni kan batutuwan tattalin arziki da siyasa.

Tallafawa

Svanikier sanannen mai ba da agaji ne a Ghana.

Yana aiki a matsayin jagora ga Cibiyar Masana'antu Opportunities (wanda kuma aka sani da OIC International). OIC ƙungiya ce mai zaman kanta a Pennsylvania wacce ke ba da horon fasaha da ƙwarewar sana'a ga manya da matasa marasa galihu.

Shi ne kuma shugaban hukumar kawar da talauci a Afirka da ke birnin Accra.

An san Svanikier a matsayin mai ba da tallafi ga ilimi da shirye-shiryen ci gaban matasa, kuma ya ba da gudummawar motar bas mai kujeru 35 da kudinta ya kai dala 64,000 ga fitacciyar kungiyar mawakan Winneba ta Ghana.

Har ila yau, mai ci gaba ne na tallafawa makarantun Presbyterian da ke unguwar Accra a Osu. Ya bayar da tallafin samar da tsaftataccen ruwan sha da tsaftar muhalli, da gina makarantar firamare ta ‘yan mata da dakin karatu na zamani mai dakin gwaje-gwajen kwamfuta. An sadaukar da wuraren Makarantar 'Yan Mata don tunawa da marigayiyar mahaifiyarsa, Agnes Federica Svanikier.

A cikin watan Disamba, 2014, a tsakiyar barkewar cutar Ebola a yammacin Afirka, kungiyar Svani ta hada gwiwa da hukumar raya kasashe ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNDP) a yaki da cutar Ebola. Kungiyar Svani ta ba da gudummawar motoci masu nauyi guda takwas da kuma na'urorin samar da wutar lantarki da dama ga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da ke ba da agajin gaggawa na Ebola.

A shekarar 2015, Svanikier da matarsa sun kafa Shirin Jagorancin Siyasa na Jama'a na Svanikier, wanda ya ba da gudummawar $100,000 ga Makarantar Gwamnati ta Jami'ar Oxford. Kudaden sun tafi ne domin daukar nauyin wasu jami’an gwamnati shida ‘yan Ghana don halartar kwasa-kwasai a Jami’ar da aka mayar da hankali kan harkokin mulki da sarrafa albarkatun kasa.

Na sirri

Svanikier ya yi aure kuma yana da ɗa da ’ya’ya mata biyu. Matarsa, Johanna Odonkor Svanikier, ƙwararriyar masaniyar Fulbright ne wacce ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Oxford da Jami'ar Harvard. Johanna Odonkor-Svanikier ita ce Jakadiyar Ghana a Faransa, Portugal da UNESCO.