 I just had a cough that nearly removed my lung, but here we are we are together and I would not be anywhere else than here with you Good morning You're watching why in the morning should be your favorite show by now because we are the latest people around as Everybody at white 5 on Facebook at white 2 5 4 channel out at a hashtag is why in the morning My name still remains to be Valentine or you can find me at color me Val as in Val with colors Color me Val and it's entrepreneur Tuesday Honestly, it should be a Wednesday because Wednesday is Queen's Wednesday and this particular Queen is gonna blow your mind away So see do it like a framework any so think business and then think Queen. Can you do that? All right? So hi. Hey, you are easily one of my favorite guests. What an amazing intro Well, you are an amazing person. What's your good name? My name is Lucy minor. Yes I'm a founder for Fabia Productions. Mm-hmm Fabia remains faving French. I love to say that so you can remember Fabia Yes, Fabia. So people say Fabia. I allow you to say it as you will just think French failure Where did you get the name inspired? I think it was on a particular day I was walking around in voiding in township and then I just kept feeling I'm experiencing so much favor It can only be good Coining if I ever have a business, I will call it something related to favor So then I coined Fabia and that was back then. I didn't imagine I would have a business There's a lot of faith You had the business name first before you had I'm hoping this faith is going to tap into or seep into me by a small piece. I'm gonna love this Yeah, I'm just going to just enjoy myself. Okay. So tell us a little bit about yourself What does your company do? Fabia deals with corporate and humanitarian fields So we are passionate about getting pictures that actually will you will see and want to change what you do and Impact a better way. So pictures that drive the society that drive change. All right Yes, so a couple of things that I would imagine would Be okay, I'm a thespian So I'm a bit knowledgeable on the theater of the damned all these things and they always are quite passionate with what they're trying to say Okay, so if the cause maybe was FGM that is Female genital mutilation and I want to put a message across like we create awareness so that we can stop it As soon as possible so when the stopping it and then I realized lately There was an actual FGM ambassador drive and it was trying to understand some of those communities actually think I am not a woman If I have not been I haven't gone through the cart So then trying to educate that you actually can be a woman through other achievements and accolades and you can come and train You on the womanhood process. You don't have to go through the cut That's not so because again photos should be able to understand. Why are you thinking? That's your way of life instead of thinking To try to cannot collect an aerobic. So why do you want to stay there? Let's understand your mindset And then walk with you Based on what you think we're not trying to change your mindset We're just trying to now walk with you as you are but then make your life better I had a set of guests and It was a very very very different topic and they're talking about health So these particular people would go to the let's say the more remote areas of the country Is dance jywapi and they went with solutions to problems that they assumed they had yeah And then they didn't get very far. So they brought in someone else. They said, okay Please go to the ground and I ground to do it to me different Yeah, go and find out what's going on. Yeah, so like no, they have their own ways of solving Yeah, these problems may be enhanced that may be facilitated. Exactly enhance it as they think. Yeah, exactly It's not for hi. I'm educated. I know everything I'm saying and I'm going to bring you parts that are gonna do this So I'm a son. Why do you actually like doing this this way? How can you make that just a bit more comfortable for you? So then trying to tell films that will let people understand. Yeah We're thinking then how can we work with them as they are? So, yeah, that's what we do Magical, how did you wow? That's a calling. I don't know how you made it a business But that is a calling and that is beautiful. So how many films do you think you've made over the years? Opened shop in 2014. So that's the five years now turning six this year Films we try to every month do something related to an agenda. So every month trying to do something So some of them we just kind of have as archives of this day I want to drive this agenda and I'll hopefully find someone who is passionate about this particular SDG. So Six years worth of films, let me tell you that six years Do you have a favorite? Favorite. I think anytime we're working with the outside communities and many others I think I just love being able to think why are you here in this one yet, huh? But do you have to put all that countdown and make it together and then why do you love this way of living? So yes, but every other day favorites is corporate edge. So just being able to know, okay You look like a young person now They make you look and have this image and communicate your values in a portrait So then now that's now the modern day photography I'm trying to then bring all your thoughts and look focused in a picture. So yeah, I've always wondered Oh, I told you a picture king of the place dent, you know this and and the very high-profile people Why do they only have one pose? Like imagine is that like all this money they have Sometimes people say there's this acceptable picture that this is what needs to be framed in everybody's office So sometimes then walking that and saying, okay, can I bring in just one more creative eye on my end? Do you see how to make it still look? Conversational and approachable than to start. So just getting a balance to trend communicate what who are you as a person and your? Character as much as I'm trying to look serious. Can I just have a bit of you demeanor come out in the picture? So yes, that's usually fun. You can look up. Oh So are we looking at that's a lot of the humanitarian and documentaries and capturing And the industrious women I love just looking at the hands of that industrious woman who you don't need to know What she's doing just look at her hands Carlos and you just see that she's Working effortless every day. But anyway, again, the women agenda has been driven too much And I think they are industrious men out there. So we need to start You know usually on Mondays we have a man crush Monday and the boys have recently come to me and told me know about you guys I've been empowered so good Congratulations, but I think we need to go back and teach them how to handle empowered women now and I agree and I agree Oh, this is wonderful. So I have studio as well. So that's probably what you're looking at right now studio as well Where we all meet as a team and creative hub. So yeah Can I be your muse if you're going to take me to sleep? So nice love to have you and we'd love to have you and where'd you get your clientele from is it something that you broadcast on social media? Like so we do have social media, but again, I've realized what what of mouth works better and referrals So this person is happy. They will bring someone else. So that has been more Solid though advertising has been going on of course you have to post on Facebook and have to have the website on everywhere So yeah, there was a joke Tell me Instagram models if Instagram was to decide what fun get loose. I People's careers would just die die die die die die, but you know Although social media is a source of a lot of pressure a lot of pressure It feels really good when you have a picture that this you know this good this quality and then you can post it up It's not even about how many likes you have it's it's more like this looks like capturing a moment Come out of of of likes and know that okay. It's not about me Maybe that should be a goal for more people in 20 Try and figure out that you're gonna be breathing. I have one more like next to us. I have another Oh, you're not getting them fast enough But maybe it didn't get the hair right Maybe I didn't get this right and then it's not trickles or translate sometimes into maybe I'm not dressed right Yes This one has less clothes, that's why They're better you could go and give others clothes. I don't like Someone a prize. Oh my god, you've been giving out cakes. I don't know how we did not give you one Okay, really It's a long story. No, I don't know I didn't bear that we'll talk But I got you after this. Okay, so I am seeing There's no one Particularly is that Nani the one with the glasses. Why do I forget honey? Well, it's not high. It's not it's not high Okay, but you know I was talking about okay There we go. Yeah, there's there's no particular like I don't know branding I can't this is our website already So these are outside so we then don't and you can't take a picture from it So we don't I guess sometimes over branding is you don't you on I want you to look at the picture Than to be busy looking who took it. So of course it's already on our website So you go and find it there. So nobody's gonna steal it people should not steal other people's work Shout it out loud sweetie. Yeah, this is a very sweet picture. Was this a maternity shoot? Yeah, it says a maternity shoot. Oh It's your view. Okay. All right. How can we find you on social media? So everything is five year productions Facebook five year website is for your productions Instagram everything five year productions Have you ever tried to you know, low-key solicit Media personality or someone famous a celebrity type to do, you know, just free stuff so they can market you I hear that's a thing It's a thing Maybe that's not the direction where we choose to go because we want our rack to talk and for you to come and say Okay, I'll partner with you in this FGM drive and I will offer myself free and your friend is self free So let's collaborate. So maybe I am not I'm not chasing them yet. I want to have content that they will think this is what's coming to me you be chest. I Take Yes, what are you working on right now? Currently? There's an SDG thing going on that we're supposed to be Recording to find out as film industry. What are you trying to have the government try and change? So looking for a random SDG that you want to take up on so that's what we're trying to film any time this week So bring in all the ideas. I kind of to have it really on the 15th January And hopefully I should put it up on our YouTube page and everything and we're going to play it because we're awesome Yes, I like that Okay, there is this tax that has come up and I'm just bringing this up because it's fresh it's new So there's this mom and bogey tax or they call it the patchy autism tax or something like that So for every 100 shillings someone makes three shillings goes into tax. Yeah, and apparently there's another percentage Is it 15 or one? I don't know some something with a five, but it translates to if your Business license is let's say 10,000 shillings to a new annually then come this year when you're renewing it You have an additional 1500 1500 on top for the tax man. Do you think these things are a bit too much for businesses that small Okay, so let's start with we are always thinking mom bogey is not making enough money Mm-hmm, and we will be surprised to find that she has an amazing house that she's built from their hand Exactly and and get very for those who actually love good content So so they are actually making the money, but of course we shouldn't be trying to figure out Okay, everybody who's making every coin let's get it out But they actually make money so I'll leave it as everybody's making money and give Caesar what is scissors Of course sometimes Caesar might ask for too much, but give Caesar is scissors. You're very wise Do these in the beginning when you were starting out did these same applications affect you in any way? But did you go in green like I just want to start a business Let me just do this because I'm passionate or did you actually do the time that you said the business and again? Good thing right now once you register you don't have to charge taxes then because that means you're just remitting the income tax So people should actually know if you've just died thus that first three years I said I'm not making five million of this amount of money don't need to be remitting a particular amount of money It should just be at the end of the year. So just then trying to know how are you not going to be? Get into tax again by getting tax they can deal with the big companies So just doing the balance to know I am only ready at this point And when I'll be ready to take up that money which is a lot I'll be ready to give out because that tax is not mine I charged you 20,000 you got two to five tax so I'm a stealing it and already have my 20k on the side So my dramatic. I hope you're paying attention guys. I hope it's easier when you know that okay I've charged and I didn't pick at mine. So whatever was tax can just go Your life will be you sleep better than me that carries not fishing me out and my bank account and inconsistency and mattress money Okay This is this is a unique question because I have experienced it in music. I've had I've witnessed a producer Getting into trouble with the law Because of copyright infringement. Yeah, have you ever gone to a location? Maybe an event you were shooting and maybe you shot something that they didn't want to You know be played to the viewers or was a bit sensitive even if the cause was good and the intentions were pure Have you ever come across such a situation? So I haven't and what I could say is when we're taking pictures We know that the rights for these pictures are either shared a client and myself Or I know that I've taken them and you are using them on your social media So you can allow me to use them on mine So again, it's shared rights, but having conversations where you know if the client say this is I'm giving a million shootings And these pictures I mean you don't use them then you should not use them But then again what I could tell is challenges we get is now finding my work or someone's work being used by another Organization, so it's actually like we're on the receiving end people go to stock images and you find pictures locally done Then you take them not knowing that that photographer is local, you know we used to downloading pictures on YouTube every time So you find them a black picture. You're like, oh, yeah, I have a couple loving each other We can use it for insurance and then you forget that those are yeah Yeah, and if you don't want to mark which is fine, but the link shows it's from this company So you should go and find for me and ask them how to buy a stock picture how much will it be? So we're kind of usually on the receiving end where we have to say you've used my picture Let's have a conversation you have to pay me or take it down and you ready to use it. You have to pay me Like so, okay, so today is so but and again Let me just it's about sensitizing people that those pictures we work hard to get them So can you then actually just go because we're always downloading Pinterest pictures right now actually but now We're kind of starting to put Pinterest pictures are pictures of Pinterest Oh, nice your shoes and ring and something you put it there So sensitizing people to be aware of the photographer and they worked a lot to get those pictures done And just find out who is it? Is it someone random who doesn't mind giving you or is it a local? I think when it's local artists, they know that they worked on and they want to be paid So sensitizing that pictures were taken as somebody they didn't happen It's important. Yeah, it's important to okay No, no, don't be sorry because I didn't realize it was an actual thing. I didn't know it was important Do these people pay I have never had it such a station But I know it should go to copyright legal Conversations after so that's something scary going into the legal aspect I mean it's all fun and games and you're taking pictures and having fun and making money But when it actually comes to the but again, you've not really come across such situation Yes, personally, I have friends who've had it but I haven't had personally had someone go and take my picture Is it on billboard? But you see now those grand things nobody can take your picture That's crazy. Exactly. So nobody can do that They will pay and go and look for someone to do it. So of course, unless it's really big That's when people can be extra about lawsuits, but or no more. You took a picture and used it Just lay. Use it. It's not that serious. Never that serious What's the right frame of mind to be in when you want to start a business? Because this is entrepreneurial Tuesday and we want to encourage people Although it's not one of them bug attacks. It's okay. Just start a business. Okay You never know. It's going to get you. Look at Favier. Look how far she went Be always positive is what I would say. Like right now if you ask me challenges I would not remember too much because I was busy thinking. Okay. Oops. I didn't get the camera did this Okay. So what do I need to do? This need this should needs to happen. So what do I need to do? So probably being having all those so always have a positive mindset of get the work done Keep your client always happy as hard as it is. Just the small things I've been an unhappy client before they remember giving exactly to people. Yeah, I want this edited I would normally take this back because yeah, that lives do. Oh my gosh. And I think customer service I feel like I'm I I try to give good customer service. You're a delight So when I go to a shop and the lady is not even looking at me. She's got her phone. I'm just like Excuse me. Honestly give her a piece of money. Excuse me. You're going to give me attention Because I've come to your shop and you're not going to be looking at your phone So do you want to restart that like I'm I'm terrible about it. I will not allow you to give me a bad service So then I try to be extra. Hopefully I don't have any unhappy people So I just try to think if I'm working my ass off to try and get somebody good service Where you're not looking at me when I'm coming to your store and you're selling a tearing And you're 50 Bob like do you have interest can you come and show me maybe something that yeah as well If you were to go international today, what would be the first country you tap into? We are international already Um Because again, this humanitarian sometimes causing all the companies and NGOs who are rocking to actually Try and invest in Africa are coming and we're working closely with them So so We've worked with a couple of international companies already What you could ask what I could say is maybe the next country I want to go to or Walk with in South Africa. Maybe I have no doubt that why Maybe I'm looking at you as I want a good South Africa as a person like Lucy just wants to go to South Africa No, I'm not working not going there the visitor visiting But again, sometimes when it's you have a conference that you have interest to come and do you have a small thing to come and do It's just that in and out. So yes All right, since my ignorance has you know, just an academy just like that What was the first country that you worked with okay the first international body that you worked with? We have done I don't say everybody has entered and then you're going to but organizations and farmers are in Tanzania gander We've worked in juba as well. And again, it was interesting to find out that juba is not As a war zone as we try to think about it It is a developed place. You will find a place to go and eat fries You go to go dance. So just doing some of those countries makes you think that there's no people aren't working in dance The same people think we're working with clowns in arabi. So let's let's know that some of those countries are a bit safer than you think A few more countries were Mozambique and all these were farmer related projects and trying to find out as they mays How do we then find out how women can multiply their maize product and reduce canker worms and other Things that are eating the maize. So all this is just trying to make the society and how can we amplify? Okay, we learned that in Mozambique people are using this can Kenya come and learn to do this That was my next question because I hope you're bringing that information home Because now those are films and we try then to put them out there can Kenya learn how to do this in their maize When we are busy saying you don't have maize I'm halfway between where have you been all our lives and thank god we met you in 2020, kianza. Yeah Oh my god, again, where can we find all your work? Just if you don't mind Fabia productions. Yes. Fabia is F. A. Please finish it for me because you better be knowing how to finish it V. I. E. R. I knew that. I didn't let you I didn't let you get wrong. So She's really sweet Very sweet. I like you. Thank you Lucy for coming. Thank you for having me Would you like to say something to your fans just before we go? I can only say that I call Our clients have become friends then they've become family So thank you for making our 2020 journey 2019 journey amazing and you can't wait to Bring you more love in 2020 Indeed Because the country needs love. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hey so much. So much. So much. Let's go check her out Fabia I cannot wait Okay, I've already been blessed by her presence, but I cannot wait to be part of it for real though Like I'm serious. This is much to camera tricks. Great. Yeah, and let's back to it With people who are interested in driving a better country. So yeah Okay, this is what happens when you come to work magic happens But you don't go away because at its very most coming up with something else just for you