Some careers are carefully mapped out. Others unfold through conviction, discipline and faith.
For Wilfred Munyaradzi Kahlari, music was not an impulsive decision.
“Music was never something I woke up and chose. It was always there. I just had to grow into it,” Kahlari told Southerne Eye.
Born and raised in Harare, Kahlari’s earliest stage was not a recording studio or digital platform, but a school assembly hall at Sandringham High School.
“As a student, I didn’t think of it as ministry or career. It was just service. We sang because we loved God and we loved harmony,” he recalled.
As a member of the student group Power of Trinity, he performed regularly during Sunday services and midweek assemblies. Those performances, he says, shaped more than his voice.
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“Standing in front of students every week taught me confidence. It taught me discipline. You can’t sing carelessly when people are listening.”
What appeared to be an ordinary school activity would quietly lay the foundation for a creative identity that would mature years later.
In 2019, Kahlari relocated to Bulawayo after entering into a partnership with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust).
There, he became part of an electric bus prototype initiative, serving as the software developer alongside an electronics engineer.
“We were young innovators trying to solve Zimbabwean problems with Zimbabwean solutions,” Kahlari said.
“Transport affects everyone. We believed technology should speak to our environment.”
The project symbolised more than engineering ambition.
“It was about contribution. If you have skills, they must answer a need,” he added.
Kahlari went on to develop two applications one focused on financial systems and another in logistics.
“I enjoy building systems,” he said. “Whether it’s code or music, I am always constructing something.”
Parallel to his work in technology, he authored two books documenting lessons drawn from experimentation, setbacks and resilience.
“Failure is not an embarrassment. It is feedback. I wrote those books to show young professionals that progress is rarely linear.”
Now a family man based in Bulawayo, 2026 marks another transition: the formation of Rising Faith Group.
“This is not reinvention. It is alignment. I was building my career, but I was also being built,” Kahlari said.
“I pursued success first and meaning later. But I learned that when purpose leads, provision follows.
“If someone listens and feels restored, that is success. Impact matters more than applause.
“I have always been a builder. Now I am building through sound.”