Developing a small business requires a lot of careful planning
and future forecasting. Running a food business and lacking the merchandise to
do so can exert a heavy toll on a businessman Gabriel Diops's profit earnings
and his family expenses. The luring tactic of his business is that customers
prefer to come to his store due to its cheaper products. Mr. Diop is a
bartender by profession but he is ardently looking to break into the business
arena and a Zidisha loan can help achieve his aspirations. Sam Gant, our Client
Relationship Intern had the opportunity to interview him a few days ago. Below
is his account of the meeting that had taken place:
My name is Sam Gant I'm
one of the Client Relationship Managers active in Senegal right now. On Friday
June 8th I had the pleasure of meeting Gaby in his home in Parcelles, where he
showed me the bar he and his brother invite their neighbors too and told me
more about his future plans. Gaby is enormously popular and well-known in his
neighborhood, which explains why when myself and another volunteer visited his
house there was already a crew of regular patrons passing the afternoon there.
At the moment he
stocks the two Senegalese national beers, Flag and Gazelle, as well as several
imported wines, which they serve to neighbors and visitors in the sunny
courtyard of their home. Gaby's goal is to refurbish a free-standing
establishment where he can sell bottles of alcohol for carry out as well as dry
goods, but he explained to me that construction was stagnant over the course of
the recent elections and has only recently gotten back on track.
He anticipates
completing his store within about 2 months. He remains very grateful to Zidisha
lenders for their confidence and patience, and hopes to keep you apprised of
further developments.
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