Success story of an ILO Business Plan Competition winner
Ethiopia
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This video shows how a young poultry farmer from Jigjiga, transformed his business with the help of a grant and business training through the ILO's Business Plan Competition in Ethiopia’s Somali region.
Mukhtar, a young farmer from Jigjiga running a micro-sized poultry business, was aware of increasing market demand for poultry in Ethiopia’s Somali region. The first-generation entrepreneur has a wife and three kids and was planning to grow his business to improve his livelihood. However, lack of access to formal sources of finance limited his ambitions. His participation in the ILO Business Plan Competition (BPC) supported by and Hasi Consulting proved to be a gamechanger.
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