African Entrepreneurs Turning to Crowdfunding

By AllAfrica.com

 

The banks wouldn’t give him a loan, so Cameroonian Georges Badjangs approached a crowdfunding platform. Although relatively unknown in Africa, this alternative source of finance is helping his firm grow.

Jacques Georges Badjang was never really interested in emigrating abroad. Even when he was a student, he was determined to show it was possible to create and achieve something in his native Cameroon.

As there were several beekeepers in his neighborhood, he decided there was a future in honey. He gave up his history course and went to work.

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