Maombi Gasagi Sorghum farming and Selling Business

  • Maombi Gasagi is a Congolese refugee in Uganda who specializes in growing and trading in sorghum. She has been growing and selling sorghum for long and is famously known for dealing in it. She says dealing in sorghum has supported his family a lot and plans to expand the business if she gets more funding

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$165.00 of $300.00 goal

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About The Project

Maombi Gasagi is a farmer and a business woman who specializes in sorghum – she grows sorghum, buys it in markets and sells it in retail at her home and in markets. She mostly sells dry sorghum grains but also sells yeast that is made out of sorghum and used to ferment local drinks like Bushera and others.  She says that there is always ready market for her product and what she only needs is to produce more. 

She has experience in this business and is known for it in the community


Paying it Forward

Her sorghum business provides raw materials for making most local drinks like Bushera that are mostly consumed in local bars, restaurants and even homes.

She also says she would involve many of her friends in the chain of her business if it expanded which would enable the - her friends - to equally start businesses or get employed 

Backstory

Maombi Gasagi is a 36-year-old woman who lives with her husband and 7 children. Gasagi and her family are Congolese refugees who have lived in Rwamwanja /Uganda for 9 years. 

Sorghum farming helps her meet most of her family needs, she recently got more money from the CII Project but says that the capital is still less and she wishes to expand the farming business by farming more acreage and buying more sorghum respectively if she gets more funding

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  • Created By : Wilson Rwamugabo
  • Published On : Aug 20, 2022, 7:02 AM
  • Funding Ends : Dec 31, 1969, 4:00 PM
  • Category : Agriculture
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  • Description : Maombi Gasagi is a 36-year-old woman who lives with her husband and 7 children. Gasagi and her family are Congolese refugees who have lived in Rwamwanja /Uganda for 9 years. 

    Sorghum farming helps her meet most of her family needs, she recently got more money from the CII Project but says that the...  more

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  • Mauricio Miller
    Mauricio Miller is following project: Maombi Gasagi Sorghum farming and Selling Business.
    August 2, 2023
    Maombi Gasagi Sorghum farming and Selling Business

    Goal Amount : $300.00

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