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Inventory of clothes for boutique

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EntrepreneurFabrice MarcelinLocationBobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Project status
100%funded
$100raised
100%paid forward

My name is Fabrice Marcelin Bama, a native of the city of Bobo Dioulasso and born to a monogamous family. I have two brothers and one sister. I was educated and I earned an undergraduate degree. Entrepreneurship has been a goal of mine since childhood. I had a difficult childhood because my father was a merchant of small items and my mother a housewife, and it was not easy for them to pay school fees for everyone. I thank the Lord because today thanks to my trade in "friperie" (secondhand clothes), I get to meet my needs and to support my parents.

Small secondhand clothes markets are found on every street in the capital and even in smaller urban regions. The same phenomenon is seen in weekly fairs organized by citizens of small towns in the country. Old clothes, popular with buyers, sell like hotcakes (i.e., sell quickly). Their prices, highly variable, are within the reach of every budget. The market is full of clothes for everyone: men and women, children and adults. Customers are very happy to dress themselves up with a shirt bought for only 500 CFA francs (about $1 US). My clients are mostly housewives. They find low-priced clothing for their children and are very happy to make a good deal. In the main city markets, mothers and even fathers of families often set off in search of clothes for their children. They flock to my little thrift shop looking for such deals.

Les ballons de friperies proviennent la plupart de l’Europe et des Etats-Unis. Le Burkina Faso, pays enclavé sans déboucher maritime achète le plus souvent les ballons de friperie soit par le port des pays frontaliers tel que a Lomé au Togo, a Abidjan en cote d’ivoire, ou a Accra au Ghana. Les prix des balles sont variables et dépendent de la qualité. Néanmoins les prix par compte se situent entre 100000 francs et 150000. Pour un ballon de friperie payer a 120000 francs Cfa peut ce revendre en détaille a 165000 francs Cfa. Les bénéfices ainsi obtenus me permettent de me prendre en charge et de faire de l’épargne. Mon objectif en venant vers vous est d’agrandir ce business.