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Arriving into Dodoma Isanga
Entrepreneur Prince Daniel
Prince was pitching for start up capital for a business producing and selling cooking oil.
Entrepreneurs Hamidu and Aidan
Entrepreneur Alfa Harod Mgasa
Assessing each pitch
Pitching for a chilli business
Alfa was pitching for seed funding to start up a business producing and selling chillies. He has been growing and selling chillies since he was a child and hoped to be able to work for himself. Alfa was succesful in getting funding for his enterprise.
A gas supplying enterprise
Two successful entrepreneurs received seed funding for an enterprise supplying gas to the surrounding villages where they live.
Entrepreneur Aisha Ibrahmu
Entrepreneur Aisha has been selling charcoal on the roadside for many years. She was pitching to start her own business sourcing and selling charcoal. She was successful with her pitch and received seed funding for her business.
Two successful entrepreneurs
Two successful entrepreneurs pitched for seed funding to start a cooking oil business. They are highly experienced at the their trade but could never previously raise the capital to start their own enterprise.
Cash flow
Deputy operations manager Alfie Batt is responsible for checking through each of the entrepreneurs finance strategies for the coming 12 months. An accurate cash flow chart is crucial to be considered for funding.
Entrepreneur Juliana Salmoni
Juliana successfully pitched for funding to open her own dispensary supplying medicine to the village where she lives.
Business strategies
Volunteers assist entrepreneurs with last minute checks through their business strategy reports and cash flow charts. Entrepreneurs and volunteers spend weeks perfecting their business models before pitching.
Qualifications
Entrepreneurs pitching for start up capital for a chicken farm. Entrepreneurs often bring their qualifications to support their pitch.
Pitching with Denish and Michael
Michael works with the Tanzania Forestry Conservation Group (TFCG). TFCG is an important partner in helping Raleigh to set up sustainable businesses for the community, particularly for businesses in sustainable charcoal, timber and beekeeping.
Pitching for a haircutting salon
A successful entrepreneur gets seed funding to start his own hairdressing business.
Pitching assessment
Assessments are based on having a sound business plan, an accurate cash flow chart, a demonstration of skills applicable to the business, evidence of in depth market research and a drive to succeed.
Qualifications
A group of successful entrepreneurs display their qualifications.
Pitching for an embroidery business
A successful entrepreneur receives funding for her clothing enterprise. She will make and sell her own designs door to door.
Shopping in Kilosa
Successful entrepreneurs purchase 6 bicycles for a bicycle rental business.
Purchasing a new sewing machine
Buying dress making materials
Shopping in Kilosa
Two entrepreneurs purchase equipment to start their cooking oil refinery business.
Shopping for materials
Entrepreneurs purchasing materials and tools necessary to build a chicken coop for their chicken farm.
Bicycles for a rental business
An entrepreneur waits with his new bicycles for his bicycle rental business. His main customers will be farmers who cant afford their own transport and have to walk for miles everyday to and from the fields where they work.
Loading the van
Entrepreneurs head back to village