00:00I went to university and I learned about the agri-food industry.
00:06After my degree, I decided to start my own business.
00:15I decided to use local products to compete with imported products.
00:22In fact, here in Burkina, we can do everything ourselves.
00:26We have our own manioc producers,
00:30and we can take the manioc and transform it.
00:35Often, what we import is what took a long time to arrive here in Burkina.
00:44While what we produce ourselves is within our reach.
00:51So we can transform it right away,
00:54and then go see our producers again and take it with them.
01:08Within Gilmoni, we can have pre-cooked or un-pre-cooked manioc,
01:15corn flour, peanut butter, spices,
01:20and also atjeke.
01:22What's special about atjeke, for example,
01:26is that the manioc itself is grown in Burkina Faso.
01:31Atjeke is made by respecting good hygiene practices.
01:37When you take our atjeke, there are no pebbles in it.
01:51After high school, I went one day to apply for a job.
01:56I didn't want to do a bachelor's degree.
01:59I wanted to apply for a job in the public sector.
02:03So when I went to submit my application,
02:06when I saw the rank, I was discouraged.
02:09And that's when I decided to go to university
02:13and learn agriculture.
02:16At first, it wasn't easy,
02:19because while I was at university,
02:23I decided to start a business.
02:26So with the classes, coming back,
02:30doing production, it really became complicated.
02:34At one point, I even had to stop
02:37to continue my studies.
02:39The difficulties we face are the packaging problems.
02:43Often, even to have the packaging here in Bobo,
02:47it's complicated.
02:49Often, you have to order in Ouagadougou.
02:53And when you order the packaging with the transport,
02:57it becomes even more expensive.
03:00More than that, we have the material problem.
03:04Because the material that we have
03:07doesn't cover the needs.
03:10We produce in small quantities,
03:13while the demand is strong.
03:16What motivates me to move forward
03:19is the clients themselves.
03:22Because without the clients,
03:25at this moment, I would have given up.
03:28There is also my family,
03:31who supports me a lot,
03:34especially my husband.
03:37My support is at all levels.
03:40The moral is at the top, as we say.
03:43We have to work on the moral first,
03:46and then, of course, the financial side.
03:49I am at all levels of the business
03:52to bring it up slowly.
03:55Entrepreneurship is not easy at all.
03:58Above all, you have to be brave
04:01and persevere.
04:04When you persevere,
04:07there is always success at the end of the effort.
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