Small entrepreneurs in developing countries start their own business with a high handicap

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"Deel" tailoring

Bolor T.
Mongolia / Ulaanbaatar

Bolor followed her dream and completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in design straight after leaving school. She worked as a designer for several years and founded her own tailoring business in 2007. Back then, she only made clothes to order. Over time, she found her strength in sewing deel, a traditional Mongolian garment. Since then, she has focused on Deel. In 2013, she started offering deel sewing classes. And in 2018, she launched her own deel brand and offers ready-made deels to her customers.

Food processing

Yvette U.
Rwanda / Kigali

Yvette describes herself as someone who would never wait for a salary as she feels happier with her own source of income. She even had a side business during her studies as she didn't want to wait for her scholarship. Yvette has started several businesses in the past, but they have all failed. She has thought about it a lot and realized that the reason for the failure each time was that she did not fully focus on the business and did different activities each time.

During the COVID-19 recovery in 2021, Yvette struggled to find high-quality porridge flour and experimented with different types of grain. When she toasted the cereal, the enticing aroma caught the attention of the neighborhood. Some mothers from the neighborhood smelled it and asked if they could buy the flour mix. This is how Yvette eventually founded her current company, which combines porridge and peanut flour and is active in food processing.

Building accessories

Bulgankhangai B.
Mongolia / Ulaanbaatar

Bulgankhangai is a trained physicist and accountant. After several years as an accountant, however, he was looking for a change. Bulgankhangai saw great potential for growth in the Mongolian construction industry and decided to start his own business in 2005. Since then, he has been running his construction accessories company and has grown from a one-man operation to 23 employees today.

... How big is your handicap?

Small entrepreneurs in developing countries start their business with a high handicap. Help us to improve the handicap of these SMEs!

Willi Helbling CEO of the BPN Foundation / Handicap 34.5

Help to improve the handicap of these SME's: Through the BPN seminars, the handicap of the small entrepreneurs:inside will be reduced and sustainable economic development in the countries will be promoted.