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Liberia’s First MSME Conference and Trade Fair Promotes Strong Local Businesses

Liberia’s first MSME Conference and Trade Fair, hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, was a success. The three-day event brought together over 400 local businesses, concessionaires,...

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A Jack-of-all-Trades Meets SMI-L

Friday Ojo is a man of ingenuity and hard work. He began his business, Kum-Jo International Enterprises, in 2009 by selling cassava products and charcoal. But that wasn’t enough. He used all of his...

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SMI-L’s 2nd Newsletter Showcases Creative Ways of Engaging Buyers & Suppliers

Our May newsletter is out!

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SMI-L Tender Notification Expands Salinco International, Inc.

Salinco International, Inc. is experiencing rapid transformation.  Established in 2010, the company has expanded its client list with more reputable buyers, created new business relations, and built...

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Bedrock Construction Company: Another Tender Notification Champion

Many people travel the world in search of what they call ‘green pastures’ and sometimes never return to their home country.  A Liberian named Parker Barcolleh almost had a similar fate. Instead he...

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SMI-L Boosts a Carpentry Business

Daniel Scott’s carpentry business, called Scott’s Industrial Construction, has come a long way since he inherited it from his father in 2006. At the time Scott was still in school studying building...

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June Newsletter Features our Work with USAID FED

Our June newsletter is food focused. Liberia imports 60% of its rice, the staple food in Liberia. Most Liberian rice growers are subsistence farmers, producing just enough to survive with little left...

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One Year Later: Approved Wear Fashion House

  Geneva Garr, General Manager and CEO of Approved Wear Fashion House, speaks of her business’s expansion since meeting Building Markets in 2011. She attributed much of her business transformation to...

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Where is the Market?

“One of the major problems is that we don’t have the market. We have a lot of people who are producing cassava here in Nimba County. They are able to produce cassava but where do they carry? So we have...

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Taking to the Airwaves with a Radio Drama Series

Even though Building Markets has been in Liberia since 2011 and is working with over 2,200 businesses, not that many ordinary Liberians have heard about us or our motto: Buy Local, Build Liberia. Our...

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After a Terrible Fire, a Fashion House Makes a Come Back

After a devastating fire that led to the loss of everything, Rich Fulfillment Fashion House is once again navigating the tailoring landscape of Liberia. Rich Fulfillment Fashion House is a female-owned...

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Buy Local, Keep Liberia Green

Building Markets is going green. Though Building Markets environmental impact is very small, certain businesses we help grow can have tremendous impact on Liberia’s environment. While development often...

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Serengeti wins contract in Gbarnga, Bong County

 After many years of living in the United States, Dr. Tokpa and his wife Kiapeh, returned to Liberia and decided to invest in a local hotel business. They settled in Gbarnga City, Bong County in...

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Going, Going, Gone Green

“When it comes to environmental issues, [what was taught today] are things I didn’t know,” said Isaac Doboyou, Administrative Assistant and Finance Officer of Liberia Reconstruction and Development...

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Upwardly Mobile. Building Markets Releases 2nd Market Overview Report

In Liberia Building Markets often calls itself a business linkages program that connects buyers and local suppliers. This is an apt description because we work with both to develop these relationships....

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Building Markets Celebrates Two Years in Liberia!

MAT Enterprise sells stationary and office supplies on Ganta’s Main Street in Nimba County. Business was doing fine but the store’s managers wanted to tap into the large presence of international...

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Fire Can’t Extinguish This Company

The Building Markets’ Liberia blog features stories of local businesses finding success. This time, Building Markets wants to showcase a story of a business with one major challenge that is quite...

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BESCO Becomes UNICEF’s Best

Nimley Bestman’s story is not just a story of Building Markets’ success. Nimley’s story showcases a variety of best practices that other local businesses can learn from. Nimley is the owner and CEO of...

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Building Markets Goes Pro

Right across the street from the Building Markets office is a compound owned by legendary Liberian football star, George Weah. Becoming famous for his “wonder goal” against Verona, he was named FIFA...

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Breaking Down Barriers Together

When it comes to access to finance for SMEs in Monrovia, there are pretty much only two games in town: Building Market’s Factor Finance for Procurement (3FP) and Investing in Business Expansion program...

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