Choppies to stay put in regional market
Friday, January 17, 2014
Choppies chief executive officer Ramachandran Ottappath told Business Week that the retailer sees no need to expand further in Africa, as the region has plenty of opportunities for the retailer.
There is massive growth potential in the region for Choppies at the moment and we are focused on exploiting those opportunities, he said.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...