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Juice Maker Takes Palapye Streets

Monday, August 30, 2021 | 560 Views |

For several months in a year, fruits fall from trees by the ton. But without efficient storage facilities or an easy route to market, they are often left to rot with the growers eking out a subsistence on what little they can sell by the roadside or at local markets.

In 2020, Oteng Seofela set about creating an organic juice company as a way to give farmers a better livelihood.

Trading as Jam Juice, Seofela said he identified a gap in the market for juice production in Palapye and decided to try it out with his savings. He manufactures both ready to drink juice and concentrate in three flavours namely tropical punch, peach apricot and guava.

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Juice Maker Takes Palapye Streets

For several months in a year, fruits fall from trees by the ton. But without efficient storage facilities or an easy route to market, they are often left to rot with the growers eking out a subsistence on what little they can sell by the roadside or at local markets.

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