Making Ends Meet From Jam

Monday, March 29, 2021

FRANCISTOWN: After years of struggling with unemployment, Maipelo Kgosietsile of Mmadinare decided to test the waters in a growing business of making jam out of indigenous and exotic fruits.

The self-funded business, which is currently operating from her home in the village, is currently the talk of the town as it offers freshly home-made fruity jam. In an interview with Business Monitor, the 46-year-old explains she started exploring her self-taught talent of making jam using different indigenous and exotic fruits back in 2005.

The mother of three reveals that her now famous morula jam is something her family has been making over decades, adding that her jam has found a lucrative market in Francistown with the demand exhausting her supply.

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Making Ends Meet From Jam

FRANCISTOWN: After years of struggling with unemployment, Maipelo Kgosietsile of Mmadinare decided to test the waters in a growing business of making jam out of indigenous and exotic fruits.