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Pay Out For Peanuts Pays Off

Tuesday, August 03, 2021 | 790 Views |

Entrepreneur Bashi Kester Phaladze has learned that nothing pays better than ‘peanuts’. This is what gave birth to Kester Investment's Catch Up Peanut Butter, which for him turned out to be an overnight success story.

Phaladze said most of his inspiration was drawn from his former lecturer when studying for his degree in business management, who used to tell them that developing countries need more manufacturing businesses to boost the economy.

“He used to give us examples of countries whose economies thrive on the manufacturing sector. Upon completion, I did my research and found a gap in the production of peanut butter,” he said.

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Pay Out For Peanuts Pays Off

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