Cup Cake Maker Soldiers On

Chimoli's products
Chimoli's products

She financed her business from her tertiary school allowance, thereafter she simply re-invested the proceeds to grow the business. However, it is the P10,000 that she won from the BW YALI network competition that also helped boost her business.

Aspiring entrepreneur, Gorata Chimoli started with just baking cakes.  But now she has expanded her business into providing ready-made pre-mixes for other traders in the industry.  In her experience, the supply of such ingredients is lower than the demand.

She therefore wants to tap into that market hence the need to financially resource her business to fill the gap.  She emphasises on the need to supply raw materials to the industry.  Chimoli who started making cakes and cupcakes for her clients, said some of the ingredients she uses are from outside the country.  She therefore wants to help others in the industry manufacture baking products.

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