""I didn't know how to manage a business - I needed to learn business management to succeed. Before, I simply dyed cloth and sold it. I used the money from the sales for my personal needs, to buy shoes or something for the kids, and then I didn't always have enough money to invest back into my business. I learned that I needed to separate the funds.I learned that you can't run a business that way. I learned these basic management skills through the training."
Djeinabou Kante
Small Business Owner
Djeinabou Kante produces beautifully dyed cloth in the traditional methods of her family in Conakry, Guinea. She produced small amounts of the cloth until USAID funded her training in money management at University of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire 11 years ago. Since then, she has found more export markets, tripled her business, and hired more employees. The profits of her business have enabled her to send her three sons to school.
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