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Congolese Look To Entrepreneurism As Way Out Of Poverty

Congolese Look To Entrepreneurism As Way Out Of Poverty

From USA Today

A man walks alongside a busy street, past cars stuck in traffic and the packed sidewalk. He pulls a heavy cart laden with garbage, his progress slow as he avoids pedestrians stepping out in front of him.

The man is one of many who pull these carts — called pousse-pousse — for a living in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo. And it’s backbreaking work.

Congolese entrepreneur Destiny Loukakou wants to change that by capitalizing on the cottage industry — he wants to create the first motorized pousse-pousse. And by doing so, he is part of a growing number of young Congolese trying to create small businesses in the poor West African country to lift themselves — and their countrymen — out of poverty in a country where the average person earns $2,300 per year.

Written by Louise Osborne/Read more at USA Today