“I’m Proud of Him”: Man Cooks Jollof Rice for Oyinbo, Impresses Them, Gets Over Ghc8.5M For His Business
- A brilliant entrepreneur, Gilles Tchianga, who makes food spices and healthy drinks, wowed oyinbo judges with the taste of his jollof rice
- Pitching for a $60,000 funding in his business, Tchianga spoke about how the need to make Africans have a taste of home motivated him
- After the judges had tasted the jollof rice he cooked for them and heard his amazing story of hard work, one of them invested $600,000 in Tchianga's business
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A smart entrepreneur, Gilles Tchianga, has become very popular online after his jollof rice pitch for $60,000 for his recipe company got 10 times what he bargained for.
Gilles, who is from Cameroon, pitched his business to foreign investors in a video shared by @cbcgem in exchange for a 10% stake in his company.
Source: UGC
Sweet jollof rice taste
He narrated that his business idea started when he came to Canada and he could not easily get an African product even though he lived in a high multicultural society.
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The man then went ahead to mix jollof rice sauce into raw rice. He said with the recipe, jollof rice could be made in a short while.
Not only is he a good entrepreneur, but Tchianga also amazed the investors with his language skill. He can speak French, Italian and his local language.
Watch his video below:
As at the time of writing this report, the video has gathered over 11 million views with thousands of reactions.
YEN.com.gh compiled some of the reactions below:
Amylilian said:
"Awe I wanted to order but doesn’t ship to U.S."
blessed9tail said:
"Not me crying at 12:21 on a Wednesday."
I’m not real said:
"His personality is so amazing. Very genuine."
evan said:
"He speaks his native language, english, italian AND french thats amazing."
Zianna May said:
"This man was my science teacher and has always tried creating new things. Amazed how he still continued."
Je.Suis.Aliyah said:
"I’ve never rooted for someone so hard. I’m so proud of this man and I don’t even know him."
Man wowed oyinbos with his amala food
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that an innovative man who appears to be middle-aged went viral on social media after an invention he made for the kitchen was shared online.
The man's identity is not disclosed, but many people are excited that he was able to design a locally-made saucepan with two compartments.
What this suggests is that people can now save energy and time by preparing two different meals using the same intensity of fire, time duration and utensil by simply preparing them in the different compartments.
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