Cynthia Nyarko is a Restaurant operator and a mother of three. She owns a restaurant called Awurade Chop Bar located just opposite the Exim Guarantee Bank at Roman Ridge. She has been operating this business since 1996. This is her story:
BEFORE PAN-AFRICAN:
“I started the restaurant business at the railway junction, selling only cooked rice on a small table top with no sitting area. I had just resigned from my former job as a Ward Assistant and needed to start a trade. I could by then only afford to sell very limited amounts of rice in a day with just a handful of customers who came to buy from me. Sales were very low those days so I had an insignificant turnover which couldn’t enable me expand as I wanted to.”
GROWTH WITH PAN-AFRICAN
“I started doing business with Pan-African in 2011 and was granted my first loan the same year. I have since then received other loan facilities from the institution. The assistance has brought about tremendous growth in my business and I am thankful to Pan-African Savings and Loans”.
The loan facilities granted to the client have enabled her expand her business and operating space. Her restaurant now seats 25 people and she now sells a wide variety of food and drinks. The restaurant has recently been given a make-over. The client now employs the services of five staff to help her with the work.
