High fashion startup creates jobs in West Africa — Daniel Heyman, MBA ’14

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High fashion startup creates jobs in West Africa — Daniel Heyman, MBA ’14

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:43 PM PST

In the world’s poorest regions, there is no single path to development. Government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private enterprises all have roles to play. Bureh engages with Sierra Leone’s private sector to promote, at a grass roots level, private enterprise and the entrepreneurs who will make this happen, all while being a socially responsible, for-profit company itself.
I recently started Bureh with two colleagues I worked with at MIT’s Jameel Poverty Action Lab in Sierra Leone. Bureh makes cloth belts that we have begun selling online and in a London. In coming months, we will market these colorful fashion accessories in select stores in the United States and Europe.