In fact, our 67 members of staff are drawn from different parts of Africa. What plans do you have for Homebaze going forward? We would like to take the brand national. It would be good to find people in other parts of the country who share the same vision and put some capital in their hands
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to open up branches there. The big companies today did not do it alone. They engaged others with similar interests. We are careful to find people who have the same passion as we wouldn’t want someone to come and ruin what years of sacrifice and commitment have built. We took a big risk in venturing into the untried area of establishing a classy African restaurant and breaking the mind-set
that our food does not belong in up market areas. With all these ventures, do you find time for anything else? Yes I do. I have learnt how to delegate which enables me to manage my time and do many other things. I was recently heading the committee that organised the