{"id":6538,"date":"2023-08-05T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T12:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startup.info\/?p=6538\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T21:10:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T21:10:30","slug":"yeli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bonjouridee.com\/en\/yeli\/","title":{"rendered":"YELI proposes eco friendly paper bags from recycled paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>  <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I was born in the rural area of Mbale, Uganda, I moved to Kampala on a half bursary to study at an advanced level. It later became a hurdle to cater for my needs while at school after my parents became unemployed. In 2008, at the age of 16, I saw a market opportunity in creating paper bags. As the Ugandan government leaned towards a ban on use of polythene plastic bags, I decided to venture into an environmentally friendly project of paper bag production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With no initial capital, I cleaned the environment by collecting used plastic bottles and sold them to a plastic recycling plant. After I had raised my initial seed capital of 36,000 Ugandan shillings ($14), I soon started making paper bags at a small scale while still in high school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2010, I registered my new company, Youth Entrepreneurial Link Investments (YELI). YELI was the first local registered paper bag and envelope producing company in Uganda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Link to online video (if available)\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/01\/23\/business\/paper-bag-empire-andrew-mupuya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/01\/23\/business\/paper-bag-empire-andrew-mupuya<\/a>\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Your products and services\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We make Eco friendly paper bags and envelopes from recycled paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Your success factors\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Quality and eco friendly products<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Human capital<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Business strategy alignment<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Your factors differentiating and disruptive compared to the existing\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Close relationship with clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Quality and eco friendly products<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After sale services like delivery services<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Serving client&#8217;s needs<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Your business model (how do you make money?)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We make money by manufacturing eco friendly paper bags and distributing them to clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>A few words about your competitors<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My biggest competitors are based in Nairobi Kenya, i have an advantage over them because I am close to clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Local competitors, are still below my quality stardards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">If you find a good quality paper bag in Uganda, \u00a0its either mine or imported<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Your website\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.yelipaper-bags.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in the rural area of Mbale, Uganda, I moved to Kampala on a half bursary to study at an advanced level. 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