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Start a local-market reselling business

Buy wholesale (vegetables, staples, household goods), resell retail in your neighbourhood. The most accessible trade: low capital, fast turnover.

Starting capital: 25 000 – 150 000 XOF
🏛️ Institutional program

Financement DER/FJ — nano-crédit, micro-crédit et TPE/PME

Operated by DER/FJ

La DER/FJ finance les femmes et les jeunes porteurs de projets : nano-crédit (10 000 à 500 000 FCFA), micro-crédit (jusqu'à 1 million), TPE/PME (1 à 50 millions) et structuration de chaînes de valeur. Dossier : CNI, plan d'affaires simplifi...

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💰 Financing: Loan · 10 000 – 50 000 000 XOF
🧭 Support structures:
ADEPME · Sourced from public research — not yet claimed DER Innovation Lab · Sourced from public research — not yet claimed CTIC Dakar · Sourced from public research — not yet claimed Jokkolabs Dakar · Sourced from public research — not yet claimed SENAGORA · Sourced from public research — not yet claimed
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  1. 1

    Pick a product and a spot

    Start with ONE product your neighbourhood buys daily: vegetables, fruit, charcoal, dairy, phone credit. Watch the nearest market for two days: what runs out? What sells before noon?

  2. 2

    Find a reliable wholesaler

    Wholesale markets (Thiaroye, Castors, Tilène in Dakar) open early — arrive before 7am. Compare three wholesalers before buying; ask for per-bag and half-bag prices. On Oppium, wholesaler offers land directly in your feed.

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  3. 3

    Work out your margin before buying

    Simple rule: neighbourhood resale price − wholesale price − transport = margin per unit. If the margin is under 15%, change product or wholesaler. Record every purchase and sale from day one, even in a notebook.

  4. 4

    Sort out transport

    For small volumes, shared minibuses work. From one full bag, negotiate a regular transporter — a fixed per-trip price beats paying ad hoc. Transport offers are visible on Oppium.

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  5. 5

    Fund the growth

    Reinvest the first weeks' margin before borrowing. To step up (permanent stock, fixed stall), DER/FJ and microfinance institutions fund small traders — bring your sales notebook as evidence.

    ↗ DER/FJ ↗ ADEPME
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