According to Emmanuel, the business started after exiting the oil and gas industry in 2015, having worked their for 24 years. Then the company, Sapetro, gave him an exit package and approached a bank, which agreed to partner with him after providing his counterpart funding to start Bumpahav Bakery.According to him, “many things motivated me to go into baking; one of them was to become an employer of labour. An industry is as good as its practitioners.
“Furthermore, as an entrepreneur, you may not get all the necessary support from the government that you desire. You must be the type that does not take no for an answer to succeed, and most importantly, you must be streetwise and know your business very well.