“I’m Proud of Him”: Man Cooks Jollof Rice for Oyinbos, Impresses Them, Gets Over N200m For His Business
A smart entrepreneur, Gilles Tchianga, has become very popular online after his jollof rice pitch for $60,000 (N26,437,800) for his recipe company got 10 times what he bargained for.
Gilles, who is from Cameroon, pitched his business to foreign investors in a video shared by @cbcgem in exchange for a 10% stake in his company.
Sweet jollof rice taste
He narrated that his business idea started when he came to Canada and he could not easily get an African product even though he lived in a high multicultural society.
The man then went ahead to mix jollof rice sauce into raw rice. He said with the recipe, jollof rice could be made in a short while.
Not only is he a good entrepreneur, but Tchianga also amazed the investors with his language skill. He can speak French, Italian and his local language.
Watch his video below:
@cbcgem try not to cry at this emotional pitch from Gilles Tchianga and Taltis Foods 🥹 (📺: Dragons’ Den) #dragonsden
As at the time of writing this report, the video has gathered over 11 million views with thousands of reactions.
Some of the reactions below:
Amylilian said:
“Awe I wanted to order but doesn’t ship to U.S.”
blessed9tail said:
“Not me crying at 12:21 on a Wednesday.”
I’m not real said:
“His personality is so amazing. Very genuine.”
evan said:
“He speaks his native language, english, italian AND french thats amazing.”
Zianna May said:
“This man was my science teacher and has always tried creating new things. Amazed how he still continued.”
Je.Suis.Aliyah said:
“I’ve never rooted for someone so hard. I’m so proud of this man and I don’t even know him.”
