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    After a Pandemic the Lull of Eight Months, Local Startup Snags a Glimpse of Business Bang in Sierra Leone

    Posted On 29 Nov 2020
    By : New Africa Business News, Staff Correspondent
    Comments: 8

    By Abdul Rahman Bangura–

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    NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS (NABN) Freetown, Sierra Leone-  Consequently, with the eruption of the Novel Coronavirus in Sierra Leone, the monthly event was interrupted. The Chemist Founder – Emeric Elliott and his team veered around to home rescues as a stay at home order and a curfew was were in place to thwart the disease.

    “We used to cater for weddings and parties but all that came to a halt in March when the first case of Coronavirus was registered here in Sierra Leone,” mumbles Elliot.

    “The first game night since Covid-19 had a great turnout, way more than the way we anticipated. It was like we never even stopped, the turnout was more this time than in March before we shut down.”

    Preceding to closing each game night had 150 tables, to obey social distancing guidelines, they curtailed seating capacity to just 50 tables and still made more money.

    Elliott retreated to Sierra Leone after finishing from Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom with an MBA. He joined Genet and Partners, his father’s printing business. While living overseas, he nurtured an enthusiasm for bartending. He inaugurated the Chemist in 2018 to give Freetown’s young professional clientele an alternative night out experience.

    “I had been discussing with a friend about starting a games night for young professionals, but we never got through with finalizing it, ” noted Elliot.

    ”Once the cocktail business idea started brewing, I decided to organize a games night every month.”

    The first game night was in January 2019. He says that what brings the crowds is not just the games but the fact that the events are well organized and the lure of getting people to have great experience.

    “I realized people liked hanging out at restaurants but many times, they can’t go there because of the cost of food and drinks. So to bridge that gap, I work with venues to do a menu that is cheaper than what they usually sell so that people get to go to these various venues on the games night,” affirmed Elliot.

    The game nights have grown. The first event had 100 people turn up but just before the pandemic hit the games night was pulling upward of 500 people each month.

    Social media has been key to reaching customers. The Chemist uses Instagram to post updates about its events. The drink inspirations can come from anywhere.

    “We get our drinks locally and internationally. We do tastings from time to time and use internationally recognized recipes as well,” says Elliott.

    “Just like in school, chemistry is all about the mixture of elements and so since cocktails are a mixed drink, this birthed the idea for the name–The Chemist”

    The Chemists is a mixture of cocktails, games, food, networking, and tourism. When Elliott is not mixing drinks and coming up with new local cocktail recipes on the weekends, he manages Genet and Partners.

    He says what’s made his events popular is that he tried to create something unusual. The Chemist will be celebrating their second anniversary in December.

     

    For New Africa Business News (NABN) Abdul Rahman Bangura Reports,  Africa Correspondent

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    8 Comments

    1. Edwin November 29, 2020 at 12:19 am Reply

      Thank you for the newsletters. Leeds England. Edwin

      • New Africa Business News, Staff Correspondent November 29, 2020 at 12:20 am Reply

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    2. Taye November 29, 2020 at 12:28 am Reply

      Many thanks for the report. Business ideas are always good to pursue, see how is going to end. An African proverb said, you need to play before you win. Let us all play with our African great beautiful ideas and we would all win, together. Dodoma Tanzania. Taye

      • New Africa Business News, Staff Correspondent November 29, 2020 at 12:29 am Reply

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    3. Akwasi November 29, 2020 at 12:40 am Reply

      Thank you for the report. Business start ups are growing all over the Continent. That’s a great news. Our governments need to invest lot more money for the start ups. Time to create our own. Accra Ghana. Akwasi

      • New Africa Business News, Staff Correspondent November 29, 2020 at 12:41 am Reply

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    4. Shaaban November 30, 2020 at 12:15 am Reply

      Creating more businesses is Africa. Nairobi Kenya. Shaaban

      • New Africa Business News, Staff Correspondent November 30, 2020 at 12:16 am Reply

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