Small businesses struggling financially at ByWard Market’s Vendor Village

It was billed as a way to bring more activity and energy to the ByWard Market, but less than three months in businesses say they are struggling at the Vendor Village on George Street.

Nigerian entrepreneur and talent manager Ubi Franklin has shared an investment idea he believes could generate billions of naira by providing capital to small food vendors operating in busy and densely populated areas.

For Custom Mobile’s hand-made stainless-steel food wagons and trucks, competition is cheap foreign carts and Wawa.