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PUM has served over 40,000 customers since 1978. Over the years therefore, we have collected thousands of stories and best practices. Do you want to be inspired? Please read the stories below.
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Cooperation between PUM and SNV lifts Kenyan dairy industry to higher level PUM and SNV have since 2013 bundled their knowledge and experience in Kenya as part of the Kenya Market-led Dairy Programme (KMDP). Purpose of this partnership is to raise the standard of the Kenyan dairy industry. |
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Green enterprising - recycling in Peru 'As long as there are no penalties, why should we recycle? This is how entrepreneurs in Peru think about recycling.' The quote is from Alonso Saavedra, CEO of Green Recycling Peru SAC. |
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Trading nation in its infancy Together with project officer Maribel Monge Perez, country coordinator Kees ‘Cornelio’ Lindenburg makes up team Colombia. |
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Knowledge transfer leads to successful business practice in South Africa Education is the first step towards a better life in South Africa. These are the opening lines of the business plan of the young South African founder of ‘Pimp My Book’. |
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Designing the future of ice cream in the Palestinian territories A PUM mission in 2012 gave the Al-Arz Ice Cream Company in the Palestinian Territories the architectural plans they needed for growth. |
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Healthy business for poulty farms What used to be a flourishing business, generating multimillions in turnover, had become nothing more than row after row of empty coops. |
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Palestinian Sensory Box is sky rocketing Palestinian market – and soon beyond Iris Solutions is an innovative IT firm based in Ramallah, which focuses primarily on the implementation of interactive systems for multi-sensory stimulation rooms. |
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Special bakery mission in Lebanon Although Lebanon is not at war, life there remains far from easy. These are difficult economic times for the country. The vast influx of refugees from neighbouring Syria has placed considerable strain on relations. |
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Realising the dream in Nepal When a senior expert advises a business, he or she quickly understands its potential for international trade. |
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A perfect match PUM expert Pim Bergsma conducted a 'very special mission' for a wholesale company in Zimbabwe that suffered hard times during the country’s cash crash in 2007. |
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