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Conakry plans 13 modern butcher’s shops and over 500 jobs

By , based on Mosaiqueguinee

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A project plans to create 13 modern butcher’s shops in Greater Conakry, with 143 sales stalls and more than 500 direct and indirect jobs expected. The scheme will also include 15 refrigerated lorries and 78 tricycles to transport meat, according to Mosaiqueguinee.

Thirteen modern butcher’s shops are to be established in Greater Conakry as part of a programme to modernise the management and distribution of meat, reports Mosaiqueguinee.

The project is expected to create more than 500 direct and indirect jobs, while aiming to improve the quality of meat sold to residents of the Guinean capital and surrounding areas, according to Mosaiqueguinee.

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