Salimata Bangoura, the founder of Yamacu, a West African fusion beverage company known for their locally handcrafted ginger drinks, immigrated to the United States from Mali at the age of 14. After COVID regulations led to the shutdown of Yamacu’s first brick and mortar location in March of 2019, customers began reaching out because they couldn’t get the desired ginger drinks anywhere else. Salimata heard about Biz-M-Power through CommonWealth Kitchen, who was aware of Yamacu’s need to purchase juicing equipment to keep up with demand. After launching her Biz-M-Power crowdfunding campaign, it took off.
