Blessings don’t always come dressed as such; sometimes they come clothed as disaster. In 2016, a Typhoid Fever epidemic broke out. A very close friend fell victim, but there was no money for treatment. Abdallah was beginning to give when an elderly lady – who only served to confirm the adage that old age is wisdom – advised him to use tamarind to treat him. It didn’t make sense, but without any other option, Abdallah obliged. He couldn’t believe his eyes when his friend slowly began to regain strength. It was nothing short of a miracle! More critically, it spurred Abdallah on.

“This is how I started increasing my tamarind juice production,” he says. “I used capital of just UGX20,000, three-litre capacity saucepans and energy-saving stoves in my rented room.”
On Eid Day in 2018, Abdallah called his friends who tasted the product, and he was immensely pleased when they declared that they liked it. From then on there was no turning back.