GUINEAN IMMIGRANTS IN FRANCE SEND FOOD HOME ONLINE
Written by U.S Immigration News Monday, 05 March 2012 01:12
Intercontinental grocery shopping, a recently launched website
offers a new way for Guineans
abroad to support family back home. As an alternative to traditional funds transfer companies,
Wontara.com gives Guinean migrants the opportunity to buy groceries online so recipients in
Guinea can immediately pick them up from their local grocer against a simple phone transaction, or
even have them delivered to their home.
Forty one year-old Guinean engineer, Aboubakar Kourouma-founder of the project, said this “e-
social transfer” is a new concept that aims to ensure food security and contribute to the local
economy. Kourouma came to France six years ago with no papers. The idea for Wontara came
to him while working...
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