{"id":48644,"date":"2024-12-01T18:08:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/delivery-startup-makes-black-friday-possible-for-favelas-in-sao-paulo"},"modified":"2024-12-01T18:56:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T18:56:19","slug":"delivery-startup-makes-black-friday-possible-for-favelas-in-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/delivery-startup-makes-black-friday-possible-for-favelas-in-sao-paulo","title":{"rendered":"Delivery startup makes Black Friday possible for favelas in Sao Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>A start-up based in Sao Paulo&#8217;s second-largest favela, Paraisopolis, says it will make some eighty-thousand deliveries around the city&#8217;s favelas during this year\u2019s Black Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The company began modestly in 2020, aiming to meet the needs of residents who constantly had their deliveries denied by companies.<\/p>\n<p>Many areas were controlled by drug dealers, and they featured very narrow streets and mixed-up addresses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be the biggest Black Friday in the history of Favela Brasil Xpress. We had a growth in demand of more than 70% in the volume we normally operate,\u201d said Giva Pereira, a resident of Paraisopolis and the company&#8217;s CEO.<\/p>\n<p>The project initially managed 100 deliveries per day, but now the Paraisopolis unit alone handles around 4,000 daily deliveries, expanding operations to nearby upper- and middle-class neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>With six new distribution centers and 250 employees, the surge in purchases is creating more jobs to meet growing demand.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of favelas such as Paraisopolis are becoming more integrated into the consumer market and increasing their online purchases every day.<\/p>\n<p>This month, the project reached the delivery of 2 billion reais (around USD 332 million) worth of goods, with almost 3 million deliveries in these four years.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is also to share their knowledge with leaders from other favelas to replicate the successful business model.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the total number of favelas in Brazil has more than doubled in the last decade, jumping from 6,329 to 13,151.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. 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