Market expansion

Malifolkecenter and UNEP have played an important role in providing investment capital for Sodigaz to increase its storage capacity to 200 tonnes and about 60,000 bottles. Due to increasing demand, the stock is still not sufficient to get Sodigaz through shortages. The entrepreneur pointed out that Mali actually has the lowest stock capacity in the sub-region. After the initial investment, Malifolkecenter has helped with networking and sharing training and business opportunities that may help Sodigaz. While both of these stakeholders have an interest in Sodigaz's success, their influence is currently limited.

Sodigaz does not have any other investors at this time, but the head entrepreneur identified financial banks was one of the stakeholders with the most potential to make a positive impact on the company. Sodigaz continues to grow and needs additional capital to increase capacity. Thus, investors currently have no influence, but could play a major role in the future.

The head entrepreneur views his staff as a low importance stakeholder. Perhaps this is because he sees most of them as very easily replaced. On the contrary, the Malifolkecenter informant listed the staff as one of the three biggest strengths of the company. It is difficult to evaluate who is correct, but generally, the staff of any business is an important stakeholder.