Pharmaco 2000

Under the behest of JIBA International, an organisation similar to Chamber of Commerce, a group of Pharmacists evolved the idea of combining forces to combat the competition provided by the major stakeholders in the trade. The name Pharmaco Jiba was adopted and formalised in 1994 with 35 participating members. In 1996, the firm then generating a tiny income was registered as a limited firm. A proportion of the profits were diverted towards charities, a principle still upheld by the board of directors. The firm doubled in size in the ensuing years purely by way of recommendations, although the commercial activities stagnated because of the lack of support from suppliers in the trade.