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Watch Hamissi Mamba’s Keynote from BUILD Institute’s Build Your Biz Summit

BUILD alum Hamissi Mamba of Baobab Fare recently competed on an episode of Chopped on the Food Network and WON! He is donating his $10,000 prize winnings to Burundi Kids (a nonprofit dedicated to the health and education for women and children in Burundi) and Freedom House (a non-profit supporting asylum seekers in Michigan).

Hamissi and his wife and co-owner Nadia Nijimbere opened Baobab Fare’s New Center location in 2021, and we couldn’t be more proud of all their accomplishments since then!

Watch Hamissi’s keynote talk at BUILD Institute’s Build Your Biz Summit where he tells his story:

 

To the BUILD Institute Community,

On behalf of the BUILD Institute Board of Directors, we want to share that the Board has made the decision to pause operations at the end of 2025.

We recognize that we are living in a time of great uncertainty for small business support organizations across Michigan. This moment offers us an opportunity to reassess how BUILD delivers on its mission, retool our programming, and evaluate new partnership opportunities and our overall business model to ensure long-term sustainability and impact.

In the coming months, we will continue all scheduled programming through December to ensure that all commitments to entrepreneurs and partners are honored. During this time, we will also explore new ways to align our work with the evolving needs of our community, including our network of over 3,000 alums.

Please join us in showing appreciation for the team members and facilitators who have served Detroit’s entrepreneurs and supported BUILD’s mission since our founding in 2012.

If you have any questions about this decision or what it means in the near term, please email us at [email protected].

Thank you for your continued support and for being part of BUILD’s legacy of inclusive entrepreneurship.

With gratitude,
The BUILD Institute Board of Directors