inBUSINESS Issue 14

‘Love Lightens Labour’
at Galaxy Liquids
You know it’s ‘the real McCoy’ when workaholics and ‘alcoholics’ meet in a happy symbiosis at a
confluence of cocktails that sits on wooden pallets inside which Phemelo and Bone mix stimulating
beverages in recycled atcha jars for their cucumbered customers. However, as RAYMOND
MOREMI reports, even the sober and the slow-on-the-bottle are catered for at Galaxy Liquids
where getting plastered is not compulsory
Running a business can be a matter of passion,
especially when the enterprise is fired up by
romance. Such is the case in the partnership of
Phemelo Kabomo and Bone Babuseng, the latest
pair of lovebirds in Botswana’s growing ranks of
‘co-preneurs,’ as business partners who share a
personal life are called.
These are two young visionaries – each aged 22 - whose
individual hunger for success is making a perfect combination
for quaintly-named Galaxy Liquids, a one-year old self-funded
mobile bar service company that is on every party planner’s wish
list in Gabs because it is taking the art and craft of mixing drinks
to a new level.
The duo’s one-time realisation that all the food stalls at a
friend’s private event were taken up and a desire to meet the
people’s expectations with a touch of class was the impetus
behind their quirky business venture. They set up a beverages
stall that became an instant hit with everyone at the event.
Following this success, it seemed only natural for them to
join forces and register a start-up that would provide bespoke
cocktails, customised drinks and a wide range of personalised
beverages in a mobile bar setting. The results have been nothing
short of awe-inspiring.
Made of wooden pallets, the hip bar brings a refreshing
approach to recycling by using what would have been discarded
atchar bottles which are obtained by arrangement from Choppies
for use as jars to serve their creative cocktails in, and customers
are happily sipping away. This is an eco-friendly bar where there
is never any question of compromising ethics for style or vice
versa.
Says Phemelo: “Our partnership with the Choppies
supermarket chain shows our earth-friendly approach to
business. We dare to be different from the competition by
recycling while remaining current and relevant. We may not be
experts in environmental science but we are demonstrating use
of post-consumer material.”
The mobile bar service is largely an untapped market in
Botswana. And while there are a few start-ups, Galaxy Liquids
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