'Starbox' and 'Kafory Fried Chicken' are taking off in Sudan
You may have heard about the various Chinese knockoffs of American fast food chains that have sprung up as that country’s population has developed more Western eating habits.
The Chinese, it seems, are not the only ones trying to pull a fast (food) one.
Bloomberg’s Bassem Abo Alabass Mohammed reports that a coffee bar/bistro called Starbox and a fried chicken outlet called Kafory have taken off in Sudan, which the U.S. has designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.
“I have a good customer base and I’m looking into opening more branches,” Atef Abdullah, the owner of Kafory, told Mohammed recently; gesturing at the company emblem of a grinning, avuncular gentleman, Abdullah told Mohammed, “That’s a picture of my brother, not ‘Colonel Sanders.'”