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๐Ÿ”Ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š

When I first landed in Benin for a market development assignment, I thought I was prepared.

I had done what every consultant does.
โ€ข ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†.
โ€ข ๐‘ซ๐’๐’˜๐’๐’๐’๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’”.
โ€ข ๐‘บ๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’Š๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’„๐’“๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”.

๐Ÿ‘‰ I only needed one thing to finalize my projections: updated population data.
๐‘บ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†, ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•?

So I visited government offices expecting ...