Agness’ Story
Agness Mpinganjira has a business selling milk to people in her village. She also has four children who are all financially dependent on her. After leaving school at fifteen and having her first child...
Success Stories
Mrs Mkonde: A Super Entrepreneur
Mrs Alifosina Mkonde turned her starter loans and training into a small business empire slowly lifting her whole community out of poverty. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to over half of the world’s ...
Patricia’s story
83% of the women we support live below the poverty line before joining MicroLoan. This means they are forced to survive on little over £1 a day. Now imagine doing this as a mum. Imagine having to ...
Anna Bazier: Mother and Entrepreneur
MicroLoan works primarily with women because they are proven to be more reliable borrowers, and evidence also shows that women will spend their income on their family. The Harvard Business Review ...
Margaret Butao
There are an estimated 980 million unbanked women in sub-Saharan Africa. Without access to funds or employment women and girls become even more vulnerable to the consequences of poverty. MicroLoan ...
Supporting families impacted by climate change
Families are being forced to rely on scarce natural resources to survive but with MicroLoan’s support they can create a more sustainable livelihood. Alice, Potifala and their three young children ...