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Take a ride to a better future

Posted in Borrower Testimonials, tagged , , , , , , , on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

      Setting up an appointment with taxidriver- and owner Deonesios Kamotho Gikunju turns out to be not so easy. He’s a busy man, and if you want to meet him for an interview you have to go where he goes. Business comes first. So I drive through most of Nairobi (which also isn’t [...]

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Steel – a sure thing in a booming economy

Posted in Borrower Testimonials, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

You can hear the company ”Steel Converters” long before you can actually see it, the angle grinders, the hammering, the sound of steel  dumped on steel. Led by the sound I soon  find my way through the gate to a business, where welding sparks are flying in all directions. I am somewhere along Thika Road, [...]

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“People also want chairs…”

Posted in Borrower Testimonials, News from Africa, tagged , , , , , on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

On a rainy afternoon in Kampala, I meet with Lwanyaga Haruna by the side of a busy road. His warm smile immediately welcomes me. “Do you want to see the store rooms, the workshop, or my show room?” he asks proudly. He knows that I have come together with a loan officer from Gatsby Microfinance [...]

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Creating Ear Awareness in Ghana

Posted in Borrower Testimonials, News from Africa, tagged , , , , , , on January 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In May last year, during my first trip to Ghana, I remember noticing a colourful billboard on the side of a busy road in Accra advertising for Krispat Ear Centre (GH) Ltd. I recognised the name from somewhere, but only later that evening did I realise where I had first been introduced to this small [...]

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School – some go to eat, some to learn

Posted in Borrower Testimonials, News from Africa, tagged , , , , , , , on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Today I witnessed two scenarios, one from a distance, one close up. Todays “Daily Nation” here i Nairobi ran a story from Samburu, one of the drought affected areas in Kenya. People die from hunger now. The story focused on two year old Leguto Lemalile who now, in spite of her very young age, is in school, [...]

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Nairobi trip , character building path, take 1

Posted in News from Africa, tagged , , , , , , on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We stroll carefully on the unpaved road, passing a huge market. The place is buzzing with mainly food stalls, small M-Pesa agent hunts and clothing stalls. Business is a little slow despite that the pedestrians are rushing by quickly but skilfully to avoid muddy potholes on the road and to dodge other pedestrians. “HONK!” A [...]

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