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upOwa 9

With EUR 200,000 upOwa can order 1820 Solar Home Systems that will be installed in family homes in the West Region in Cameroon.

Direct investment
10 new jobs
9100 people reached
1820 solar systems installed

Issuer

€200,000

Amount

48 months

Maturity

6.25%

Annualized interest

82%

Still €34,350 needed, 50 days to go

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Our crowd has accomplished great things

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Total invested

40 M

Already repaid

7,300

Jobs created

2,700

Projects funded

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Our experienced team selects proven companies and local partners that need funding to grow their businesses. We then put these on the site as “projects” for you to crowdfund.

New projects are available every week

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You choose which projects you want to crowdfund based on what’s most important to you, such as job creation or environmental impact.

Make a difference in developing countries

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Help improve local communities by creating jobs, improving their access to basic needs, and building a sustainable financial system that benefits everyone.

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Receive repayments in your account every six months and never pay a monthly fee, ever.

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Winner Best Crowdfunding Platform 2018 & 2019 by IEX.nl

“Lendahand won on the basis of strong performance in terms of growth, costs, transparency, and the continued development of services in 2019. With this, Lendahand rightly retains the title of ‘Crowdfunding Platform of the Year’.”
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100% of the investors would recommend Lendahand
Average of 1016 customer experiences

Clear n good - anonymous

Positive investment possibilities, quick responses to queries. Just 1 technical issue: when paying with MasterCard, the payment stays in the basket as if it ...- Darcia De Man

Easy investment and decent returns for an investment with a positive impact- anonymous

understandable, intuitive, satisfying- anonymous

Overall, as a P2P investor, it is good to see impact lending getting better traction. However, I do think that the interest rates generally are too low. Ther...- anonymous

Quick aprovement as investor, easy to use website and human projects- Roy

investments for the past 2 years- anonymous

It's a perfect way to help people develop. The interest rate contains a high human value- Eduardo

Quick feedback in case of questions. Good diversity of projects (supporting local communities, manufacturing, sustainable/ecological, ...) both through local...- anonymous

I just had to confirm that I was a tax resident in the Netherlands in order to proceed with my new investments, although this is not true. Thanks to adapt th...- Patrick Goodman

I just received my first repayment and reinvested my wallet balance into a new project. Easy, fast and no hassle! Keep up the great work, Lendahand! - Erna

Quick responses, great service. Even for the very small investor like me!- Anonymous

When I created an account, the website went to a blank page after every time I clicked "next". Not a great first impression. I managed to open an account any...- Wiesje vand en heerik

Overall positive. Projects and partners seem to be well selected. The selection / due diligence, however, is not transparent. Lendahand could improve on pr...- Anonymous

Very positive. Great initiative. Proud to be partnering with you soon on PlusPlus (I am working for Solidaridad). Some minor glitches in the process. Some...- Ronald Visser

So far so good- Anonymous

I like the kind of projects in you can invsest, always supporting small communitites. I feel that my money is helping some people.- Anonymous

I feel that these are amazing projects. Looking forward to the future.- Oscar

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Great experience- Carola Bieniek

ACABO DE HACER MI PRIMERA INVERSIÓN, NECESITO UN POCO DE TIEMPO PARA PODER OPINAR- Antía

Very reliable platform.- Anonymous

I agreed to investe a small amount in two projects. One is fully funded.- Cedric

It's good and intuitive. The only two exceptions to that are that the e-wallet overview doesn't include projects that I invested in but haven't started yet a...- Linus Grob

The website is very clear and easy to use. So far payments are on time, but i only started investing here 10 months ago - Rogier

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