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Creze empowers SMEs in Mexico, and so can you
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 22 October 2021We’re excited to announce digital lending platform Creze as our newest investment opportunity.
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Lease-to-own with Tugende in Uganda
Written by Lynn Hamerlinck on 28 October 2021
Our newest investment opportunity comes to us from Uganda. Learn more about how Tugende's lease-to-own model helps motorcycle taxi drivers grow.
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 22 October 2021
Accial and Lendahand team up to create even more impact
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 27 September 2021Lendahand’s selection of co-financing partners is growing. We are excited to introduce you to our newest co-financing partner Accial Capital.
Mind the gap, Lendahand receives USAID grant of 1.2 million dollar to help close the gender gap
Women entrepreneurs are a driving force behind a healthy economy worldwide. But for that they have to be given the right opportunities. Lendahand is now going to (and able to) do something about that.
Reliable electrical power equals a stronger economy and better quality of life: Here's what Sollatek is doing about it
StoriesWritten by Charity Nyawira on 16 September 2021Lendahand got a chance to visit one of our portfolio companies, Sollatek Electronics Kenya, to find out how their products and services impact the community.
The Emergence of the Everyday Investor
InvestingWritten by Koen The on 31 August 2021What does financial inclusion means for developed countries where most people have a bank account? As wealth management is transferring from boomers to zoomers, everyday investors become more relevant to the market. CEO Koen reflects on the move from ‘haute finance’ to ‘power to the crowd’.
The Pinch of Financial Exclusion
ImpactWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 18 August 2021This blog post briefly touches on what financial exclusion means and how financial inclusion can help entrepreneurship thrive.
Investing with a Gender Lens: How to?
In this series, Lendahand investor Marlous van Oorschot shares her experience with Gender Lens Investing. Read how she does it here.
A tour of our MFI offerings on four continents
InvestingWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 28 July 2021Entrepreneurship is the fundamental basis of the microfinance approach to poverty alleviation. That's where it matches so well with the mission of Lendahand. Here's an overview of the local financial institutions in our portfolio that finance SMEs in emerging markets.
How do we get more people in emerging markets into the formal economy? Simple, make money cheaper.
InvestingWritten by Koen The on 22 July 2021As an economics student you learn about the 'law of one price': the concept that the price of identical assets should be the same. Then after college, as a student of life, you quickly realize that what you learned as an economics student is simplistic and detached from reality. In other words, horse crap.
New at Lendahand: Financing SMEs in their Local Currency
UpdatesWritten by Koen The on 19 July 2021In addition to investments in Euros (EUR) and U.S. Dollars (USD), Lendahand is adding a third opportunity to our portfolio: investing in the SMEs local currencies. This new addition increases the access to financing for entrepreneurs in emerging markets without adding currency exchange risk for you.
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