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EQ Tech Africa

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  • With a loan of EUR 20,400 EQ Tech Africa can continue to work on bigger electricity projects and employ new potentials.

    €20,400
    Amount
    3.75%
    Interest
    6 months
    Maturity
    6 months
    Repayments
    EUR
    Currency
    Amount€20,400
    Interest3.75%
    Maturity6 months
    Repayments6 months
    CurrencyEUR
      100%
      Fully funded in 29 minutes on 12 June 2018.

      Summary

      EQ Tech Africa is an Engineering company whose directors, senior staff and employees provide services ranging from power generation to project consulting. The company has been operating for 8 years now and has primarily focussed on creating jobs for recent graduates. They also offer accredited traineeships for the previously disadvantaged and are closely involved in the personal development of their staff. EQ Tech Africa is a black women owned organization that has worked from the ground upwards to facilitate hundreds of household with electricity, but they also work on bigger projects, such as network construction on Table Mountain, Cape Town.

      EQ Tech Africa now needs a bridging loan so they can continue to work on bigger projects and employ new potentials, who can be trained to become a valuable addition to their operations.

      Company nameEQ Tech Africa
      CEODevapala Chetty
      Founded2010-01-01
      LocationCape Town
      SectorSustainable energy projects
      Turnover€1,019,714.47
      Employees22

      Impact

      More than 40% of SMEs in Africa mention the lack of financing as the major factor limiting their growth. To help overcome this challenge, Lulalend offers access to funding to SMEs in South Africa by delivering working capital within 24 hours through their automated online platform.

      Easy access to working capital increases productivity and job creation, both necessary conditions to reduce poverty. A formal job creates impact on income and enables regularity of wages, allowing a family to plan for the future, save money, and improve access to credit, housing, and children’s education. It can lift unskilled workers out of poverty and allow skilled workers to enter the middle class. Therefore financing SMEs with growth potential is one of the key ingredients for inclusive growth.

       

      SDGs impacted

      With this project you are contributing to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

      SDG 1. No poverty

      SDG 8. Decent work and economic growth

      Read more about the impact you can make through our platform and the SDGs on our impact page.

      • With this investment 2 jobs are created
      • With this investment 10 lives are improved

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