We invite the leaders of all financial lending institutions to innovate immediately and increase their impact within their respective economies.
We challenge each lender to consider how they can produce an even stronger economy by providing responsible credit to their MSME clients.
Our 15 years of experience demonstrate that by coupling credit with education and technology economies improve rapidly and at scale.
Who we work with
Necessity entrepreneurs are individuals in developing countries who start small enterprises out of necessity. They range from street vendors and mechanics to university-educated hopefuls with little access to significant formal employment that meets their financial needs.
The one thing that unites them is the need to survive and provide for their families. An estimated one billion individuals in both developed and developing nations can be defined as necessity entrepreneurs–individuals who have no other viable option for licit income than to start a small, income-generating activity.
