Maka received a loan from one of RAIN’s Savings & Loans groups. She used her loan to start her own store – in fact, it’s the first and only store in her community. Maka’s store sells tea, coffee, couscous, salt, batteries, soup, sardines, and more. This is an ambitious step above buying and reselling a few products. It’s good for Maka and her family and it’s also good for the community. She says “I’m proud I succeeded” and “I’m not going to stop – I plan to grow the store so it’s even bigger.” Maka finished paying off her loan and now the store, and everything in it belongs to her 100%.
Maka on Starting Her own Store
Programs That Helped Maka
Women’s Entrepreneurship
Niger is ranked last of 189 countries in the UN’s Human Development Index and ranks near the bottom of the list for the Gender Inequality Index.
Income loss associated with Niger’s gender gap is estimated to be 32 percent of GDP. We believe that with the right support, women’s enterprises succeed.
Our Women’s Entrepreneurship programs train cohorts of women in the basics of financial literacy and business practice. ...
