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Supporting African Artisans at Work and Beyond

Posted by Tyana Smith
On May 16, 2019

In honor of the one-year anniversary of our official launch party, we’re catching up with one of our very first borrowers, All Across Africa. Since our investment in late 2017, All Across Africa has: Employed 400 new artisans. Provided solar lights to their artisans in Rwanda on a lease-to-own model, 37% below market price. This…

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Borrower Spotlight: All Across Africa

Posted by Lauren Grattan
On January 31, 2018

All Across Africa’s mission is to create jobs and markets to alleviate poverty in Africa. All Across Africa (AAA) is a social enterprise accelerating artisan integration into the global economy by facilitating access to foreign markets. AAA’s unique supply chain model includes training and employing over 3,000 artisans in five countries in Africa, primarily women. A…