3 Victoria Kisyombe and SELFINA
Building a Leasing Business in Tanzania
Maya Perl-Kot
Women in Tanzania needed all manner of equipment to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams: coolers and freezers, sewing machines, baking ovens, gravel-making machines, tractors and trucks. But they lacked the funds. With the support of her family, Victoria Kisyombe, a veterinarian by training, organized what eventually became Tanzania’s largest leasing company focusing on extending micro-credit to women.
SELFINA, a micro-leasing business that Victoria Kisyombe envisioned ...
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