Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), is a competition set up by Alibaba Group co-founder Jack Ma under his African Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI). ABH wants to identify entrepreneurs making an impact in their communities and to build an inclusive economy for the future.
The 2020 edition had 22 000 applicants from twenty-one countries, half of the applicants were female and in a wide range of fields including, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, health, renewable energy fashion and ICT.
From the pool of applicants ABH has narrowed them down to 50 finalists. Among those finalists is Zimbabwean financial solutions company Money Mart Financing.
What is Money Mart Financing?
Money Mart Financing is a micro-finance business that is run by Ethel Chiwara-Mupambwa. They say they have unique solutions and well researched solutions to address the issues such as financial exclusion for entrepreneurs, providing energy to rural areas and in vulnerable communities.
Their website says that they have more than 5000 clients, the majority of them being women, they have disbursed loans of over 3 million dollars and have installed solar lighting in more than 500 homes.
Their head office is in Harare, but they also have branches in Mbare, Mutare, Bindura, Gweru, and Mhondoro.
Hearty congratulations to Money Mart Finance and wish them all the very best in the final stages of Africa’s Business Heroes.
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