We leverage mobile to provide credit and to distribute tailored financial literacy content to women and adolescent girls who own micro-enterprises in Africa.
Our customers are members of locally registered groups of between 10-25 members based on their business type (mostly common business type in close proximity). The loan products are issued to individuals but membership and continued participation in the registered groups is a prerequisite.
'Cherehani' is the Swahili name for sewing machine
Our customers are members of locally registered groups of between 10-25 members based on their business type (mostly common business type in close proximity). The loan products are issued to individuals but membership and continued participation in the registered groups is a prerequisite.
'Cherehani' is the Swahili name for sewing machine
Location: Kenya, Nairobi
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2014
Investors 2
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| - | DFS Lab | dfslab.net |
Mentions in press and media 5
| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.03.2019 | 20 African startups selected for the UK’s Go Global Africa programme | Twenty tech startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this week embarked upon a series of intensive workshops in London with market leaders and tech incubators — as part of the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Go ... |
| 29.03.2019 | 20 African startups selected for the UK’s Go Global Africa programme | Twenty tech startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this week embarked upon a series of intensive workshops in London with market leaders and tech incubators — as part of the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Go ... |
| 20.04.2018 | Fintech accelerator funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is investing in four African startups, bringing total to $1.2 million | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, also known as the Gates Foundation, is the largest private foundation in the US, holding $38 billion in assets. The foundation is well-known for its work to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, a... |
| 11.04.2018 | Fintech accelerator DFS Lab to invest $200k in four African startups | US-based fintech accelerator Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab) yesterday (11 April) announced that it will invest $200 000 in four African fintech startups, including Nobuntu, Cherehani Africa and NALA. In addition to the $50 000 in... |
| 11.04.2018 | Fintech accelerator DFS Lab to invest $200k in four African startups | US-based fintech accelerator Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab) yesterday (11 April) announced that it will invest $200 000 in four African fintech startups, including Nobuntu, Cherehani Africa and NALA. In addition to the $50 000 inv... |