Regulator returns, licence registers and off-grid operator filings.
Data sourced in English, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Swahili, Amharic, Hausa and many more.
Formally registered MSMEs across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Unmet credit demand from those businesses, on the thinnest lending base anywhere.
Sub-Saharan Africa aggregate. MSME Economic Indicators 2019; MSME Finance Gap 2017.
Portfolio at risk below 4% for eight straight quarters in regulator filings, with branch openings outpacing funding. Looking to diversify lender base.
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