NG724 This metal work firm started operation in 2019. Inability of of the firm owner to secure government job prompted him to venture into the business as means of survival. He has some apprentices who pay to learn the work … Continued
Three innovative projects are about to start. This newsletter only presents to you one of them, the other two will be disclosed in the next newsletter. Measuring whether the process of financial diaries has an impact on micro-entrepreneurs: The … Continued
The Corner Shop project records how small retail businesses are doing across the Covid-19 crisis. L-IFT collaborates with MSC in this project, where MSC funds India and Indonesia fieldwork, while L-IFT funds Bangladesh, Senegal, Mali, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Nigeria. MSC … Continued
Marcienne Umubyeyi, our long-term L-IFT team member has just completed the field-work with a large team in the eastern part of Congo, on behalf of Cordaid. The three-month diaries study tracked almost 400 respondents from greater Goma and greater Bukavu. … Continued
The past summer months (of 2021) in Addis Ababa were uncharacteristically cold and even wetter than usual. These extreme weather conditions directly or indirectly affected the Small Firm Diaries respondents’ business activities. Those who need sunshine in their production process, … Continued
As L-IFT, we have decided to focus more on communicating our findings and experiences through LinkedIn and Twitter. Although we will not delete our Facebook page, it will just be used to refer people to other channels. We hereby warmly … Continued
The Small Firm Diaries (SFD) project, led by Financial Access Initiative of New York University, is fully underway with L-IFT and MFO supporting methodology development, implementing the field operations, and taking care of the data process. The project is currently … Continued
There have been some significant developments for our FINBIT. FINBIT has been perfected further, with some great new features and further trialling and testing to meet many clients’ needs. The app is now widely used, across three continents, in five … Continued
ET641 Dream Board ET386 The firm is located in the middle of the ancient Harar market area, known as Magalla Gudo and the owner is in his 50s, married and has 7 children.also He inherited this from his family and … Continued
NG116 I have a firm that is into welding and iron bending. The firm owner used to be in the village but moved to the city. According to him, things were going well before covid but following after covid, the … Continued