How Nkem Okocha uplifts low income women in Nigeria with FinTech Social Enterprise Mamamoni

<p>★★★ Meet <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/okochankem/" target="_blank">Nkem Okocha</a>, the founder of FinTech Social Enterprise <a href="https://www.mamamoni.org/" target="_blank">Mamamoni</a>, whom we interviewed in September 2019 in Lagos.</p> <p>Mamamoni is dedicated to eradicating poverty and uplift low income women from poverty through multiple vehicles which are </p> <ul><li>#1 capacity building which their foundation is in charge of that</li><li>#2 access to finance, which they realise through their own digital lending platform and </li><li>#3 creating employment opportunity for low income women, that can’t or don’t want to start their own enterprise, through their own factory that is producing liquid dish wash </li></ul> <p>Nkem Okocha shares that she had a tough childhood and that Mamamoni is the vehicle for her mission to help women in a similar situation that her mother was in, when Nkem grew up. </p> <p>Keep listening to learn how she started Mamamoni, what her advice for young Nigerian women is and how she managed to upskill close to 7000 women and counting.</p> <p>There is a lot of gold in this, especially since Nkem actually launched not just one but three vehicles to achieve her audacious mission. </p> <p>We hope you enjoy the interview, enter Nkem Okocha.</p> <p>Also, you can check out the<a href="https://youtu.be/AQHEiqyLHuc" target="_blank"> full Interview with Nkem Okocha from Mamamoni on Youtube</a> or on our <a href="https://africax.org/changemaker-interviews/nkem-okocha-fintech-social-enterprise-mamamoni/(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)" target="_blank">AfricaX Blog</a>.</p>