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Yes! I want to support microfinance and empower people to work their way out of poverty.

 

 

 

Slideshows

Learn more about how microfinance is helping alleviate poverty for millions around the world, one story at a time. Click on a slideshow below for a tour of ACCION's work in different regions. 

Selling Penal, a Local Nigerian Fish

 

Meet Romota Akanke Ibrehim, a fish seller in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria. See how a recent loan has improved her business operations, and how the expansion of microfinance can help millions worldwide. Click here to view slideshow 

A Good Year in Ghana

With the opening of ACCION's hub office and training center in Accra, Ghana, we showcase ACCION's work to expand financial services – and opportunity – to West Africa's poor. Click here to view slideshow 

Journey to Lagos

Join us on a tour of the markets of Lagos, Nigeria and see how microfinance is improving the lives of poor entrepreneurs in one of Africa's fastest-growing and most populous cities. Click here to view slideshow 

 

"My mother worked in this plaza," recalls Doña Evangelina. "She always told me that it didn't matter how small or simple my stand was, as long as it was mine.  I feel good about what I've achieved through this business.''

Evangelina Moreno Chavez
Client of ACCION partner Banco Compartamos in San Salvador Huixcolotla