Tamaraneh Group

These are small-scale business entrepreneurs in the small town of Waterloo, about twenty-two miles from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Business has been growing at a very slow pace for these entrepreneurs because of low capital. With the opening of an SMT branch office in partner with Shine on Sierra Leone in Waterloo, these women formed a group in order to solicit a loan. With a loan, their businesses will improve, make more profit, and consequently improve on their standards of living.

They named their group, Tamaraneh, a Temne phrase meaning Let us help each other. Ramatu Conteh (middle) is the leader of the group.

Ramatu is now thirty-four years of age and was born in Lungi. She is married to a businessman and the two of them have two children, one in class five and the other still not of school-going age. Ramatu sells cosmetics and has been in this business for twelve years now. She will invest this loan in her cosmetic business.




About Group Loans
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a group of individuals bound by a group guarantee. Under this arrangement, each member of the group supports one another and is responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members if someone is delinquent or defaults. Learn more

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