A loan helped a member to buy new equipment for her beauty salon, like hair dressers, hair dryers and seats for customers, as well as to renovate her salon.


Bima Group's story

Mwanahamisi is a married woman and a mother of three school-going children. She has been running a woman's beauty salon and a mobile money service center for 17 good years now. She normally operates her salon from 9 am to 8 pm daily and she is able to make a good monthly profit.

This will be her third loan with Tujijenge Tanzania. She used her previous loan to reinvest in the business of mobile money services by adding another mobile network (Tigo) to the service that she provides. This made her realize enough profit and she's happy she has managed to pay back all her previous loan successfully. She appreciates Kiva for all the support given to her loan group.

Mwanahamisi will use this loan to buy new equipment for her beauty salon, like hair dressers, hair dryers and seats for customers. She also wants to use a small portion of the loan to renovate her salon. She dreams of adding another business of selling charcoal in the near future.

Mwanahamisi will share this loan with her fellow members of Bima Group, who will hold each other accountable for paying back all the loan.

In this group: Mwanahamisi, Veronica, Latifa


This loan is special because:

It provides loans to borrowers in very deep rural areas via mobile money innovation.



Loan details


Lenders and lending teams




Loan details