“I have seen a tremendous increase in my business as a result of Hopeline Institute Microfinance,” says Janet Osei Jackson a popular wood carver in Accra. “I have significantly improved my profits since acquiring my first loan in 2013.”

Hopeline Microfinance provided the “reset button” Jackson needed.  She received basic business training alongside other business owners and was able to invest in her business with a loan from Hopeline. The woodcarver paid off that first loan in three months and is currently repaying her second loan. Just as her first customer represented a breakthrough for her business, so the loans and training from Hopeline have been a leap forward, she said.

She has been able to pay for new materials, and therefore create new works for sale, she said.

“I am now producing carvings on the same scale as I was before I was defrauded,” she said.

Not only does Hopeline support Jackson through access to loans to grow her business, but she receives regular visits from Hopeline staff and even the Executive Director, Fanny Atta-Peters.

Janet is very creative and comes up with different products all the time. It is a delight to see a female excel in this male-dominated industry,”  says Atta-Peters.