Thirty-four (34) trader groups received group loans totaling GHS1.7million from the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) today to help sustain their small business.
The disbursement, which took place in Kumasi’s Jubilee Park, benefited a total of 1,425 beneficiaries made up of (34) groups, each with 25 members.
Speaking at the occasion, Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah, CEO of MASLOC, promised the gathering that she would keep up the region’s tradition of empowering women while also noting the current state of the economy and changing the repayment period from six to twelve months at a rate of 12 percent annually to help the beneficiaries repay their loans effectively.
Further encouraging the beneficiaries in the area, MASLOC CEO Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah said that if they are able to complete their scheduled repayment as required, she will also take into consideration increasing each beneficiary’s amount from 2000 Ghana cedis this year to 5000 Ghanacedis.
Hajia Zeinab Sallaw, Ashanti Regional Manager at MASLOC also added that the decision to boost disbursement this year was motivated by former beneficiaries’ ability to repay the loans that were granted to them in the past. According to MASLOC’s regional Manager, who was impressed with the traders in the region entreated all beneficiary to be committed to repaying these loans.
Hajia Zeinab explained that, the disbursed amounts have been reviewed from a 1000 Ghana cedis to 2000 thousand Ghana cedisthis year to further help impact and improve their businesses.
In attendance was Bernard Antwi Boasiako, NPP Ashanti regional chairman, Nana Ama Ampomah NPP Ashanti regional women organizer along with other government functionaries in the region.
MASLOC has provided Microcredit and Small Loans to start-ups and small businesses with fast, easy and accessibility Microcredit and Small loans to grow and expand their businesses.
With over 182, 328 clients nationwide, MASLOC, which has offices in all the 16 regions and can be accessible in all the 228 districts, disbursed a total of over GH₵228million loans, as its key achievements.
