Letshego lobbies for regulatory reforms

Low PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Low PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Having achieved the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) partnership status early this year, Letshego Holdings says it is now better positioned to lobby for enabling regulatory reforms.

With this status, the microlender becomes AFI’s first African private sector partner, positioning it to build on an established and growing relationship around public-private dialogue on financial inclusion policy and implementation issues for sub-Saharan Africa.

Managing director, Chris Low stated in the company’s latest annual report that they seek to strengthen their operations through investment in people and technology as well as through strategic partnerships.

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