When Finance Meets Potential: How Fatimo Is Scaling Her Agribusiness

What happens when an entrepreneur gets access to the financing she needs to grow, within a market where access to affordable capital remains a barrier for many small businesses? For Fatimo, an agribusiness owner in Epe, Lagos, access to affordable financing is helping her expand her poultry operations, acquire additional land, and invest further in fish farming. Through our work with MEDA, which manages the Africa Growth Fund, we are helping improve access to affordable financing for small businesses. As a fintech implementing partner of the Fund, Trade Lenda facilitated low-interest financing for Fatimo to support the expansion of her agribusiness. The intervention also connects to the wider agricultural value chain through PricePally, a portfolio company of Chui Ventures, one of the investment vehicles in the Africa Growth Fund’s portfolio. By supporting businesses operating across agricultural value chains, the Fund helps address financing constraints that can limit enterprise growth and the development of more productive markets. Fatimo’s story illustrates how targeted financing, delivered through partnerships across the investment ecosystem, can help entrepreneurs invest in their businesses, pursue new market opportunities, and contribute to stronger agricultural value chains. At Trade Lenda, we believe that when promising businesses get the financial support they need, their potential to grow and create impact becomes even greater. Watch Fatimo’s story to see how improving access to finance can help unlock business growth and strengthen agricultural markets. #TradeLenda #AfricaGrowthFund #MEDA #PricePally #Agribusiness #WomenInAgriculture #FinancialInclusion