Women Entrepreneurs GROW Global

Here is a look at a sustainable route out of poverty.

Indego Africa, a nonprofit social enterprise, connects for-profit cooperatives of women artisans in Rwanda with export markets for their goods and provides training to help them run their businesses more effectively.

Bottom line:  Indego Africa markets the handmade accessories and home décor items that their partner cooperatives produce on its e-commerce site and to US brands and retail chains.  A collaboration with Nicole Miller was a real sales boost for the women artisans.

If Indego Africa does their job right, at some point these women artisans won’t need Indego Africa (or Nicole Miller) anymore.

Learn more here.  Click to ACTION here.

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney