Wasichana Wajibu.
A program designed with women-led producer groups to grow business literacy, leadership pathways and access to financial products — with peer cohorts as the unit of change.
Make the cohort the unit of change.
Programs that try to reach individual women rarely shift the systems around them. Wasichana Wajibu works through peer cohorts — women who already run small enterprises in the same trade, organised to learn, decide and access services together.
We pair business literacy and leadership content with structured access to savings products, working capital and group-level mentorship. The cohort itself is the mechanism: peer accountability, peer learning, peer guarantees.
Three rails for the cohort.
- A.
Business literacy
A 12-week curriculum covering pricing, margins, record-keeping, growth and risk.
- B.
Finance access
Group-level savings, credit and insurance products designed with two financial partners.
- C.
Leadership pathways
Cohort leaders trained as facilitators, with a graduation path into program staff and partner roles.