Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Donates $10M to The BOMA Project
This gift will allow BOMA to accelerate and expand its work across Africa to reach millions of women and families.
Agnes Lekupe: A BOMA entrepreneur who is a role model for her daughters
Over the last few months, Agnes Lekupe has been especially concerned about her children. “With everyone at home during COVID-19, teen pregnancies are on the rise,” she says. “I spend a lot of time talking to my four daughters about the importance of...
How BOMA’s women entrepreneurs are working with the Government of Kenya to navigate the aftershocks of COVID-19
The Government of Kenya’s Program for Rural Outreach of Financial Innovations and Technologies (PROFIT) was designed to make the transformative power of BOMA’s poverty graduation program available to 1,600 women in Samburu County in Northern Kenya. The women...
An interview with Zoe So of Whole Planet Foundation: BOMA enables financial inclusion in highly rural and excluded communities
“Like with many people working in development, I’ve always wanted my work to have an impact. There are different ways of thinking about impact. For me, I found that the term was deeply tied to sustainable economic development.”Zoe So, Whole Planet Foundation Whole...