Founder Spotlight: ELLEN CHILEMBA, Tiwale
When Ellen Chilemba was 12 years old, she started her own baking business at a local church. She sold cakes and cookies for a profit and was able to grow her small business into a successful bakery. This was the beginning of Chilemba’s exciting journey in entrepreneurship.
In 2012, Chilemba was featured by the social media phenomenon Humans of New York with a post quoting her intention to start a “micro-finance organization to help women in Malawi get interest free loans”. Fans were redirected to her Facebook page a year later and the social enterprise quickly collected followers and established a significant presence in the online community.
This micro-finance organization is called Tiwale.
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