PesaZetu

PesaZetu is a mobile marketplace that brings together responsible Kenyans who need to borrow with Kenyans prepared to lend money. Kenyans have been lending money to each other for as far back as anyone can remember, friends lending money to friends, family, or through a chama. PesaZetu (which means “our money” in Swahili) seeks to expand what already happens in social or physical circles in order to connect Kenyans. PesaZetu enables Kenyans who can lend to fund responsible and hard working Kenyans at the base of the pyramid who need to borrow to build their business, pay medical bills, pay school fees, or take care of short term expenses. PesaZetu is domestic, Kenyan 2 Kenyan, and we are return driven. We believe that Kenyans lenders can earn more than they do with a bank by lending money to Kenyan borrowers at fairer rates than they can obtain, if they can obtain loans at all.