Amina Makanza

Amina Makanza

food vendor Tanzania

Amina Makanza is a food vendor in Buguruni, Tanzania, whose experience with informal lending highlights the risks and challenges faced by many borrowers in the country's unregulated financial system. After borrowing money to cover her son's medical expenses, she struggled to repay the debt and ultimately lost her cooking utensils and ingredients, illustrating the harsh consequences of the high-interest rates associated with shylocks.

Global Media Ratings
Dominance
0.00%
Persistence
0 wks
Reach
136,692
Power
144$
Sentiment
5.00
Countries Mentioned
Country Mentions Sentiment Dominance + Persistence x Population = Reach x GDP (millions) = Power
Tanzania 1 5.00 0.23% +0% 59,734,213 136,692 $63,000 144$
Totals 1 59,734,213 136,692 $63,000 144$
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Recent Mentions

Tanzania Tanzania: Ms Amina Makanza, a food vendor in Buguruni, shares her experience of losing her cooking utensils after failing to repay a loan. 5

The Citizen – major Tanzanian English newspaper, est. 2004: Silent crisis: Inside Tanzania’s fast-growing shylock economy