Empowering Informal Workers in Ghana

My story of hopefulness is an organisation based in Ghana, that is focused on helping informal workers who do not have a fixed wage, pension or savings, to have a savings pot for their retirement.

Informal workers make up about 70% of the African population so when I see this organisation pushing through this mission, and really finding a way for Africa's workers to have a pension it brings me so much hope.

In addition to all the challenges of setting up the organisation, the founder caught COVID and died which was a profound loss, not just for the organisation, but for the world and this space.

Many people thought that the mission would die with him, his name was Samuel, but they were completely wrong. His mission has remained active and since he passed away, there have been over 30,000 more savers come into this organisation maybe contributing one or two dollars a day towards their pension.

So the mission lives on.