KixiCredito was the first microcredit scheme to offer small low-cost loans ot people in Angola and has since grown from a charity to a self-funding microfinance business operating in six provinces. In Kimbundu, one of to Bantu languages, kixi means “giving”. In the old tradition of kixiquila, people would lend each other money or labour, knowing the favour would be repaid to them.
DW Angola
Development Workshop Angola