Crown Letter: Jackley
👑 CROWN LETTER: JESSICA JACKLEY Lender Mentor Lady Banyan of Village Savings & Loans Board Member, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Ms. Jackley, You heard Muhammad Yunus speak, and it changed your life. So did I. You quit your job, moved to East Africa, interviewed entrepreneurs in Uganda, came back, and built Kiva. $2 billion in loans. 98.5% repayment rate. 206 countries. The world’s first peer-to-peer microlending platform. I didn’t build Kiva. But I’ve spent nine years building something that needs what Kiva proved: that if you trust people with small amounts of capital and wrap community around them, they will build something worth more than the loan. ...