Community empowerment works through increasing the community's influence over the structures and policies that affect the lived experiences of the community and its members. Increases in influence often occur through partnerships between those in power and other community members.

Communities for Development does not want to limit its activity to just training on microfinance but wants to implement projects to help people prosper by creating their small businesses. We do so by supporting income generating activities of those members of the community who have been saving for at least two years in one of our saving groups all of these are through;

EMPOWERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The organisation offers a number of programs to reach young people at all stages of their career. 'Startup' is a dynamic platform that aims to engage, equip and empower future entrepreneurs by bringing together businesses and incubators to curate resources and run innovation workshops.

As RAPO Organization we believe that "After you have this toolkit of entrepreneurial skills, and have gone through a process of starting a business or coming up with a business idea, you have a renewed sense of confidence on how to overcome extreme poverty." Hence through entrepreneurship we offer the following programs to our community in Geita Tanzania.We look to eliminate extreme poverty through empowering the change-makers in entrepreneurship under the following focused area;

What We Do For income generation.

We promote the economic empowerment of women and youth through digital financial(Fintech project) with non-financial services.

How fintech is eradicating poverty in Africa

While the global poverty rate is decreasing, the gap between developed and developing countries is widening. According to the United Nations Development Program, 10% of the world’s population lives under extreme poverty.

In developing regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, the number of people living below the poverty line is extremely high. In 2006, 34 of the 50 nations on the UN list of least developed countries were in Africa.

Furthermore, the availability of banks and traditional institutions in Africa have historically been low. The situation is even worse in rural areas, where approx. 80% of people rely on locally formed financial groups to get access to savings and loans.

The impact of fintech

Poverty has been a challenging issue in many African countries. However, the situation is transforming as we adopt new technologies and systems. The emergence of financial technology (fintech) is playing a vital role in eradicating poverty in Africa.

AGRIBUSINESS

It provides opportunities for underemployed young people, especially in rural areas, giving them the chance to establish innovative agricultural enterprises and improve their agribusiness skills. It helps to create a conducive business environment by advancing youth-led policies and provides a communication network that delivers much needed agricultural information to others involved in agribusiness.

Poultry farming business in a safe way is more profitable.

A healthy animal/bird can give you more income as there is high demand for eggs and chicken especially.