Leverage Microfinance Urges Students To Take Advantage of Its SLEIP Product

One of the leading Microfinance companies in Ghana, Leverage Microfinance Company Limited (LMC) has challenged students, especially those in the tertiary level to take advantage of its Student Lever Entrepreneurial Investment Plus (SLEIP) product.

The SLEIP is a unique investment product designed for tertiary students with the aim of enabling students have a 'Back-Up Plan' for business or Plan B to prepare them for life after school.

"The SLEIP is also a stepping stone to student entrepreneurship especially when you leave school and you want to start a personal business or any profitable venture. For instance, as a student in school there are times you may earn money from family and friends and these monies should be spent aptly. This can be done by investing in your future self through our tailored product purposely designed for YOU (a tertiary level student)," Francisca Naa Ankrah, Communication and Branding Officer, of Leverage Microfinance Company explained.

"We also have two main categories of loan products that we currently offer. We have business loans and personal loans. These products are structured in a way that meets the demands of the current market especially under the condition we find ourselves today in this COVID-19 Pandemic," she stated.

She made this known when she and her team in the company of the CEO of LMC appeared on Accra-based Kasapa FM breakfast show recently.

Adding his supportive voice, Ziblim Alhassan, LMC Sales Manager, said Leverage Microfinance currently has customers whose businesses have been greatly affected by the COVID situation. Businesses such as hospitality, commerce, transport among others are facing some challenges. With this negative impact on businesses, Leverage is ready to offer credit facilities to those facing challenges in order to revamp their business.

Due to the COVID situation, everyone has come to realize that there is the need to have a second line of income especially those in formal employment. As a result, Leverage has a tailored product designed for individuals who receive their salaries through the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to enable them set-up another line of income." he explained.

About Leverage Microfinance

Leverage Microfinance is a limited liability company legally registered under the Companies Act 1963 (Act 179) of Ghana, as a non – bank financial institution since 2011. LMC has obtained its full operating license from the Central Bank of Ghana to operate as a tier II financial institution.

Currently, its Head Office is located at Dansoman- Sakaman off Ave Maria Junction, Poultry Farm Avenue in Accra.

Leverage Microfinance is assuring the general public of its readiness to assist individuals and other corporate bodies in acquiring loan facilities from the company to meet their economic and other business or personal needs.

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