The sun had barely settled over the hills of Mlali when we arrived, yet word had already spread that MazaoHub was in the village.
What I didn’t expect was to be met by a group of women farmers the Malkia wa Shamba 👑.
They weren’t just there to greet us. They were there because they knew what this visit meant visibility, opportunity, and, perhaps most importantly, a reminder that their stories matter.
One of them, Mama Zainabu, pulled me aside and shared something that stayed with me. “Before MazaoHub,” she said, “we had farms, but we didn’t know how to make it work for us.
We didn’t know how to stand before a bank and say: this is my farm, this is my data, and this is why I deserve a loan.
This is why women matter to me.
What we’re doing with MazaoHub especially through our Her Farm Her Story initiative we’re making sure that women can walk into a bank with a record of yields, soil health data, and purchase history and walk out with the credit they need to invest confidently.
Financial inclusion is a bridge. For women like Mama Zainabu, that bridge has meant access to better seeds, timely fertilizers, and even the power to buy land of their own.
So when I say I’m passionate about women welfare it’s because I’ve seen their quiet resilience and their hunger to break through.
And at Mlali, I was reminded once again why we must keep showing up for them. Because when women rise, entire communities do too.