Aavishkaar Intellecap group, the organization that encourages the social entrepreneurship climate in Southeast Asia, held another Summit with the theme ”Shaping Market to Build Equitable Societies”. The forum focuses on agriculture, blue economy, financial inclusion, health care, investing in women and energy. It aims to bring together entrepreneurs with investors, corporates, and policymakers.

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Nisha Dutt, Chief Executive Officer of Intellecap, said “This year’s Summit marks our achievement in building a social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Southeast Asia, where more than 1,000 ecosystem players have been linked through this platform, with over 250 startup companies on display finalists from 8 inclusive sectors in 6 countries of the region,

Amartha, a financial lending and loan company, won the Sankalp Southeast Asia Award 2017 at Sankalp Southeast Asia Summit at Bidakara Hotel Jakarta. Amartha has set aside more than 200 companies of social impact from all countries in Southeast Asia.”Shaping Market to Build Equitable Societies” is the focus of this summit. In the future, society will rely heavily on innovation and entrepreneurship, “said Senior Investment Aavishkaar for Indonesia, Adi Sudewa
In this case, Amartha’s business model has proven that with technology, rural communities who are unaffordable for financial services can get equal opportunities to obtain affordable, fair, and secure funding from urban investors through the peer to peer lending platform amartha.com

Amartha (PT Amartha Mikro Fintek) pioneer of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending for micro business, held a gathering with media in Bandung. Amartha, which focuses on connecting rural micro-business women with urban investors, has been present in Indonesia since 2010.

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Amartha remains committed in providing financial services only to women of rural micro entrepreneurs who do not have access to banking or better known as unbanked. This is based on the Group Lending system used by Amartha suitable for women. In addition, by encouraging a mother, Amartha believes that we can encourage one family at a time.This is also confirmed by Sankalp Southeast Asia Summit 2017 which says that by encouraging women, the nation’s economy will increase, and will significantly have a positive impact on politics, families and communities.

Financial technology (fintech) provider PT Amartha Mikro Fintek (Amartha) focuses on connecting rural micro-business women with urban investors. Brand Manager Amartha Lydia Maria Kusnadi said that since its inception in 2010 until now, Amartha remains committed to providing financial services only to women of rural micro entrepreneurs who do not have access to banking

This is also confirmed by Sankalp Southeast Asia Forum 2017, where it is said that by encouraging women, the nation’s economy will increase, and will significantly have a positive impact on politics, families and communities.

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Startup from Indonesia, became the winner in the event Sankalp Awards which is a special competition for the startup in the social field. Sankalp Forum itself is an initiative initiated by Aavishkaar-Intellecap Group to encourage social startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia.

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Free from the Loansharks with Joint and Several Liability

A number of farmers in several villages in Bandung managed to get out of the moneylenders with a joint responsibility system. This system was introduced by PT Amartha Mikro Fintek.

Amarta Brand Manager, Lydia Maria Kusnadi explains, her company is targeting micro-finance entrepreneurs who are unbanked or do not have access to banking. It should be noted that financing is only for women entrepreneurs.
It is in accordance with Sankalp Southeast Asia Forum 2017, by encouraging women,  the economy of a nation will increase significantly and  it will have a positive impact on politics, family, and community.

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Free from the Loansharks with Joint and Several Liability

Sankalp Forum which targets small and medium enterprises by organizing forums all across the world has for the first time kicked off in Africa in Nairobi bringing together over 450 delegates from 25 countries.

• “No investor or bank will agree to fund a business without proof of records that gives a brief history of its operations. SMEs must end their hide-and-seek modus operandi and embrace openness which will help any investor to gauge its foundation for expansion,” said the study.