Liberia - LEAD Inc.

Monrovia

Liberia Entrepreneurial and Asset Development In the Name of Christ (LEAD INC.) LEAD exists to empower Liberians in the pursuit of business and asset development for the glory of God and the advancement of Liberia. Since 2005, LEAD has opened offices in six of the fifteen counties in Liberia, working in both rural and urban settings. For over 2000 members who own micro, small, and medium businesses, LEAD offers training, mentoring, advocacy and access to capital. LEAD has four different programs to offer its clients: the Providence Empowerment Initiative, designed for microbusiness persons; the Nehemiah Empowerment Initiative, designed for small and medium enterprises (SMEs); the DeVos Empowerment Initiative, designed for SMEs who are rapidly expanding to a greater capacity; and the Agriculture Empowerment Initiative which helps subsistence farmers expand their productivity. For more information, please go to lead.jimdo.com.

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Stories

Business Makes you Human

Friday December 16, 2011

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“I have learned good money management, and saving strategies from LEAD.” She supports her husband, her four children, and herself on the money she earns in the used clothes business.

Reaching a new level of success

Friday July 22, 2011

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MONROVIA, Liberia —At the Eamamah Pharmacy corner store in the capital city of Liberia, business owners Gifty and Jean Johnson remember the humble beginnings of their business.

A Country Bountiful in Hope

Friday April 29, 2011

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By Kris Vander Stelt, Partners Worldwide staff
This February, I spent a week in Liberia visiting business owners and entrepreneurs, connecting with the leaders of our business affiliate LEAD, Inc., and attending the business conference, “Africa’s Marketplace Revolution.”

Young professional puts finance acumen to use in Liberia

Tuesday November 30, 2010

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Just four months before, Robert Shane, a young professional, husband, and father in his late 20s, never thought he’d have the time to use his business experience to serve and strengthen others.  Yet, through connections made at his church in Michigan, Shane learned of new concepts to use his specialty in the banking sector of the U.S. to mentor others around the world.  The concept was astounding, and he couldn’t get it off his mind.

Blockmaker builds on mentoring as business expands

Sunday July 25, 2010

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Liberian entrepreneur Isaiah Teah dials his cell phone and sets it to speaker as he leans in. Outside, his employees shovel sand off the back of a dump truck as he waits for his business mentor across the ocean to pick up.

After joining LEAD in 2007, Isaiah completed 12 weeks of business training and soon began filling larger contracts on the local market with his furniture and cement block company, Creative Joinery.

Using his loan from LEAD to purchase a second block making machine, Isaiah was able to double the number of full-time employees when he received the largest contract in the area, and now manages over 30 employees and additional contract workers.

Volunteer Opportunities

Engage in weekly prayer call or become prayer partners for business owners in Liberia.  Mentor individual businesses or join an existent group of business professionals to guide the work of partnerships through monthly meetings, setting strategic goals and objectives.

Rural Empowerment Initiative trains and connects local farmers with value-chain as they increase production:

-Seeking mentors in appropriate technologies, animal husbandry, and crop production.

-Financial support also needed to sponsor a poultry production project to train local farmers.

-Harvest Shares Coordinator Volunteer Position (see document for more information)  

For more information, contact Renita Reed.

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