Who We Are
We are a women-led NGO registered in Kenya, deeply rooted in grassroots realities. Our flagship Micro-Enterprise Accelerator Program de-risks entrepreneurship for women in low-income and marginalized communities by combining hands-on business training, local mentorship, and microloans into a high-impact, community-driven model.
What sets us apart? We co-create with communities, not for them. Our approach bridges the informal and formal financial systems, helping women become not just business owners but job creators and local leaders. We don’t do charity. We do capacity-building that restores dignity and builds generational wealth.
From the informal markets of Kibra to the pastoralist women of Kajiado, we’re catalyzing a movement; one micro-enterprise at a time.
🎯 Mission
To equip women entrepreneurs in underserved communities with business tools, mentorship, and pathways to capital, bridging the gap between informal and formal financial systems to foster inclusive economic transformation.
🔮 Vision
Our Story
A Passion for Empowerment
At the heart of our mission stands a dedicated and passionate founder: Lindah Lucy. Her life has been in the service of breaking down barriers for women entrepreneurs hailing from marginalized communities, driven by the vision of meaningful empowerment under an umbrella of inclusivity and equity.
The passion for sustainable economic development overflows to affect daily life for Lindah. Different experiences have kindled this passion and given voice to her mission of creating a solution to financial exclusivity, which would end cycles of poverty to support sustainable economic growth.
After leaving her corporate job, Lindah joined the non-profit sector at different organizations running Micro-lending and MAP Programs geared essentially toward women who sought economic empowerment. Indeed, her work at different organizations underlined the need to develop specialized solutions whereby women could access finances pointedly toward micro-entrepreneurship, in particular, those led by women.
Feeling a deep urge to support these women-led micro-enterprises through individualized solutions and increased financial access, Lindah founded the SheEO Foundation. This meant empowering women in economic independence not by way of handouts, but by giving them the tools and means required to do so.
Sustainable economic development finds its caricature in Lindah’s passion and relentless commitment to this noble cause. Her mission is very clear: to de-risk women’s businesses one micro-enterprise at a time, assuring that empowerment leads to lasting change and sustainable growth for women in marginalized communities.
Our Core Values
Community-Led
We don’t build for communities; we build with them. Local wisdom guides every solution.
Radical Inclusion
We design systems that center those most often excluded, especially women at the margins of finance, technology, and opportunity.
Dignity Over Dependency
We don’t do charity. We do capacity. We equip women to lead, thrive, and drive lasting change on their own terms. We believe in equipping women, not rescuing them.