The moment I realized the limitations of microcredit

Learning to innovate for impact

At Gojo, we aim to become the private sector version of the World Bank. More specifically, our mission…

3 painful pieces of investor feedback

From 2016 until recently, I was fortunate enough to meet many investors for Gojo’s equity…

Getting impact measurement for service providers off the ground: A manifesto

Over the past decade, the rise of impact investing has been accompanied by the rise of the term impact measurement. Sir Ronald Cohen, one of the most prominent pioneers of impact investing, has been…

3 lessons learned about poverty

I’d always thought I’d had a poor childhood. But it wasn’t until I lived and worked in East Africa…

Trust and Credit

From March to April this year, amid the Covid-19 turmoil, Gojo & Company successfully raised JPY 2.3 billion yen (US$ 22mn) from existing stakeholders and secured enough excess funds to deal with the crisis. The reason we were able to do this is, in my view, was our diligence in communicating both…