Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this video, meet Sweta, an entrepreneur based in Karachi, Pakistan. Sweta explains how access to finance is enabling her to grow her jewellery business.
Kashf Foundation is a microfinance institution in Pakistan. Kashf provides micro-loans to entrepreneurs, with a focus on women-owned businesses. So far, Kashf Foundation has enabled more than a million families to improve their standard of living.
At BII, one of the ways we make impact through our investments is by backing businesses which are proactively closing gender gaps. This is particularly important in Pakistan, which ranks amongst the lowest in the world for gender equality. We invested $15 million in Kashf Foundation in December 2020.
In this video, meet Sweta, an entrepreneur based in Karachi, Pakistan. Sweta explains how access to finance is enabling her to grow her jewellery business.
Kashf Foundation is a microfinance institution in Pakistan. Kashf provides micro-loans to entrepreneurs, with a focus on women-owned businesses. So far, Kashf Foundation has enabled more than a million families to improve their standard of living.
At BII, one of the ways we make impact through our investments is by backing businesses which are proactively closing gender gaps. This is particularly important in Pakistan, which ranks amongst the lowest in the world for gender equality. We invested $15 million in Kashf Foundation in December 2020.
