Challenge
African entrepreneurs are faced with several challenges, including access to legal services and finance. "… SME access to finance is also held back by the decision of many to remain informal and unregistered. Reducing the bureaucracy facing formal business could encourage more to register boosting their access to bank finance" – Enabling a more Productive Nigeria – Powering SMEs, a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2015. We make legal one less challenge to grapple with.
Description
DIYlaw creates access to legal and business support services, information, and service providers for African entrepreneurs. We provide online and offline solutions using legal know-how, technology, and project management. We are committed and continue to work actively towards the attainment of SDG 16 and 8, which include increasing access to justice for all and encouraging the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Outcomes
Having served close to 750 businesses and provided legal help to over 35,000 entrepreneurs, we are at the point where we are deepening our product offering by providing our customers with other business-support services, in addition to legal services.