all-purpose app Ricult, which offers
farmers access to planning tools and
weather forecasts as well as market
information, finance and crop insurance. Photo courtesy of RICULT
Sonika Manandhar remembers riding in her father’s minibus in her hometown of Kathmandu when she was five years old. Thanks to a loan programme from the government, her father was able to buy the bus and earn a living to support his family and send her to school until she earned a computer engineering degree.
Twenty-five years on, Ms Manandhar is the co-founder of Aeloi Technologies, a Nepal-based fintech platform and a green entrepreneur who is finding innovative ways to help a new generation of minibus drivers.
Aeloi’s aim is to bridge the financial gaps between small and medium…
