On 20 May 2026 the Foundation spent the day in the market at Keffi, supporting women traders and honouring the security personnel who work alongside them.
The economics of a small trade are unforgiving. A trader who loses her stock loses her customers, then her credit, then her standing in the market, and each loss makes the next one harder to reverse.
It is the reason the Enterprise Development Programme releases capital in stages against milestones rather than as a lump sum, pairs it with six months of mentoring, and measures whether the business is still trading twelve months later rather than whether a grant was disbursed.
