Jump Finance celebrates 100 students
We are thrilled to announce that we grew to support more than 100 students in 2022 — 110 to be exact. That's more than a threefold increase from 2021.
We achieved this goal by strengthening our educational partnerships (more on one of those efforts below), increasing the efficiency of our technology, and most of all, through incredible teamwork.
We'd like to give an especially big thanks to our on-the-ground student support managers, Mafugi Bah. Mafugi began as a Jump Finance student in 2020. After seeing the benefits of the program firsthand, he joined the team. He worked tirelessly to expand our impact across the University of the Gambia, helping to onboard more than 70 new students.
Jump Finance partners with The Gambia College
Therese, a Jump Finance student at Gambia College, with her teacher attestation letter
To grow our impact across The Gambia, we partnered with our second higher education institution: The Gambia College.
The Gambia College is The Gambia’s oldest higher education institution. Founded in 1952 as a teacher training college, it is now the country's main provider of training for teachers, nurses, public health professionals, and agricultural extension officers.
One Gambia College student, Therese used her Jump Finance tuition advance to pay down her arrears and receive her attestation letter. With this letter, she went from being an unqualified teacher to a qualified teacher, doubling her monthly earnings. We could not be more excited to support Therese and more students like her in partnership with The Gambia College.
Looking Ahead at 2023
While we were thrilled with our progress in 2022, we are even more excited about our plans for 2023. These plans include: automating our technology to make signing up and tracking payments easier, developing a software product for universities to provide tuition advances at scale, and most importantly supporting more students achieve their academic and professional dreams.