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by patrickbolle 1799 days ago
Love it! Fantastic idea.

I am checking out some of the projects now.

Is there still an opportunity to get paid back, rather than keeping it in the system?

I love the idea of the loan continuing through the system for myself (I don't personally need the payback), but I'd imagine there would be some funders / loaners that would like the original system of getting paid back. Is that still a possibility?

I am sending this to a few friends that are really excited about African entrepreneurship (myself included). Great idea!

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At the moment, we are offering both Pay It Forward projects and traditional loans (where lenders are repaid) to our existing lenders, and showing only the new Pay It Forward projects to new users who sign up. This makes things easier to understand for new users and helps us gather clear feedback on the Pay It Forward concept.