{"id":5889,"date":"2025-10-16T17:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/?post_type=insights&#038;p=5889"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:43:37","slug":"in-their-own-words-vicentia-ghana","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/insights\/in-their-own-words-vicentia-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"In Their Own Words &#8211; Vicentia, Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div id=\"\" class=\"video-block-main-CMSp\">\n        <div class=\"video-block-innder-CMSp\">\n            <div class=\"video-top-img-CMSp\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/wp-content\/themes\/advans\/assets\/images\/hero_top_img.svg\" alt=\"\">\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12 video-block-in-CMSp\">\n                        <div class=\"video-box-main-CMSp\">\n                            <div class=\"video-box-img-CMSp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Capture-decran-2025-10-31-113724-3.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n                                                                                                                                <div class=\"testimony-video-btn-hp\">\n                                        <a class=\"video-btn tilt-shake\"  aria-label=\"Play video\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#testimony_video\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wttJldZ0N1w?feature=oembed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/wp-content\/themes\/advans\/assets\/images\/right_arrow_icon_green_hp.svg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"video-bot-img-CMSp\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/wp-content\/themes\/advans\/assets\/images\/hero_bot_img.svg\" alt=\"\">\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <!-- VIDEO_MODAL_START -->\n        <div class=\"video-modal-main-hp modal fade\" id=\"testimony_video\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"exampleModalLabel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <div class=\"video-modal-close-hp\">\n                <button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"Close\">\n                    <span aria-hidden=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/wp-content\/themes\/advans\/assets\/images\/close_icon_white_hp.svg\" alt=\"\"> Close<\/span>\n                <\/button>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\">\n                <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"\" id=\"video\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- VIDEO_MODAL_END -->\n    \n\n\n\n    <div id=\"\" class=\"IArticle-block-main-saip\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12 IArticle-block-in-saip\">\n                    <div class=\"container-1130\">\n                        <div class=\"IArticle-info-text-saip\">\n                            <p>Discover the story of Vicentia, a trader and designer of shoes, handbags, and fashion accessories in Ghana. We thank <a href=\"https:\/\/advansghana.com\/\">Advans Ghana<\/a> for its support to <strong>microfinance and women<\/strong>, and its commitment to inclusive finance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My name is Vicentia Nana Akua. I&#8217;m a business woman. I sell shoes, bags, clutches. I like fashion. As a woman, or a mother, you need to work. That&#8217;s why I started this business.<\/p>\n<p>What makes my shop special is that the thing that I&#8217;m selling here, no one has them. I do my design. So my own shop is special, different from everyone here.<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning, my husband is the one who gave me money to come and start. But as time goes on, he is doing his business. So now I have to do it on my own.<\/p>\n<p>One day my goods came from China and I had no money to go and claim the goods. So I went to Advans and asked them, and they gave me money to go pay my bills and then bring my goods to the market and sell them. That is how I got to know Advans people. 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