A look back at 2024 and what’s coming in 2025 🚀
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill As we step into this new year, we want to take a moment to reflect. 2024 was a remarkable year for us at Lendsqr, filled with achievements, valuable lessons, and opportunities for growth. We’re confident that […]
A cultural view of loan defaults in Kenya
Executive summary From 2019 to 2024, Kenya experienced a steady rise in personal and consumer loan defaults, driven not just by economic challenges, but deeply rooted cultural behaviors, social expectations, and shifting attitudes towards debt. While formal banks, microfinance institutions, and mobile lenders expanded access to credit, repayment struggles mirrored longstanding cultural and communal dynamics. […]
How AI Agents will empower lenders
Earlier this year, Lendsqr set out to test how well a generative AI could support its internal teams. Using OpenAI’s custom GPT, they created a Lendian GPT specifically for their Product Support team, and it worked like a charm.



