E Go Better - Episode 1 (of 6): Oga's Price (Yoruba Version) / Microfinance Education Nigeria

A unique short film series on financial literacy made in Nigeria.
The ABC of Microfinance: Educative, Captivating and Down to Earth.

Objective of the series:
The six episodes, with a duration of 10-12 minutes each, inform about topics such as:
- requirements to access Microfinance loans
- business planning
- procedures involved in the formation of a loan group
- regulated vs unregulated financial service providers
- NDIC deposit insurance
- interest rates
- Wonder Banks

Synopsis:
'E Go Better' tells the story of a group of potato farmers from Plateau State, Nigeria, struggling with tough market conditions. The young farmer Mangai is in love with Azizah, the daughter of the village chief. To become visible in the eyes of the chief, he needs to lift himself out of his current situation.
Mangai learns about a method to store potatoes, which could drastically increase profits from the farming activity. But in order to put this plan into action, the group has to figure out a way how to get access to enough money for the initial investment. A rocky road lies ahead. Fraudsters are ready to capitalize on the low financial literacy of the group. The only way to success is to learn and understand the basics of finance.

Language:
The series was originally created in English and is dubbed into Hausa and Yoruba.

Production:
The film project is funded by the European Union and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, coordinated by the SEDIN Programme of GIZ-Nigeria.

Produced by j.f.p. films & LOL Studios; Nigeria 2014.

'E Go Better-The Microfinance Way' by the GIZ-SEDIN Programme is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. A unique short film series on financial literacy made in Nigeria.
The ABC of Microfinance: Educative, Captivating and Down to Earth.

Objective of the series:
The six episodes, with a duration of 10-12 minutes each, inform about topics such as:
- requirements to access Microfinance loans
- business planning
- procedures involved in the formation of a loan group
- regulated vs unregulated financial service providers
- NDIC deposit insurance
- interest rates
- Wonder Banks

Synopsis:
'E Go Better' tells the story of a group of potato farmers from Plateau State, Nigeria, struggling with tough market conditions. The young farmer Mangai is in love with Azizah, the daughter of the village chief. To become visible in the eyes of the chief, he needs to lift himself out of his current situation.
Mangai learns about a method to store potatoes, which could drastically increase profits from the farming activity. But in order to put this plan into action, the group has to figure out a way how to get access to enough money for the initial investment. A rocky road lies ahead. Fraudsters are ready to capitalize on the low financial literacy of the group. The only way to success is to learn and understand the basics of finance.

Language:
The series was originally created in English and is dubbed into Hausa and Yoruba.

Production:
The film project is funded by the European Union and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, coordinated by the SEDIN Programme of GIZ-Nigeria.

Produced by j.f.p. films & LOL Studios; Nigeria 2014.

'E Go Better-The Microfinance Way' by the GIZ-SEDIN Programme is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.