Access Stories is a videoblog of street portraits and interviews collected across Ghana and beyond, offering brief glimpses into residents’ lives. In these portraits, users share with Atlas their concerns and desires for themselves, their families and their communities.

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James is the Vice Chairman of his community’s tro tro station. Tro tro’s are privately owned minibus share taxis that give transport to millions in Ghana. James dedicates his time to help the 500 drivers under his care and depends on Atlas’ services of mobile banking and hassle-free micro loans to be able to run and grow his community.

However, like many in his demanding environment, when approached with the possibility of voting on new financial services his mind races to all the things he could do for his community if he had access to larger and better loans and cheaper money sending.

We are working with James to turn over 500 drivers into mobile banks after the launch of ACX — agents that will bank tens of thousands of new users daily. And with money sending, people will also be able to pay for the bus through ACX. We are excited to employ incentives and see the growth of new users that will use the tools developed by the global ACX community!

Together,

The Access Family