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2018 Endeavor Impact Report

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1 6 EN D E AVO R I M PAC T R EP O RT 20 17–1 8 ALDI HARYOPRATOMO Mapan's story is one of thousands of micro-entrepreneurs, each one empowered with a highly-transportable source of income. With a population of 240 million, Indonesia boasts mobile penetration of roughly 75%, but due to shortcomings in the distribution infrastructure, Indonesia's rural poor lack access to valuable products and services. Founded by Aldi Haryopratomo as Ruma, (or Rekan Usaha Mikro Anda, which translates to "Your Microbusiness Partner") Mapan began as a network of agents in underserved rural communities who bought and sold prepaid minutes for mobile phones. Today, Mapan's network of 170,000 agents do that and M A PA N: H E L PI N G T H O USA N DS B ECO M E ECO N O M I C A L LY S E L F-SU FFI CI E NT BY THE NUMBERS: 1 , 5 0 0 full-time employees 1 70,0 0 0 agents powered by Mapan 2 M members use Mapan's services

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