# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esther-afua-ocloo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:53:20.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esther-afua-ocloo"
name: "Esther Afua Ocloo"
slug: "esther-afua-ocloo"
description: "Esther Afua Ocloo was a Ghanaian businesswoman and pioneer of microlending, a programme of making small loans in order to stimulate businesses."
tagline: "Ghanaian entrepreneur (1919-2002)"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1919-04-18"
deathDate: "2002-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.14
  momentum:             0.6617647058823531
  historical:           10.55594133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "استير أوفوا أوكلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "استير اوفوا اوكلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Esther Afua Ocloo"
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    title: "Έστερ Άφουα Οκλόο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Afua_Ocloo"
    title: "Esther Afua Ocloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Afua_Ocloo"
    title: "Esther Afua Ocloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Afua_Ocloo"
    title: "Esther Afua Ocloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Afua_Ocloo"
    title: "Esther Afua Ocloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Afua_Ocloo"
    title: "Esther Afua Ocloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Afua_Ocloo"
    title: "Esther Afua Ocloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "எசுத்தர் அவுவா ஒக்லூ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Esther Afua Ocloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5401133"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump