This old tradition is helping people weather the pandemic’s financial storm

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 4:10 a.m.

Can old ideas help us get through this modern financial storm? We hear from some Canadians involved in a susu, a traditional African and Caribbean savings club, where friends save together and share the wealth. Ginelle Skerritt, a banker lady for eight susu groups in the Toronto area, says they're "a way of empowering our communities to move and to do things with money" — without having to rely on formal banking structures.