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Senegalese women sit on a mat in a home in Grand-Mbao, on March 9, 2017, as they count and register the money put in by members for a "cagnotte de la tontine" scheme. The "cagnotte de la tontine", is a jackpot set-up by a cooperative scheme organised among locals in the Medina area of Grand-Mbao, a neighbourhood on the tip of Africa's west coast on the outskirts of the capital Dakar. A common practice throughout Africa, many Senegalese take part in centuries-old microcredit schemes called "tontines" to finance their projects. / AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP via Getty Images)