Yethu aims at improving the financial education of the members so that they are well informed of the potential risks the current arrangements have and also presenting them with an alternatives which they can use to continue keeping their funds in the stokvels, but more securely. Though the Yethu mobile app, it is believed that there will be reduction in the loss or theft of the funds of over 11million South Africans saved in the stokvels.
With the mobile application, it is believed that members will now have transparency, security, and accountability which are not so pleasing with the current stokvel structures and the leaders will also have access to a management tool to increase their accuracy and improve the trust bestowed upon them by the members.