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2012 WWB Fellowship Program (Deadline February 24, 2012 ...
The WWB Fellowship Program enables future global leaders in microfinance and women's economic empowerment to experience the challenges and rewards of contributing to an organization that works diligently to create financial ...

Advans makes $3m equity investment in Nigerian microfinance bank ...
Advans, in partnership with International Finance Corporation will be establishing Microfinance Bank in Nigeria.

Making the Link Between Poverty and Illness: Microfinance Takes on Healthcare ...
[5] But some help is on the way, thanks to a new initiative that aims to provide over 700000 microfinance clients in the nation with health education and services, reaching an estimated 3.7 million family members over the next five years.
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Sierra Leone Has a Musical Solution

Microfinance opportunities were trickling across the border, but Geller learned that healing and educational opportunities for the country's 320000 orphaned children were, and still are, severely lacking. You have kids dealing with intense traumas that ... »

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Advans makes $3m equity investment in Nigerian microfinance bank
Microfinance Focus, January 28, 2012: Venture capital investment company Advans, in partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC), German development bank (KfW), and Dutch development bank (FMO) will be establishing La Fayette Microfinance ...
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Making the Link Between Poverty and Illness: Microfinance Takes on Healthcare ...
[5] But India's poor are about to get some help, thanks to a new initiative that aims to provide over 700000 microfinance clients in the nation with health education and services, reaching an estimated total of 3.7 million family members over the next ...
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What causes change? - Red Letters
Muhammad Yunus–one of the earlier pioneers of microfinance in the developing world–gets right to the heart of the matter in less than two minutes. The current framework is completely broken … It focuses too much on money… We need ...

Week's Top Stories: January 21 - 27, 2012 | GCCapitalIdeas.com
History of Microfinance: By most accounts, the modern microfinance movement began in Bangladesh more than 25 years ago, with the official opening of Grameen Bank in 1983. This institution and its revolutionary “double bottom-line,” “social ...

Tekedia » MTN Partners GTBank, Fortis On Mobile Money Scheme
Forts Mobile Money is part of the Fortis Microfinance PLC, a leading provider of microfinance in Nigeria. The partnership will see Fortis Mobile Money access the network infrastructure and distribution network of Africa's leading mobile network ...

IFC Partners with Advans S.A. to Set Up Microfinance Bank in Oyo ...
“With the objective of becoming the leading microfinance bank in Oyo State, La Fayette will address a critical gap by providing quality financial services to help small businesses grow and create jobs,” said Claude Falgon, Director of Advans ...

Buying happiness | The Chronicle
Many microfinance institutions in India are purely profit-driven and operate using unforgiving policies. In response, the government has imposed strict regulations that have caused a decline in micro-lending. Public opinion toward the ...

MFTransparency unveils Ghana, Zambia and ... - Microfinance Focus
MFTransparency will today launch the microloan pricing data collected in Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania.

SKS Microfinance CFO says sees turnaround by Q1 FY13 - The ...
SKS Microfinance, the only public microfinance company in India, hopes to turn to profit by April-June after a third straight quarterly loss in FY12, on better ...
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DealCurry.com : Equitas Microfinance Demerges Its Microfinance Biz
Author: Charmi Gutka , Category: Mergers & Acquisitions , Industry: Banking/ Financial Services , Title: Equitas Microfinance Demerges Its Microfinance Biz ...
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Opportunity International Receives Grant from Credit Suisse to Expand ...
Opportunity International, a US-based nonprofit organization with a focus on microfinance, has received a three-year grant of unspecified size from Credit Suisse's Microfinance Capacity Building Initiative, a Credit Suisse program that aims to ...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MFTransparency Releases Microloan Pricing Data for Ghana ...
As part of this launch, webinars are available on pricing dynamics in these microfinance markets and regarding the transparent communication of prices to clients [1]. The Transparent Pricing Intiatives are part of a larger MFTransparency project funded ...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF Microfinance CEO Working Group Issues Road Map ...
A group of eight CEOs of nonprofit microfinance organizations has issued a “Road Map for the Microfinance Industry: Focusing on Responsible and.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Technical Assistance Facility of Incofin Rural Impulse ...
Valued at EUR 120 million (USD 173 million), Rural Impulse Fund II is one of two funds managed by Belgium's Incofin Investment Management that invest in rural microfinance institutions [1]. As of June 2011, Incofin manages six facilities with total ...
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MFTransparency unveils Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania pricing data
Microfinance Focus, January 27, 2011: Concluding months of research and analysis, MFTransparency will today launch the microloan pricing data collected as part of the Transparent Pricing Initiatives in Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Foundation's Bankers Without Borders Alliance ...
The Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI), a nonprofit trade group, has become the sixth partner in the Bankers Without Borders (BwB) Alliance, a volunteer program started by the US-based Grameen Foundation.
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