By Bryan Stubbs While not perfect, microfinance and Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) have been shown to be an effective tool in aiding mircoenterprises throughout third world communities. The positive impact they have on alleviating …
American actress Natalie Portman is well known for her commitment to social issues. She is also a firm advocate of microfinance. In a written account of her experiences, she tells Radio Netherlands Wo…
Chief Jethro Akun, the Vice President of the National Association of Microfinance Banks (NAMB) in Nigeria, has announced plans to partner with the National.
Some of the best work that microfinance can do is in post-conflict regions, particularly those with internally displaced persons (IDPs). These people may have been forcibly relocated from their homes and made to stay in makeshift camps …
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) today launched an integrated rural banking and microfinance service in Fiji, allowing customers with small scale businesses to apply for loans of up to $1000.
While microfinance has been a popular and successful tool in third world countries for more than four decades, the overt theme at the Microfinance USA 2010 conference in San Francisco is that domestic micro lending is an untapped, …
Event Name: Mobile Money Services Africa Event Date: July 20 to July 22, 2010 Event Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Event Website:
Every so often, one of those days comes along that brings you back to the roots of what you do. It’s that client, that partner, that sale or proposal that something that stands out and reinforces your daily work.
AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria Limited is Microfinance Bank with its Head office situated at Ikeja, Lagos. It is a member of an International network of microfinance banks providing world class banking services to micro, small and medium …
By Terry Provance, Executive Director, Oikocredit USA When Mohammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for creating the Grameen Microcredit Bank in Bangladesh he stated, Poverty is the absence of all human rights.
