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EIB/Africa: launch of microfinance fund for sustainable farmersEuropolitics.infoAfrica's first specialist rural microfinance fund supporting fair trade and organic small business, FEFISOL, the European Solidarity Financing Fund for Africa, was launched on 21 July by the European Investment Bank, Agence Franaise de Dveloppement …Launched the Africa's [...]

In this post, we cover the following: an CGAP blog post about Islamic microfinance, a Newswire report about the World Bank's reclassification of 28 countries, the fishing industry in West Africa, the role of microfinance …

The First MicroFinance Bank Ltd (FMFBL) is the Pakistan's [...]

The Economist

Launched the Africa's first microfinance fund for sustainable farmersEuroalert.netThe European Investment Bank, Agence Franaise de Dveloppement and a broad grouping of development bodies, social investors and microfinance service providers launched FEFISOL, the European Solidarity Financing Fund for Africa. …Africa's first microfinance fund for sustainable [...]

I'm on sabbatical until early October, while I'm away I'm reposting previous articles that readers may have missed. While most donors might not be familiar with the term Microfinance, they probably use a type of …

My placement at this microfinance [...]

AfDB Launches Microfinance Capacity Building FundAllAfrica.comThe African Development Bank Group (AfDB), in partnership with the Government of Spain, yesterday launched the Microfinance Capacity Building Fund for Africa. Its purpose is to help strengthen capacity building efforts in the financial sector that …and more »

In this post, we cover the following: an CGAP blog post about Islamic microfinance, a Newswire report about the World Bank's reclassification of 28 countries, the fishing industry in West Africa, the role of microfinance in climate …

PoverUp, which launched in April [...]

BusinessDay

First Royal Micro-finance bank begins recapitalisationNEXTFirst Royal Micro-Finance Bank in Calabar, Cross River State is bent on meeting the directives of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on recapitalisation as it has commenced the process by ordering shareholders to raise their shareholding …Electronic rendition: Are MFBs complying with [...]

Experiencing Microfinance in Ghana, Part II. By grameenfoundation. Kim Kerry-Tyerman is a volunteer for Grameen Foundation's Bankers without Borders initiative, based in Ghana and Kenya for eight weeks to help the BwB …

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AP refuses to budge on microfinance legislationLivemintMumbai: The battle over the regulation of India's Rs 20000 crore microfinance industry is far from over, with Andhra Pradesh, the largest market for Indian microlenders, remaining firm on retaining its own law on the issue despite a proposed national …Reining [...]

As I've noted before, there is a fight right now for the heart and soul of microfinance between those like Yunus who focus on the social mission of microfinance first and those who focus on it as a profitable way to …