Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Guinea-Bissau:
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May 4, 2012 - 3:47pm
from MicroCapital
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the World Bank Group, has partnered with the eight countries of the West African Monetary Union (UEMOA in French) to increase access to finance for the region’s small-scale businesses. IFC is developing private credit bureaus and sharing information with UEMOA in an effort to improve awareness of credit in the region, lower operations costs and improve risk mitigation. No timeframe for the project was ...
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July 20, 2011 - 8:40am
from Morocco Microfinance Blog
African Development Bank Group in collaboration with Government of Spain established the Microfinance Capacity Building Fund (MCBF) for scaling up capacity building efforts of the financial sector in rural Africa. The fund is inviting applications for innovative projects that increase transparency within the Microfinance Sector.The Fund will specifically focus on ...
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June 7, 2011 - 3:01pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
From AllAfrica.com
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“Ecobank”), the leading pan-African banking group, and Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading global telecommunications company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to promote mobile banking services across Africa.
Under the terms of the MOU, Ecobank and Airtel plan to explore ...
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June 3, 2011 - 3:41am
from MicroCapital
US-based nonprofit MFTransparency and the 24-member Association of MicroFinance Institutions of Zambia (AMIZ) will co-host a workshop in Lusaka, Zambia, on June 6, 2011, effectively launching the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Zambia, the goal of which is to publish comparable cost data on microfinance products to help poor people make informed decisions when borrowing.
Under the headship of MFTransparency, the workshop will provide training on pricing transparency to local ...
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May 29, 2011 - 2:14pm
from MicroCapital
MFTransparency, a US-based nongovernmental organization that provides information on credit products and pricing, recently announced plans to expand its Transparent Pricing Initiative to Guinea Bissau and Tanzania with the objective of collecting and publishing pricing data for microfinance products offered in each country and providing training on financial literacy for microfinance clients.MFTransparency will collaborate with the local microfinance institution (MFI) network ...
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