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May 24, 2012 - 6:57pm
from Kiva.org
Next month, 34 people -- including 13 Kiva employees -- will trek 305 miles across Zambia in just five days, entirely on bikes. The project: Bike Zambia. Its mission: to raise money and awareness to combat AIDS and poverty in Africa.Spearheaded by Kivans, the bike ride will raise $150,000 for these causes. The initiative has already raised 85% of this target and is looking for help to put it over the ...
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May 22, 2012 - 3:03pm
from Mobile Money Africa
Jill Kent Mobile Transactions International Mobile Transactions’ e-vouchers are facilitating delivery of FAO support to provide Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Lead Farmers with bicycles Mobile Transactions’ e-vouchers are facilitating delivery of FAO support to provide Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Lead Farmers with bicycles The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock with funding from the
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May 9, 2012 - 5:13pm
from Innovations for Poverty Action Blog
In 2010, when I was role-playing with classmates in a graduate school Negotiations course, I never thought I would soon be facilitating a similar program in a secondary school in Zambia. Instead of topics in business and international affairs, however, the 8th and 9th grade girls we work with role-play conversations with siblings about sharing chores so they have more time to study, with parents or guardians about getting money for school fees and supplies, ...
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April 30, 2012 - 9:32am
from Mobile Money Africa
MTN subscriber’s using Mobile Money Transactions (MMT) has suffered a sit back. They can’t use the facility due to a power outrage that has left a Kaoma resident stranded because her transport was sent through MTN’s Mobile Money Transactions. MMT customer care representative confirmed on Saturday, April 28 that they had a power outrage which
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April 26, 2012 - 5:05am
from MicroCapital
Development International Desjardins (DID), the social arm of Canadian cooperative financial firm, the Desjardins Group; and Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries has recently agreed to provide support to small enterprises in Central Africa. The agreement includes providing investment and technical assistance to microfinance centers called ‘entrepreneur financial centers’ (EFCs), that have already been set up in the region by DID. EFCs provide financial products and services ...
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April 24, 2012 - 9:05pm
from Kiva.org
This morning, we hosted the first of a series of webinars about how Kiva is evolving to give more loans to more borrowers, and more choices to more lenders [embedded recording below]. One of the ways we're doing this is by partnering with new types of Field Partners that provide socially-beneficial loan products, work with vulnerable populations, or supply larger, longer-term loans.
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April 20, 2012 - 2:24pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
From Canadian Medical Association
India will tentatively dip a toe in the waters of microloans for people living with HIV with the creation of a pilot project to create small businesses in the state of Manipur.
It’s hoped that the initiative will allow people living with HIV to create small embroidery or weaving businesses, ...
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April 20, 2012 - 2:22pm
from Microfinance Africa
From Canadian Medical Association
India will tentatively dip a toe in the waters of microloans for people living with HIV with the ...
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April 19, 2012 - 1:05am
from MicroCapital
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria’s central banking authority, reportedly has ordered all banks in Nigeria “to allow new customers to open account with zero amount to attract more people into the banking system.” Prior to CBN’s announcement, most Nigerian banks required customers to meet a minimum account balance when opening new accounts. CBN also stated that banks are not allowed to place a limit on interest rate payments for savings accounts. Banks are also required to use ...
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April 18, 2012 - 5:05am
from MicroCapital
The Planning Commission of the government of India recently released a preliminary approach paper regarding its 12th five-year plan (2012-2017) [1]. One of the focuses of the plan is to promote equity investment in SMEs by constituting a working group devoted to the concept. During the first two months of 2011, the total level of private equity funding invested in Indian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reportedly rose by 70 percent to USD 664 million [2]. It has been observed ...
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April 12, 2012 - 10:00am
from CGAP Technology Blog
Chrissy Martin is a Senior Project Manager at MEDA, a non-profit organization that is partnering with Mobile Transactions on product development and agent network expansion, with a specific focus on reaching rural clients through services designed for the agricultural market. Azalea Carisch is a Rural Microfinance Intern with MEDA who is currently based in Lusaka supporting Mobile Transactions on agent network monitoring and compliance.
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April 9, 2012 - 12:56pm
from Google news - microfinance
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: BancABC Zimbabwe to Launch Microfinance ABC Holdings Plans ...MicroCapitalA subsidiary of ABC Holdings, which offers microfinance lending in Zambia and consumer lending in Botswana ...
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April 5, 2012 - 4:48pm
from MicroCapital
Accion, a US-based nonprofit microfinance organization, recently announced that it has launched Venture Lab, a USD 10 million investment vehicle that will provide seed capital to financial inclusion start-ups across the world. Venture Lab will focus on companies in the pilot and first-revenue stages that have developed products that are ready to test the market but have not yet proven their ability to be financially stable. The fund plans to invest between USD 100,000 and USD 500,000 in ...
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April 2, 2012 - 6:18pm
from BRAC Blog
The following is a post by Hilary Zetlen, who recently volunteered with BRAC Uganda's health program.
Somehow I managed to get from Rwanda to Zambia over the last week by a combination of boda, matatu, feet, bus, hitchhiking, and ferry, which is a subject for another entry - but now I finally have time to write a bit about ...
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April 1, 2012 - 5:44pm
from Microfinance Africa
From Times of Zambia
MTN Zambia and African Life Assurance Zambia has introduced a ‘Life after Life’ insurance policy that will enable policy holders to cover their lives using MTN airtime as a method of payment.
This method will allow policy holders to cover their lives at a micro insurance ...
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April 1, 2012 - 5:37pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
From Times of Zambia
MTN Zambia and African Life Assurance Zambia has introduced a ‘Life after Life’ insurance policy that will enable policy holders to cover their lives using MTN airtime as a method of payment.
This method will allow policy holders to cover their lives at a micro insurance level making it one of the first telecommunication and Assurance firms offering assurance products at that level.
MTN Life after Life is an initiative that will ...
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March 30, 2012 - 12:30pm
from AidData: The First Tranche
Data visualization is becoming popular all across the web. The Guardian’s Data Store is starting a new series called Show and Tell that will highlight infographics and data visualizations around the web and has announced acompetition to create a visual of the world’s economic ...
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March 29, 2012 - 4:35pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
By Victoria Mtomba, NewsDay
ABC Holdings subsidiary BancABC Zimbabwe plans to venture into the microfinance business in the next few months, group chief executive officer Doug Munatsi has said.
Munatsi said the bank received the nod from the central bank last week.
“We got the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe approval for the microfinance segment last week,” he said.
“We hope we will be able to launch it in the next few months. We will be in partnership ...
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March 29, 2012 - 3:31pm
from Microfinance Africa
By Victoria Mtomba, NewsDay
ABC Holdings subsidiary BancABC Zimbabwe plans to venture into the microfinance business in the next few months, group chief executive officer Doug Munatsi has said.
Munatsi said the bank received the nod from ...
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March 29, 2012 - 12:18pm
from Microfinance Focus
Regulation and supervision have become “hot” topics in the microfinance field. Many
countries around the world—from El Salvador to Zambia—are beginning to think about
whether and how to regulate microfinance.
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