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Happy Memorial Day! Make microfinance a part of your summer.
Today the first three-day weekend of the summer comes to a close. So what are you planning to do this summer? Join the YAO team for the 14th Annual Chicago Half Marathon/5K on Sunday, Sept. 12. Be a part of the fifth largest half marathon in the U.S. and run the lakefront course along South Read more…
Tagged Chicago, Chicago Half Marathon, Coronado Bridge Race, Holiday, Memorial Day, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, OptINnow, Poverty, San Diego, Students, Tanzania, YAO, YAO-San Diego, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
YAO Goes to Boot Camp
On Saturday, May 15, 33 young professionals gathered in Minneapolis, Minn. for the first-ever YAO Boot Camp. The group spent the afternoon learning how to turn their knowledge of microfinance into action through a series of discussions and presentations. YAO-Minneapolis member Riley Powell gave a lively, interactive presentation on the ABC’s of microfinance and the work of Opportunity Read more…
Tagged Africa, AJ Renold, Board of Governors, David Makanza, Education, Insight Trip, Liesel Pritzker, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, OptINnow, Poverty, Students, Tanzania, Technology, Twitter, YAO, YAO-Minneapolis, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Meeting the Grandfather of Microfinance
Last Friday, YAO-Chicago chair Shannon Leutheuser and I had the chance to not only hear but actually to meet Dr. Muhammad Yunus at the Chicago Council of Global Affairs event, “Building Social Business.” Yunus is the founder and manager of Grameen Bank and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and he has written a new Read more…
Tagged Africa, Bangladesh, Building Social Business, Business, Capitalism, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Economics, Education, Grameen Bank, MFI, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Opportunity International, Poverty, Selfishness, Selflessness, Social Change, Technology, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
"Building Social Business" with Muhammad Yunus
Last Friday, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs brought Dr. Muhammad Yunus to Chicago for a talk entitled “Building Social Business.” Dr. Yunus, often called the grandfather of microfinance, is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner. Friday’s talk was attended by an audience that consisted of local Read more…
Tagged Africa, Building Social Business, Capitalism, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Dannon, Education, Grameen Bank, Hillary Clinton, Melanne Verveer, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Social Change, Social Entrepreneurship, Students, Sustainability, Technology, Women
Why we’re excited about the Tanzania launch on OptINnow…
Now that Opportunity has launched Tanzanian clients on OptINnow, participants from last September’s YAO Insight Trip to Tanzania want to share the good news. Here, they tell us what excites them most about the launch of Tanzania on OptINnow. “I’m excited to tell my family and friends, because they all know how much Tanzania means to me. Read more…
Tagged Africa, Blog, Facebook, Insight Trip, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, OptINnow, Poverty, Tanzania, Technology, Twitter, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth, YouTube
Credit Suisse Microfinance Advocates Partner with Opportunity
Thank you to John Shon, Reference Data Group, Credit Suisse, for this guest blog post. The Credit Suisse Microfinance Advocates Network is an employee global network with the mission to promote microfinance to the rest of the bank. It is our goal to educate employees on current issues faced by the microfinance industry and to create Read more…
Tagged Advocates Network, April DuBois, Credit Suisse, Daryl Skoog, Education, Electronic wallet strategy, Holiday Opportunity Coffee Club, John Shon, Liesel Pritzker, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance Institution, Opportunity International, Richard Spalholz, Technology
Arusha Bank Branch Opens in Tanzania
This week, Opportunity announces the launch of its Tanzanian clients on OptINnow.org. AJ Renold, our multimedia YAO reporter on the ground with Opportunity Tanzania, had the opportunity to travel to Arusha in March to attend the opening ceremony for its flagship bank branch, and he shares with us the story of this significant event… Thursday, Read more…
Tagged Africa, AJ Renold, Arusha, Branch Manager, Branch staff, CEO, Clients, Dar es Salaam, David Makanza, Education, Francis Pelekamoyo, Insight Trip, Isidore Shirima, Loan Officers, Loans, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, OptINnow, Peter Olivier, Poverty, Savings, Students, Tanzania, Trust Groups, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
USAID: "Agriculture Development is Springboard for Economic Development"
Opportunity International is attending today’s Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Keynote speaker Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, unveiled the Feed the Future Guide, which details the implementation strategy for the U.S. government’s new global hunger and food security Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Children, Education, Farmers, Feed the Future Guide, Food security, Food Sustainability, Hunger, Loans, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rajiv Shah, Savings, Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security, Technology, The MasterCard Foundation, USAID, Women
