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What We’re Pinning: Our Top Picks This Week on Pinterest
Everybody on Pinterest has their favorite pins—ones that make you stop and think, move you to take action, or just make you smile. So each week we’re going to share our top picks with you. If they’re some of your favorites too, repin them and share with your friends!
Tagged Africa, Cairo, Children, Colombia, Egypt, Gender equality, Geraldine Ferraro, Girls, Half the Sky, Latin America, Mahatma Gandhi, photo blog, photos, Pinterest, Poverty, Social Media, Tanzania, Unicef, what we're pinning, Women, Women Leaders, World Vision
Credit Suisse’s Microfinance Work Recognized at the Financial Times/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards
would like to offer our congratulations to Credit Suisse. They were awarded a special commendation for their program in the Sustainable Global Bank of the Year category at the Financial Times/International Finance Corporation Sustainable Finance Awards. The annual FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards, now in their seventh year, are the major global awards for environmentally- and Read more…
Tagged agent network, ATMs, awards, biometric technology, biometrics, capacity-building, Cell phone banking, Cell Phones, Clients, Colombia, Credit Suisse, Electronic wallet strategy, Financial services, Financial Times, Ghana, Insurance, International finance corporation, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Mobile Banking, mobile banks, Opportunity International, POS devices, Rural Outreach, Savings, strategic partners, sustainable finance award, Technology, Temenos T24
Mourning the Sudden Death of Ghana’s President, John Atta Mills
Ghanaian president John Atta Mills died unexpectedly of a sudden illness on Tuesday at the age of 68. As the Ghanaian people mourn the death of the law professor-turned-leader who they affectionately called “The Prof,” global media is taking note of the smooth transition of the country during this difficult time. The BBC and other news Read more…
Tagged accra, Africa, Al Jazeera, BBC, Bloomberg, CEO, Cosmus Kowuoche, democracy, elections, Ghana, God, in the news, Kenya, Leaders, Microfinance, mourning, news, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, president, Reuters, riots, vice president, what we're reading
What We’re Reading: The World Bank’s Africa Can… End Poverty Blog
The World Bank’s blogs cover a wide range of global economic issues. One blog titled Africa Can… End Poverty is run by Shanta Devarajan who is the Chief Economist for Africa at The World Bank. As continues to expand its work in Africa, including agricultural finance, mobile banking, and financial literacy training, I have highlighted three blog posts Read more…
Tagged Africa, Africa Can... End Poverty, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Blogs, cassava, Cell phone banking, Cell Phones, Chile, Clients, Deanna Giolas, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Indiana University, Mozambique, Opportunity International, Poverty, Smallholder farmer, subsistence farming, The New York Times, The World Bank, what we're reading
Program Update: Opportunity Mozambique is Cultivating Hope among Smallholder Farmers
is helping smallholder farmers achieve optimum output to put more food on the family table and increase food security in their communities. We’re committed to helping farmers in sub-Saharan Africa transition from subsistence to economically- and commercially-active farming. Through an innovative and sustainable approach to agricultural finance, Opportunity provides products and services designed to achieve Read more…
Tagged Agricultural finance, chief transformation officer, Clients, crop yields, Ending Hunger, Farmers, financial literacy training, Food security, Global Poverty, Linda Godinho, Microfinance, Mozambique, Opportunity International, opportunity mozambique, pilot, Poverty, Rural Outreach, rural poverty, Smallholder farmer, sub-Saharan Africa, Training, Transformation, Transformational Training
CEO Announcement Letter from Betty Jane Hess
The following post is written by Betty Jane Hess, chair of Opportunity’s Board of Directors, welcoming our incoming CEO Vicki Escarra. Dear Friends, I am pleased to announce that Opportunity International has completed its executive search, and I am delighted to introduce you to our new CEO, Vicki Escarra. Vicki is an exceptional leader, bringing Read more…
Tagged Betty Jane Hess, Board of Directors, CEO, Feeding America, Leaders, Opportunity International, Vicki Escarra
Follow-up: Lydia’s Olympic Torch Moment
On Tuesday, Opportunity-UK’s Lydia Baffour Awuah made us all very proud when she carried the Olympic flame in Abingdon, U.K.–at 7:58 a.m. local time. Below, check out some photos of her big moment, provided by Harry Turner, CEO of Global Microfinance Operations. The British bank Lloyds TSB is an Olympic sponsor and a strategic partner of Read more…
The Passing of Ross Clemenger, a Pioneer of Opportunity Colombia
We were saddened to learn that one of ’s earliest supporters, Ross Clemenger, died unexpectedly on Sunday morning at the age of 88. More than forty years ago, Ross helped Opportunity make its first loan to client Carlos Moreno in Colombia, and the Canadian native was the first executive director and the founder of AGAPE, Read more…
Tagged agape, Carlos Moreno, Clients, Colombia, Ending Poverty, faith, Faith in Action, Financial services, Global Poverty, God, Implementing Members, In memoriam, Jim Frantz, Latin America, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mitzi Machado, Opportunity Canada, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Poverty, Ross Clemenger, support members, Transformation
