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Daniel Ryumugabe on Rwandan Microfinance and Transformation

By Emily Riemer on May 3, 2011

Meet Daniel Ryumugabe, the transformational impact manager from Urwego Opportunity Bank (UOB) of Rwanda. Daniel arrived in the U.S. last Saturday for a three-week visit, and several Opportunity staff and supporters had the chance to meet him yesterday at a lunch-and-learn in our Oak Brook offices. About life in Rwanda today, he told us, “Today, Read more…

Posted in Events, Local Staffing, Where We Work, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Tagged Africa, Branch staff, Client Stories, Clients, Ending Poverty, Events, Financial literacy programs, Financial services, Genocide, Global Poverty, International Visitor, Kigali, Loan Officer, Loans, local staff, local staffing, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Rwanda, Poverty, refugee, Roger Thurow, Rwanda, Tanzania, Training, Transformational Training, Uganda, Urwego Opportunity Bank, Urwego Opportunity Bank of Rwanda

A New Year for Microfinance in Tanzania

By AJ Renold on January 6, 2011

This year at Opportunity Tanzania there were big changes and growth. Among them was the addition of Ross Nathan as the new Chief Operating Officer. Nathan began his work in Tanzania in August, bringing a wealth of knowledge from his 13 years of on-the-ground experience in microfinance operations and strategies in six countries, including setting up regulated Read more…

Posted in Events, Faith in Action, Local Staffing, Our Leadership, Where We Work, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Tagged Africa, AJ Renold, Bank Building, Branch staff, Christmas, Dar es Salaam, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, Financial services, Ilala, India, Loan Officer, Loans, local staff, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance Institution, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, Poverty, Rwanda, Savings, Tanzania, Urwego Opportunity Bank of Rwanda, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Zambia

We’re Expanding Financial Access to Rural Malawi. Here’s How You Can Help.

By Opportunity International on August 26, 2010

Travel in your mind to the shores of Lake Malawi. In this remote region, extreme poverty is widespread. But because of the donations, hard work and advocacy of Opportunity supporters and staff, the Malawians here have been empowered financially. To reach the unreachable, Opportunity International[/intlink] Malawi has replicated its successful “hub-and-spoke” approach by opening a Read more…

Posted in Bank Building, Events, Insight Trips, Loans, Microinsurance, OptINnow, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Savings, Training, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Branch staff, Conference, credit life insurance, Crop insurance, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, fundraisers, Fundraising, Insight Trip, Insight Trips, Insurance, Latin America, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Mobile Banking, mobile banking vehicle, mobile branches, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, opportunity microfinance conference, OptINnow, Poverty, Satellite bank branch, Savings, Savings account, small business loans, Training, Transportation, Washington D.C.

YAO Kicks Off their Chapter in Washington, D.C. with Guest Speaker from Kenya

By Opportunity International on August 19, 2010

A few weeks ago, members and supporters of the Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO) gathered in Washington, D.C. at the Financial Services Roundtable for the kickoff of the D.C. chapter of YAO. These globally-minded young professionals were there to network and to meet Betty Mutua, a regional manager at . Betty brought her nine years of experience Read more…

Posted in Events, Loans, Local Staffing, Our Leadership, Our Work, Where We Work, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Tagged Africa, Branch staff, Client Stories, Clients, Conference, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Kenya, Loan Officer, Loans, local staff, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity China, Opportunity International, Opportunity Kenya, Poverty, Savings, Washington D.C., Women, YAO, yao-DC, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals

Arusha Bank Branch Opens in Tanzania

By AJ Renold on May 20, 2010

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…

Posted in Bank Building, Local Staffing, OptINnow, Our Leadership, Our Work, Where We Work
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

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