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Opportunity Malawi Sends Two Clients to Child & Youth Finance International (CYFI) Summit in the Netherlands
Last week, April 3-4, was the first Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) summit in Amsterdam, entitled “Reshaping the Future of Finance.” Two young Opportunity Malawi clients were sent to the summit to represent Malawi as special guests, participating in youth panel discussions. One is Grey Katsilizeni, 23, from the rural Lilongwe area of Nambuma. He’s involved in Read more…
Tagged Africa, Ban Ki-moon, Child & Youth Finance International, Children, Colombia, CYFI, Entrepreneurs, Events, G20 Summit, Ghana, international business development, Kevin Smith, lilongwe, Loans, Makonen Getu, Malawi, MFI, Mulanje, Nicaragua, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Savings, Uganda, UNCDF, United Nations, what we're reading, Youth, YouthStart
Gates Foundation Summit: The Power of Savings
On Nov. 16-17, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation held its first-ever 2010 Global Savings Forum in Seattle, Wash. Heads of government, banking, technology and international development gathered from around the world to discuss how to bring financial access to people living in poverty, with a particular focus on helping people protect their futures through savings. Read more…
Tagged Africa, Aleksandr Kalanda, Aleksandr-Alain Kalanda, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, biometric technology, biometrics, Clients, Conference, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Financial Services for the Poor initiative, G20 Summit, Gates Foundation, Loans, Malawi, Melinda Gates, MFI, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, mobile phone banking, OIBM, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Bank of Malawi, Opportunity Malawi, Poverty, Savings, Technology
