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Illinois Congressman Rep. Peter Roskam Visits Opportunity’s Oak Brook Offices, Following a Visit to Ghana
This past Wednesday, June 8, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (IL-6th) stopped by Opportunity’s Oak Brook, Ill. offices to learn more about our work. During his visit, he toured the office, met many members of our US staff, and had a meeting with a few members of our senior staff, including Opportunity CEO Bill Morgenstern, Senior Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill Morgenstern, Community, Congress, Dennis Ripley, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, global development, Global Poverty, Insurance, Legislation, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rep. Peter Roskam, Savings, Simona Haiduc, sub-Saharan Africa, Training
ONE Blog: “Creating Jobs for Africans: An interview with Ambassador Marantis”
The following interview of Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, conducted by the ONE Campaign‘s Malaka Gharib, was originally published on the ONE Blog on Monday, June 6, 2011. I had the huge honor of interviewing Ambassador Demetrios Marantis for our Trade = Development blog series. He plays a leading role in enforcing the Read more…
Tagged Africa, Ambassador, Business, business leaders, Congress, Development, Ending Poverty, global development, Global Poverty, global trade, Legislation, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Poverty, Poverty in Africa, President Obama, sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Ambassador, Women, Zambia
Congress provides more money for microfinance
Let’s celebrate the increase in appropriations for microfinance and microenterprise development for FY2010. It grew from $245 million to $265 million—terrific in a tight budget year. (This is pending a final vote but reflects the conference report from the House and Senate and is likely to pass.) Also, we are thrilled that Congress has put Read more…
