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In the News: Mobile Phone Banking and Opportunity Malawi
“For a farmer, the mobile phone has opened up a world of opportunity.” –Prof. Jenny Aker, assistant professor of economics at the Fletcher School of Tufts University The Financial Times has just published a story online and in print in their World Food supplement about the effects of mobile phone technology on smallholder farmers in Read more…
Posted in Loans, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Technology, What We're Reading, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Aleksandr Kalanda, Aleksandr-Alain Kalanda, Clients, Ending Poverty, Farmers, Financial services, Financial Times, Kenya, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, Markets, MFI, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, OIBM, Opportunity Bank in Malawi, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Poverty, Smallholder farmer, Technology
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Aleksandr Kalanda, Aleksandr-Alain Kalanda, Clients, Ending Poverty, Farmers, Financial services, Financial Times, Kenya, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, Markets, MFI, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, OIBM, Opportunity Bank in Malawi, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Poverty, Smallholder farmer, Technology
Opportunity Clients “Living Green”
One thing that I love about Opportunity International is that we listen to our clients. And when it comes to living sustainably, it’s a good thing we are because there is a lot to learn! In honor of Blog Action Day, I’d like to share what we are learning. As Opportunity expands its services into Read more…
Posted in Bank Building, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Where We Work
Tagged Agriculture, Blog Action Day, Clients, Community, Community Based Entrepreneurship Development Program, Ending Poverty, environmental sustainability, Farmer, Living Green, Malawi, Opportunity Bank in Malawi, Opportunity International, Philippines, Poverty
Tagged Agriculture, Blog Action Day, Clients, Community, Community Based Entrepreneurship Development Program, Ending Poverty, environmental sustainability, Farmer, Living Green, Malawi, Opportunity Bank in Malawi, Opportunity International, Philippines, Poverty
