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Opportunity Ghana Innovates to Reach More Marginalized Clients

By Dana Lunberry on January 3, 2013

Opportunity Ghana is using innovative technology to provide financial services to a greater number of impoverished people in remote and rural areas of the country, many of whom have never before had access to formal banking. Through a “hub-and-spoke” method, Opportunity International uses low-cost delivery methods, including kiosk satellite branches, point-of-sale (POS) devices, cell phone Read more…

Posted in Bank Building, Cell phone banking, Loan officer, Local Staffing, POS devices, Rural Outreach, Technology, Where We Work
Tagged accra, Africa, Banking, Cell phone banking, Clients, Community, Ending Poverty, Financial Access, Financial services, Ghana, Kumasi, Loan Officer, Loan repayment, Loans, Microfinance, mobile banking vehicle, OISL, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, POS devices, Technology

Christmas Greetings from Ghana and Opportunity’s Global Family

By Opportunity International on December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas from Opportunity International‘s global family to yours. On this sacred day, we wish you a Christmas filled with joy, peace and love! Effie Cooke, Opportunity’s head of human resources in Africa, brings a special message from Ghana in a joyful video below. We hope it brings you inspiration today and in the days Read more…

Posted in Events, Local Staffing, Our Leadership, Videos
Tagged Africa, Christmas, Effie Cooke, Ghana, head of hr, local staff, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, videos

Clients Stand Up and Speak Up on UN Human Rights Day

By Opportunity International on December 10, 2012

December 10 is UN Human Rights Day, an opportunity to celebrate universal human rights and advocate for the full enjoyment of all rights by all people, regardless of geography, gender, race or socioeconomic status. This year, Human Rights Day spotlights the rights of all people to make their voices heard in public life and to Read more…

Posted in Client Stories, Events, Transformation, Videos, Where We Work, Women
Tagged accra, Africa, Client Stories, Clients, Community, community organizer, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, Human Rights, Human Rights Day, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, Transformation, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, videos, Women

Invest in Education Innovators with Opportunity

By Opportunity International on December 6, 2012

Education is the single largest determining factor for future economic status. Yet, 130 million young people worldwide are not in school — and 70% of them are girls. If a girl cannot complete secondary school, she is at a higher risk of illiteracy, HIV and early marriage, offering little chance of reaching her potential. Comfort Read more…

Posted in Client Stories, Education, Loans, Our Work, Women
Tagged accra, Africa, Ahobrase Academy, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Comfort Appiah, Community, Education, Education finance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, invest in education, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, School fee loans, School Proprietor Loans, school proprietors, Schools, Students, Women

Holiday Giving Guide: Citi Foundation, One Woman and a Gift Card of Opportunity

By Emily Riemer on December 4, 2012

This year, Opportunity International has unique and interactive ways to give the gift of opportunity to more than four million clients around the world that will not only do good, but will make you feel great. Here are a few of our favorite ways for you to partner with us this holiday season. Your gift will Read more…

Posted in Client Stories, Donors, Fundraisers, Gift Cards, Loans, Microfinance, Online Giving, Our Work, Text to Give, What We're Reading, Women
Tagged Ada, Africa, Bob Annibale, Christmas, Citi Foundation, City A.M., Clients, Donations, Financial services, fundraisers, Ghana, Gift Cards, Global Poverty, Holiday, holiday giving, Loans, match, Microfinance, One Woman Holiday Challenge, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity Gift Cards, Opportunity International, Patience Dameh, Poverty, text to give, Women

Brighten Your Black Friday and Give the Gift of Opportunity

By Opportunity International on November 23, 2012

This holiday season, as you hunt for the perfect gift, consider giving friends, family and co-workers an Opportunity Gift Card to bring hope and opportunity to clients like Patience Dameh of Ghana (right). Your friends can use Opportunity Gift Cards to empower some of the millions of clients around the world like Patience who use Opportunity Read more…

Posted in Client Stories, Events, Gift Cards, Loans, Online Giving, Our Work, Women
Tagged Ada, Africa, Black Friday, Client Stories, Clients, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Gift Cards, Gift Idea, Global Poverty, Kasseh Market, kente cloth, Loans, Microfinance, online giving, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity Gift Cards, Opportunity International, Patience Dameh, Poverty, Savings, Women

MicroEnsure Ghana Crosses One Million Milestone for Number of Lives Insured

By Opportunity Partner on September 20, 2012

The following post was originally published on microensure.com. This July , five years after its inception, MicroEnsure Ghana achieved one of its greatest successes: it crossed the milestone of insuring one million Ghanaians, a remarkable achievement considering it was serving just 40,000 lives in 2010. Beginning operations in 2007, MicroEnsure Ghana has held its place Read more…

Posted in Microinsurance, Strategic Partners, Technology, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Clients, floods, funeral insurance, Ghana, Health insurance, Insurance, life insurance, Microensure, Microinsurance, Mobile Phones, natural disasters, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, Technology, Tigo

My Visit to King George School with our New CEO Vicki Escarra

By Cynthia Greenwood on September 19, 2012

All this week, I’ve been traveling in Ghana meeting clients and staff, seeing firsthand our work in education finance, agricultural finance, and the technology innovations that help us reach many more clients. Over the weekend, I was joined by our new CEO Vicki Escarra, who is traveling on her first of many trips to get Read more…

Posted in Client Stories, Education, Loans, Local Staffing, Our Leadership, Our Work, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Ashaiman, CEO, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Community, dancers, Education, Education finance, Financial services, Ghana, Insight Trip, King George International School, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, School Proprietor Loans, school proprietors, Schools, Students, Travel, Vicki Escarra

A Breeze of Change in Ghana

By Michael Okleme on September 13, 2012

I left Opportunity Ghana for the U.S. in 2007, after almost four years serving the local staff and clients–first, as a loan officer, bringing Opportunity to disadvantaged women, men and children; then as a loan supervisor, providing leadership to other loan officers; and then as a Relationship Manager with a great team of loan officers Read more…

Posted in Faith in Action, Local Staffing, Where We Work
Tagged accra, Africa, Agricultural finance, Ashaiman, Branch staff, CEO, Community, Cosmus Kowuoche, Education finance, Financial services, Ghana, Loan Officer, local staff, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, Schools, Transformation, Vicki Escarra

“Hitting the Road” to Reach Rural Clients

By Opportunity International on August 6, 2012

Today, we are reaching the most marginalized families with a fleet of 23 mobile banking vans! invests in to deliver high-impact financial services to the most marginalized Africans living in rural areas. For many, this is their first experience with banking. With nearly all the capabilities of a bank branch, the armored vehicles enable clients Read more…

Posted in Agricultural Finance, Loans, Local Staffing, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Savings, Where We Work
Tagged Abena Sarpong, Africa, ashanti, Beatrice Boaten, Clients, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, Loan Officer, mobile banking vehicles, mobile banks, Mozambique, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, Uganda

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