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Meet Ugandan Staff Member Frida Mungoma, Education Finance Manager
This past Monday, just after arriving in the United States, Opportunity Uganda‘s Education Finance Manager Wakhasa Frida Mungoma–known as Frida–sat down with me at the Opportunity-US offices in Oak Brook, Ill. for a discussion of her work, the challenges she faces and the most rewarding aspects of her job. Below, see brief excerpts of my Read more…
Tagged Africa, Education, Education finance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Frida Mungoma, international staff, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Uganda, Poverty, School Proprietor Loans, school proprietors, Students, Uganda, Women, YAO, YAO - San Francisco, YAO-New York, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
What We’re Watching: Banking on Education Video by Students of the World at CGI 2011
We’re watching this video produced in partnership with Students of the World, which had its world premiere on the main stage at this year’s CGI. In it, Opportunity staff and clients discuss the goals and the impact of our Banking on Education program, which provides , and to 280 schools serving 120,000 students in Malawi, Uganda and Read more…
Tagged Africa, Banking on Education, CGI 2011, Clinton Global Initiative, Community, Conference, Education, Effie Cooke, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, Kadita "A.T." Tshibaka, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, OIC2011, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Savings, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Students of the World, Training, Uganda, videos
Class Is in Session at Neighborhood School Near Kumasi, Ghana
As U.S. students settle into the new school year, we check in with a Ghanaian school in the IDP Rising Schools Program, an initiative created and implemented by the IDP Foundation, Inc., in partnership with Opportunity International and Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT), which funds the development of quality local private schools in Ghana through school proprietor loans and other financial and Read more…
Tagged Africa, Children, Community, Education, Education finance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, IDP Foundation, IDP Foundation Rising Schools Program, IDP Rising Schools, Kumasi, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Sinapi Aba Trust, Students, Youth
Back to School with a Visit to See Education Finance in Action in Uganda
As we head back to school in the U.S., we’re thinking a lot about our educational loan clients and school proprietors around the world, and the impoverished children who are receiving an education because of them. Here, staff member Mark shares what he learned about education finance on his recent visit to a primary school in Kampala, Read more…
Tagged Africa, Back to School, Banking on Africa, Banking on Africa Campaign, Banking on Africa Insight Trip 2011, Children, Clients, Community, Education, Education finance, education microfinance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Insight Trip, Kampala, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Uganda, Poverty, Rise and Shine School, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Students, Uganda, Youth
Photo Blog: We’re Banking on Africa
This summer, Opportunity has launched the Banking on Africa Campaign. The campaign aims to bring millions of Sub-Saharan Africans closer to the day when they can safely deposit their savings, access loans to grow businesses, and purchase affordable insurance to protect their families—right in their own communities. Check out a photo tour below of some Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Banking on Africa, Banking on Africa Campaign, Children, Clients, Dikembe Mutombo, Education finance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Kenya, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, mobile banking vehicles, Opportunity DRC, Opportunity International, Opportunity Kenya, Opportunity Malawi, opportunity mozambique, Opportunity South Africa, Opportunity Tanzania, Opportunity Uganda, Poverty, Rwanda, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Students, Tanzania, Uganda
Spotlight on Educational Microfinance & IDP Rising Schools: Students of the World (SOW) Meets Students & Educators in Ghana
The Students of the World (SOW) Boston team is in Ghana all this month visiting Opportunity Ghana‘s microfinance operations and documenting their experiences in a diverse array of photos, posts and more on their blog. You can see all their updates and content on their site, and stay tuned to the Opportunity Blog and our Facebook Read more…
Tagged Africa, Blog, Children, Clients, Education, educational finance, educational microfinance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, guest blog, IDP Foundation, IDP Foundation Rising Schools Program, irene pritzker, Kumasi, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, SAT, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Sinapi Aba Trust, Social Media, Students, Students of the World, Youth
Half the World’s LDCs Can Emerge from Poverty, Says a New UN Report
On Tuesday, March 29, the United Nations issued a report, summarized at un.org under the title “Half of world’s poorest countries can escape poverty by 2020.” According to the report, which was produced by the Group of Eminent Persons appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, half the world’s 48 least developed countries (LDCs) can “graduate” out of Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Ban Ki-moon, Children, Clients, Conference, Economic development, Education, Ending Poverty, Events, Financial services, Istanbul, LDC, LDC Conference, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, School fee loans, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, small business loans, Turkey, UN, UN Report, UN Secretary-General, UNDP, United Nations, United Nations Development Programme
