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The MasterCard Foundation on Opportunity Ghana’s Agricultural Microfinance Initiatives and Diversification for Smallholder Farmers
The following post was written by Reeta Roy, President & CEO of The MasterCard Foundation, and was published on The MasterCard Foundation blog on Wednesday, April 13, entitled “Financial Services and Diversification for Small-Holder Farmers.” Roy traveled to Ghana with Rewa Misra, Program Manager of Microfinance for The MasterCard Foundation, and Jannalee Anderson, National Director Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Clients, cocoa, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Gates Foundation, Ghana, Global Poverty, Guest Post, Jump for Opportunity, Loans, MasterCard Foundation, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Blog, Opportunity Canada, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rural Outreach, Savings, Smallholder farmer, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The MasterCard Foundation, Trust Groups
What We’re Watching: At Davos, Bill Gates and the Needs of the Developing World
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg interviews Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 28, 2011. Gates answers viewer questions and addresses the global need for expansive immunization, advanced agricultural techniques and the importance of traveling to see firsthand the needs of the developing world. For this and more, click the screenshot above to watch the Read more…
Tagged Africa, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Davos, Facebook, Gates Foundation, Health, Insight Trip, Melinda Gates, Poverty, Social Media, strategic partners, Switzerland, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, videos, World Economic Forum, World Economic Forum on Africa
What We’re Reading: “Haiti: Could Mobile Banking Be a Legacy of the Earthquake?”
Every Wednesday, we highlight an article, book or a blog in our “What We’re Reading” series. We feature works that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the work we do at Opportunity International. We welcome your comments in the comment field below–-tell us what you’re reading, or respond to the piece we’ve highlighted. The Read more…
Tagged ATMs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cell phone banking, CGAP, cgap technology blog, Earthquake, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Fonkoze, Gates Foundation, Haiti, MFI, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, mobile phone banking, natural disasters, NGO, Opportunity International, point-of-sale devices, Port-au-Prince, POS devices, Poverty, Technology, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, what we're reading, World Bank
What We’re Watching: Podcast on Mobile Phone Banking from Gates Foundation
There’s an opportunity for banking to be an innovator. To take advantage of technology that’s out there to solve the problem of how do we serve clients in a more cost-effective way, closer to where they live. -From the podcast: “Efforts by Banks: OIBM, Part 2″ in the series “Mobile Money-Mobile Banking“ Tamara Cook, program officer, Read more…
Tagged Africa, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cell phone banking, Cell Phones, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Gates Foundation, M-banking, M-PESA, Malawi, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, mobile phone banking, Mobile Phones, OIBM, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, podcast, Poverty, tamara cook, Technology, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
What We’re Reading: “Investing in Women & Girls” (MediaPlanet supplement, USA Today)
Every Wednesday on our blog, we highlight an article, book or a blog in our “What We’re Reading” series. We’ll feature pieces or works that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the work we do at Opportunity. We welcome your comments in the comment field below–tell us what you’re reading, or respond to the Read more…
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Gates and Mastercard Foundations Partner with Opportunity International
In an effort to reach people living in poverty in rural areas, Opportunity International has researched and implemented new products and platforms such as mobile banking, savings services, agricultural finance, cell phone banking, education finance and much more. Because they believe in Opportunity International’s innovative model, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The MasterCard Foundation Read more…
