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#mifimon: Technology & Microfinance

By Guest Post on April 10, 2010

The following is a guest post from Ben Lyon from FrontlineSMS. You can stay connected and up to date with #mifimon by following @Mifimon on Twitter. Once every two weeks, the microfinance community comes together on Twitter for Microfinance Monday, or #mifimon. Last #mifimon, the use and implications of technology in microfinance took center stage. Questions ranged from Read more…

Posted in Our Mission and Vision, Our Work
Tagged #MifiMon, Microfinance, Rural Outreach, Technology, Twitter

Young Ambassador Reporting from Tanzania

By AJ Renold on March 23, 2010

On Sunday, Feb. 21, I flew from Chicago, Ill., to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. After almost two days of travel, I stepped out of the Julius Nyerere International Airport into humid, 90 degree weather. I knew I was in Tanzania. Thankfully, my luggage arrived with me and I went on to the Opportunity Tanzania head office. Over Read more…

Posted in Bank Building, Insight Trips, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Tagged Bank, Blogging, Clients, Insurance, Loans, Media, Microfinance, Opportunity Tanzania, Savings, Tanzania, Twitter, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity

Introducing #Mifimon 2010!

By Amy Carol Wolff on January 11, 2010

Interested in learning about microfinance? Follow our biweekly discussion group #mifimon (because Microfinance Mondays was too long for Twitter’s 140-character limit). Our aim is to host an exchange of ideas about issues relevant to the microfinance industry. You’re welcome to lend your voice, whether you’re a practitioner in the field or a newbie just learning Read more…

Posted in Events, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work
Tagged #MifiMon, 2010, Define Microfinance, Economic development, Education, Facebook, Holiday, Microfinance, New Year, Social Media, Twitter

#MifiMon: Women and Microfinance

By Guest Post on December 2, 2009

The following is a guest post by Sheethal Shobowale, Kiva Fellow at MFIs Asociación Arariwa in Cusco, Peru and Emprender in La Paz, Bolivia starting in January. Interested in learning about microfinance? Follow our biweekly Twitter discussion group #mifimon (because Microfinance Mondays was too long for Twitter’s 140-character limit). Our aim is to host an Read more…

Posted in Loans, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Training, Trust Groups, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged #MifiMon, Accion, Clients, Community, Community development, Education, Entrepreneurs, Equal opportunity, Gender equality, Group lending, Healthcare, Kiva, Lending Laws, Loan Officers, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Savings, Seven Bar Foundation, Social Performance Indicators Blog, The Next 4 Billion, Training, Trust Groups, Twitter, WAM, Women, Women Advancing Microfinance, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

#Mifimon: BRAC’s "Microfinance Plus" Approach

By Ruth-Anne Renaud on November 11, 2009

The following is a guest post by Jessica Elisberg from Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX). Interested in learning about microfinance? Follow our biweekly Twitter discussion group #mifimon (because Microfinance Mondays was too long for Twitter’s 140-character limit!) The aim is to host an exchange of ideas about issues relevant to the microfinance industry. You’re welcome to Read more…

Posted in Microinsurance, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work
Tagged #MifiMon, Agriculture, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, BRAC, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Health, Human Rights, Microensure, Microfinance Plus, Microinsurance, OptINnow, Sustainability, Twitter

#Mifimon: Where in the world is microfinance working?

By Guest Post on October 20, 2009

The following is a guest post by Grameen America DC’s Alice Geglio, for Opportunity International Interested in learning about microfinance? Follow our biweekly Twitter discussion group #mifimon (because Microfinance Mondays was too long for Twitter’s 140-character limit!) The aim is to host an exchange of ideas about issues relevant to the microfinance industry. You’re welcome to lend Read more…

Posted in Loans, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Technology
Tagged #MifiMon, Accion, Afganistan, ASA, China, Clients, Financial Regulations, FINCA, Gameen Bank, Ghana, India, Kenya, Latin America, Mexico, MFI, Microenterprises, Microfinance Institution, OptINnow, Peru, Rural banking, Southeast Asia, The Economist, Twitter

#Mifimon: Microfinance in Your Backyard

By Amy Carol Wolff on October 5, 2009

Twitter folks present (in alphabetical order): @AJRenold, @amycarolwolff, @Grameen_DC, @ianscotthaisley, @lethalsheethal, @lend4health, @optinnow, @rarenaud, @robgarciasj, @savetogether This week’s call to action: Find an article on U.S. microfinance and post it as a response to this blog and on our #Mifimon facebook page. Have a conversation with a friend or colleague about U.S. microfinance and tell Read more…

Posted in Loans, Microinsurance, Our Work, Technology, Training
Tagged #MifiMon, Accion, Activists, Banking, Education, Financial services, Grameen America, Lend 4 Health, Microfinance, OptINnow, Poverty, Training, Twitter, Women's Philanthropy

Real-Time Conversation. Real-Time Impact. #Mifimon

By Amy Carol Wolff on September 28, 2009

One of the things I love about Twitter is that you’re able to experience real-time industry developments and thought exchange. I love seeing people discuss social entrepreneurship, music, literature and food. Individuals can discover new resources that help grow their knowledge of the world and space in which they operate. It is truly fascinating. This Read more…

Posted in OptINnow, Our Work
Tagged #MifiMon, Education, environmental sustainability, Facebook, Healthcare, Microfinance, OptINnow, Social Entrepreneurship, Tweets, Twitter

Twestival: Social Media Enables Social Change

By Guest Post on September 16, 2009

Guest Post written by Kaitlyn Davidson: What’s this Twitter stuff all about? If you have a Twitter account (millions of you do), and you want to engage in social change, then Twitter may have just the event for you. Twestival Local, or Twitter-Festival, is an event that unites Twitter users offline to have a Read more…

Posted in Events, OptINnow
Tagged Chicago, Children, Education, Fundraising, Jacqueline Syokwaa, Kenya, Loans, Nairobi, Opportunity International, Social Media, Trust Groups, Twestival, Twitter

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