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ONE Blog: “Creating Jobs for Africans: An interview with Ambassador Marantis”
The following interview of Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, conducted by the ONE Campaign‘s Malaka Gharib, was originally published on the ONE Blog on Monday, June 6, 2011. I had the huge honor of interviewing Ambassador Demetrios Marantis for our Trade = Development blog series. He plays a leading role in enforcing the Read more…
Tagged Africa, Ambassador, Business, business leaders, Congress, Development, Ending Poverty, global development, Global Poverty, global trade, Legislation, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Poverty, Poverty in Africa, President Obama, sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Ambassador, Women, Zambia
A New Year for Microfinance in Tanzania
This year at Opportunity Tanzania there were big changes and growth. Among them was the addition of Ross Nathan as the new Chief Operating Officer. Nathan began his work in Tanzania in August, bringing a wealth of knowledge from his 13 years of on-the-ground experience in microfinance operations and strategies in six countries, including setting up regulated Read more…
Tagged Africa, AJ Renold, Bank Building, Branch staff, Christmas, Dar es Salaam, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, Financial services, Ilala, India, Loan Officer, Loans, local staff, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance Institution, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, Poverty, Rwanda, Savings, Tanzania, Urwego Opportunity Bank of Rwanda, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Zambia
What We’re Reading: Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo
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. We welcome your comments in the comment field below–tell us what you’re reading, or respond to the piece we’ve highlighted. The following Read more…
Tagged Africa, China, Clients, Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid, Education, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Hunger, India, international aid, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, what we're reading, World Bank, Zambia
