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Posted on July 30, 2010
Gallup: Few Sub-Saharan Africans Aware of Local Microfinance Options…
Forty-three percent say lenders aren’t available
by Jenny Marlar
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Residents in sub-Saharan African countries report a wide range of awareness about the availability of microfinance lending in their communities, suggesting these institutions remain locally inaccessible to many who would benefit most from using them. Malawians (65%) and Ugandans (63%) are the most likely to say they are aware of these institutions in their communities, while respondents from Ivory Coast (18%), Democratic Republic of the Congo (16%), and Zimbabwe (15%) are the least likely to say the same.
India: Private Equity funds step up investments in MFIs…
July 12, 2010
Over $1 Million in New Grants From Clinton Bush Haiti Fund to Rebuild Lives & Livelihoods…
July 12, 2010
UAE: Aabar places microfinance investment…
July 12, 2010
India: Decoding microfinance…
July 9, 2010
Tanzania: NMB, Partners Launch New Loan Scheme…
July 9, 2010
Citigroup, Inc (NYSE: C) to Establish Shariah-compliant Microfinance Banks in Pakistan…
July 9, 2010
Filling in the ‘Missing Pieces’: How Mary Ellen Iskenderian and Women’s World Banking Are Redefining Microfinance
July 8, 2010
Rwanda: Blue Financial Services Cautions Defaulters…
July 8, 2010
WSJ: Microfinance Groups Think Big…
July 8, 2010
MiFi Editorials
Recycle to Eradicate Poverty
The MiFi Report is excited to present you with a program that celebrates the last two Nobel Peace Prize concepts: environment and microfinance. Electronic waste like cell phones pollute the environment (up to 35,000 gallons of water per phone) and microfinance has been proven to be an effective poverty alleviation tool. In response to these issues and as a [...]
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2009: The Year that 2008 Catches Up to Microfinance?…
Source: http://www.mykro.org/2009-the-year-that-2008-catches-up-to-microfinance/2009/02/
Just about every week, someone will write a piece on microfinance and the effects the worldwide credit crisis will have on the sector. Most journalists and experts alike are optimistic that microfinance will weather the storm and could even be “the answer” to the international investment predicament we are slipping further and further into [...]
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FAQs on Microfinance
This interview was undertaken in Cape Town, South Africa between the co-founders of The MiFi Report.
Nick: Could you describe Microfinance in one sentence?
James: Microfinance is the practice of providing the financial tools that you and I take for granted every day, such as credit, savings, insurance, etc., to those affected by extreme poverty.
Nick: Can you describe the tools you referred to for providing [...]
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The MiFi Report Officially Launches! Aug. 21, 2008.
Welcome everyone to the world’s finest news site for everything microfinance. The MiFi Report was founded as the first microfinance information site directed toward both the casual reader and the MFI experts alike.
Enjoy the site, and feel free to send feedback straight to me, the editor, at admin@mifireport.com… constructive or not, feel free to fill [...]
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