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Microfinance in Africa: The importance of women
MicroLoan Foundation has been making small loans, accompanied by business training, for more than ten years now - and they have only ever targeted these services to women. Mike Warmington, the organization’s Head of Operations, explains why and how they’re focusing on women in their efforts to reduce poverty at the BoP.
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Nigeria: Microfinance Banks Need More Financial Empowerment
The Managing Director, Fortis Micofinance Bank Plc, Mr. Kunle Oketikun has called for more financial empowerment for Nigerians.
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Saving Themselves: Why young people are asking for better savings services
The importance of savings to financial inclusion is well-established - at least for adults. But the conversation about youth savings is marked by skepticism about young people’s ability to save, compounded by the fact that many of them are not (or shouldn’t be) working. Rani Deshpande, director of Save the Children’s YouthSave project, discusses why youth savings must be a priority, and how the financial inclusion community can help.
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Mobile money transforming Africa
A new study reveals just how different e-commerce is in Africa compared to global trends.
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In Financial Inclusion, Indonesia’s Policies and Banks Found Wanting
The direct relationship between financial inclusion and economic growth and development is well accepted globally. But when it comes to financial inclusion in Indonesia, there is quite a long way to go. The concept of financial inclusion not only embraces access to credit and loans for all, it also means access to bank accounts, insurance products and, equally importantly, financial education.
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Will Migrant Workers Drive Bitcoin’s Mundane Future?
A certain seediness seems to be a necessary element in getting people’s juices flowing about virtual currencies.
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World Bank president to open 2013 Microcredit Summit
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim will open the 2013 Microcredit Summit: Partnerships against Poverty on October 9 with a recorded statement urging the nearly 800 delegates from 69 countries to commit themselves to the advancement of microfinance to end extreme poverty.
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Easing Nigeria’s Banking Gridlock
The past decade of banking in Nigeria has not been for the faint hearted.
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