Results
News
The ecommerce behemoth is making strategic investments to build an ecosystem of financial products and services to take on Flipkart and Paytm.
Amazon India’s Fintech PlayBlog Post
Despite the dubious claims from the Modi administration that India has electrified every village in the country, the march to extend grid infrastructure continues unabated. So where does that leave energy access enterprises? Ananth Aravamudan, Renewable Energy lead at Villgro, explores how these firms can find creative new ways to stay relevant.
Power Play: Can Energy Access Entrepreneurs Survive the Relentless March of Grid Electricity in India?Blog Post
After years of working with global MFIs at Whole Foods’ Whole Planet Foundation, Steve Wanta saw that the group lending model that helped microentrepreneurs abroad could also work for Hispanic female entrepreneurs in Texas. But he also realized that the traditional microfinance model could function better with a few twists. In this Q&A with NextBillion, Wanta discusses the lessons he's learned leading the nonprofit JUST, which is adapting the microfinance model for the U.S. market.
Trust, Not Peer Pressure: Adapting the Global Microfinance Model for the U.S.News
In the sunny afternoon of January 29, 1999, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Kofi Annan spoke to hundreds of business executives: “I propose that you, the business leaders…and we the United Nations initiate a Global Compact of shared values and principles, which will give a human face to the global market.”
In Memory Of Kofi Annan: Father Of The Modern Corporate Sustainability MovementNews
FINCA Ventures reflects FINCA International’s commitment to advancing market-led innovations supporting the world’s poor. By linking access to finance with access to basic services, FINCA Ventures can help increase the quality of life and productivity of FINCA’s global customer base, and create opportunities to extend financial inclusion by developing new financial products and services for unbanked and under-banked families.
Press release: FINCA International launches FINCA Ventures, an impact investing initiativeNews
Containing the West African Ebola outbreak took years, cost billions, and claimed more than 11,000 lives in three countries. The disease’s rapid spread was partly because family members and health care personnel could not adequately wash their hands after touching the sick and deceased.
Viewpoint: Make water a top global priority. It’s the best, cheapest way to save livesNews
Competition Authority finds no sign that Safaricom, which has a 67% market share, has abused its dominance.
Kenya’s competition watchdog clears dominant operator SafaricomNews
The loans will provide merchants with funds to grow their business through supplemental stock, infrastructure investment, and other key operational needs. Loans will be disbursed directly to the merchants’ phones.
Press release: Visa and Branch form micro-credit partnership
