Category: Microfinance

Why the Central Bank of Nigeria’s SMEEIS was Replaced by a Fund for Microfinance

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The Nigerian government cut its Small and Medium Enterprises Equity Investment Scheme (SMEEIS) due to a lack of success and underutilization.

Person-to-Person Lending: Is Financial Democracy a Click Away?

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Olive Microfinance Bank Inaugurates Corporate Office in Lagos State Nigeria

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Created by Nigerians from “various reputed” Nigerian banks, Olive is now in the process of hiring an extended network of staff to operate the institution.

Who’s Who in Microfinance

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Anne Hastings of Haiti’s Fondasyon Kole Zepol (Fonkoze)

Microfinance Paper Wrap-up

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Learning By Association: Micro Credit in Chiapas, Mexico, by Gustavo A. Barboza and Humberto Barreto

Luxembourg Fund Labelling Agency Grants Label to Belgian Microfinance Investment Company Incofin’s Rural Impulse Fund

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The label was initiated to provide increased assurance to investors that commercial microfinance investment vehicle’s (MIVs) were committed to delivering microfinance services

Kiva and VideoJug Enter Partnership to Promote Online Microfinance

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IFC makes $15.6 million Equity Investment in Grupo Mundial

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) recently made a USD 15.6 million equity investment in financial conglomerate Grupo Mundial Tenedora S.A. IFC now has a 9.9 percent stake in the group.

Microfinance Business Plan Competition to Facilitate Business Development Services

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Intellecap Announces In-House Partnership between its India Development Gateway (IDG) and its Srijan Microfinance Business Plan Competition to Facilitate Business Development Services for Srijan Participants