“Sulay, the Hope Micro MIS Administrator, tests Splash Mobile Money” (image provided by Kopo Kopo) Kopo Kopo recently announced the launch of Mobile Microfinance in Sierra Leone in partnership with Hope Micro and Splash Mobile Money, utilizing its mobile money aggregation platform. The platform enables Microfinance institutions to integrate... 

From National Daily, Nigeria - Microfinance banks in the country have been generating much controversy of late following the report from the Central Bank of Nigeria that most microfinance banks (MFBs) have misplaced their priorities, culminating in their insolvency and distress. In this interview, Prince Dele Oyekanmi, the Managing Director of... 

By Chima Nwokoji, Daily Sun Nigeria - Following recent revocation of licences of some microfinance banks, there have been calls from various quarters for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to scrap microfinance banking in Nigeria. Mr Wale Adeduro is a management consultant with ... 

By Matilda Nzioki, Standard Media - Dr Jennifer Riria, a distinguished micro-finance banker and gender specialist, is the chief executive officer of Kenya Women Group. She lets us in on what the award winning and the country’s largest micro-financing institution Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT) has been up to. She has spent her adult life... 

Vanguard – Despite the challenges that the board and management of Integrated Microfinance Bank, IMFB, have been faced with, it is determined to come out stronger and bigger. In this interview, IMFB’s Managing Director, Mr. Adamu Ibrahim, takes us through the events of the past 9 months, steps being taken to regain public confidence and the... 

by Microfinance Podcast – MFP 072. Savings: the Core of Microfinance – Interview with Marguerite Robinson from Microfinance Podcast on Vimeo. Interview with Marguerite Robinson on the role of savings in microfinance. Dr. Robinson has worked extensively in Asia, in rural and tribal areas and among the urban poor. She served for many years as... 

Dr (Mrs.) Lizzy Okereke, is the Managing Director/CEO, AZSA Microfinance Bank Ltd. She graduated from Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, USA served on return to Nigeria with Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB), joining same after youth service till 2002 when she disengaged to set up a consultancy firm to package small businesses. She... 

Centre for Microfinance Leadership – Thinking about your role as a leader, what do you see as the next challenges for your organization? I think leaders have to grow and develop over time. Self-awareness is very important. It’s critical that when you first start managing you know who you are and what makes you tick. It is very important for... 

By Bankole Makinde, Tribune – Mr. Henry Nwawuba is the Executive Director (Business Development) of Fortis Micro-Finance Bank Limited. In this interview with Bankole Makinde, he declared that thrift, savings and cooperative societies are not licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unlike the microfinance banks, just as he disclosed that... 

BY Shrija Agrawal, VCCIRCLE. LeapFrog Investments, a Mauritius-based fund that invests in microfinance institutions (MFIs) offering insurance to the poor, is looking to deploy around $40 million (Rs178.4 crore) from its $110-million global fund in India. LeapFrog, whose investors include Soros Economic Development Fund set up by investor George Soros,...