Huffingtonpost. Interview with Anne Wells, founder of UNITE The World With Africa T: Tell me about the work that you do. A: I recently founded the social organization “UNITE The World With Africa” to empower and facilitate meaningful giving and service opportunities between Americans and Tanzanians. Specifically, I design and run humanitarian... 

by Lauren Braniff, CGAP. Anyone following microfinance news will have seen the recent reports on portfolio crises emerging in several markets. A recent CGAP publication and blog post identified weak systems as a key vulnerability in the microfinance sector and leading cause of the crises. I recently spoke with consultant Normand Arsenault to learn... 

by Jim Rosenberg, CGAP: To promote effective regulation of branchless banking, especially mobile banking, CGAP, DFID, and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) have organized the third Global Leadership Seminar for high-level policymakers and regulators who set policy for branchless banking, including mobile banking. CGAP’s Technology Program... 

  In this interview with Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director of Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International, she speaks on aligning interests especially among NGO management and founders, donors and new investors. One of the lead authors of Aligning Intersts: Addressing Management and Stakeholder Incentives during Microfinance Institution... 

Mr. Malachi Kongude, a veteran banker, has served as staff of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for many years before he became the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Tangale Microfinance Nigeria Limited in Billiri Local Government Area of Gombe State. In this interview with Reporter Mike Ogbu, he speaks on how the bank has impacted people of... 

From Socialfunds.com - by Robert Kropp, Following an SEC clarification of peer lending products as securities, People Capital hopes that social investors will use its lending platform to execute their missions. SocialFunds.com — Last month, SocialFunds.com spoke with Tom Shelton, CEO and founder of People Capital, about the company’s beta... 

By Johan Huizinga Banking by mobile phone has really taken off in Africa. It’s fast, relatively cheap, safe and easy to keep track of. Mobile banking seems perfectly suited to microcredit. So will the credit analysts be setting off into the bush with their PDAs? It will soon be happening in Kenya. Lukas Wellen is an economist who has been involved...