Money Matters: Faulu Kenya CEO John Mwara
April 9, 2011 by Microfinance Africa
From NTV Kenya Faulu Kenya is one of the few deposit-taking microfinance institutions in the country. As many of its peers convert into full-fledged banks, CEO John Mwara talks about the sources of its funding, the future of microfinance and how technology has shaped that sector. // AKPC_IDS += "8796,";Tweet Read More →
Regulators Crack Down on Microfinance Industry in India
March 31, 2011 by Microfinance Africa
// By Fred de Sam Lazaro, PBS Newshour New rules aimed at regulating India’s microfinance industry, whose spectacular growth and near collapse strongly echo the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, are set to take effect April 1. Neighboring Bangladesh’s supreme court will also resume hearing an appeal from Muhammad Yunus on April 4. Yunus...
Poor people want MFIs back: SKS Microfinance
March 13, 2011 by Microfinance Africa
In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Vikram Akula, founder of SKS Microfinance, talks about the challenges faced by the company and microfinance sector as a whole because of MFI Act enacted by Andhra Pradesh. Akula says Andhra continues to be a challenge for the company and expect that over time the issue will get resolved. AKPC_IDS += "8218,";Tweet Read More →
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Micro-Insurance
March 9, 2011 by Microfinance Africa
Insurance companies have to re-think their marketing strategies in a bid to boost their margins, amid low uptake of products and services made available to the consuming public. Most players are now diversifying their product portfolios, while rolling out offerings targeted at the lower end of the market, replicating a business model that has proven...
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Microfinance in India – Milaap
February 3, 2011 by Microfinance Africa
http://www.milaap.org Microfinance for dummies: Find a person who has no money. Give them a really small sum of money for a project that they want to do that will give them more money. When they succeed and get the more money, then they’ll give you back your original money. Sound easy enough? Wanna read more on my thoughts on Milaap? Click here:...
Georgia Micro Loans
January 22, 2011 by Microfinance Africa
In regions of Georgia left in tatters after its conflict with Russia over South Ossetia in 2008, a microfinance programme has given a second breath to residents still struggling to rebuild their lives. With funding from the European Union (EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) teamed up with seven local microfinance institutions to...
