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Breakout Session: From Silicon Valley to Sub-Saharan…
Rob Meloche, Opportunity’s VP of marketing and communications, got the afternoon breakout session started by asking the members in the panel to place the conversation about innovation and technology…
Read MoreOpportunity International’s Women’s Opportunity…
Learn why the Mastercard Foundation was recognized with our Annual Leadership Award for its role in supporting and inspiring global women entrepreneurs.
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: John Ortberg, Author and Pastor…
This evening, John Ortberg, pastor at the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California, spoke from the conference mainstage about why it is important to value every individual person with help and with…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Nadine Pembele, Head of Training…
This third and final plenary session of the day opens with remarks by Mary Lynn Staley, chair of the Opportunity International Board of Governors. She introduces Nadine Pembele, Head of Training for Opportunity…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Ambassador Tony Hall of the Alliance…
Ambassador Tony Hall is a long-time and tireless advocate for issues of global hunger and poverty eradication, serving as executive director of the Alliance to End Hunger. This morning, Dennis Ripley,…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Steven Levy, Senior Writer for…
Kicking off this second Friday plenary session of the morning, Steven Levy, Senior Writer for Wired magazine, and author of In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, talks about technology…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Dr. Julie Howard of USAID’s…
Dr. Julie Howard, the U.S. Government’s Deputy Coordinator for Development for the Feed the Future initiative, shares her background, and her perspectives on food security and global hunger from the…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Aleksandr-Alain Kalanda, CEO of…
This morning, the impassioned and inspiring Aleksandr-Alain Kalanda, CEO of Opportunity Malawi, spoke at the conference plenary session about the triumphs of launching Opportunity International Bank of…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Reeta Roy Accepts the 2011 International…
Today, Betsy Perdue, co-chair of the Women’s Opportunity Network (WON), presented Reeta Roy, President and CEO of The Mastercard Foundation, with WON’s 2011 International Women’s Leadership Award.…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Karen and Ronnie Lott, of Opportunity…
At the final presentation of this morning’s first plenary session of the conference, philanthropists Ronnie and Karen Lott, members of Opportunity International’s Board of Governors, spoke about what…
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