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2011 Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Snapshot
This analysis of microfinance and key trends in sub-Saharan Africa for 2011 highlights the impact of mobile banking in the world’s most unbanked region. The data covers approximately 23,000 providers…
Read MoreOur Prayers for Victims of Monday’s Devastating Earthquake…
On Monday morning, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake (U.S. Geological Survey) struck central Philippines in a narrow strait just off Negros Island. The epicenter was closest to Tayasan, a coastal town of about…
Read MoreA Trip Down Memory Lane with Some New-Old Photos
We have a lot of great photos at Opportunity International. With all of the amazing clients we get to meet and all of the places we get to work, great pictures aren’t hard to come by. Unfortunately,…
Read MoreLook Good, Do Good
This week only, the social entrepreneurs at Sevenly selected Opportunity International as their featured nonprofit, designing t-shirts and a hoodie for sale to benefit our work. They were especially inspired…
Read MoreOpportunity Canada: 3 Girls Go Plaid for People in…
We’re always looking for cool new ways that Opportunity supporters find to help us end poverty. So when we read this story on Opportunity Canada’s blog about three teens going plaid for Opportunity,…
Read MoreOpportunity Promotes Entrepreneurship for the Next…
Opportunity International is launching a Technical High School to teach youth entrepreneurship skills in the agriculture and tourism industries as part of its community development initiative in Nicaragua.…
Read MoreMeet Our Staff: Why Do I Believe in Opportunity?
In May of 2010, I attended a luncheon hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs where Melanne Verveer, the first-ever U.S. ambassador-at-large for Global Women’s Issues, spoke to the significance…
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading: Last Week’s Insight Trip to…
Opportunity International staff and contributors just returned this week from the first Insight Trip of 2012. Their travel adventure took them to Colombia and Nicaragua where they experienced microfinance…
Read MoreOpportunity International Gains Funding to Expand Technology…
The three-year grant from Credit Suisse will build upon an ongoing partnership to improve access to financial tools and support the growing need for highly trained financial services personnel in the world’s…
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