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Conference 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…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Daryl Collins, Co-Author of Portfolios…
This morning at the Opportunity International Conference, Daryl Collins, co-author of Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day, spoke from the main stage about the financial portfolios…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Anessa Chui of Credit Suisse
This morning, Anessa Chui–VP of Human Resources-Onboarding and Program Management at Credit Suisse–spoke from the main stage at Opportunity’s annual conference. Credit Suisse, a strategic partner…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Kevin Compton of Radar Partners
At this morning’s opening plenary session on the main stage at the Opportunity International Conference, Kevin Compton, the co-founder of Radar Partners and co-chair of Opportunity’s Banking on Africa…
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