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Opportunity International’s Micro Insurance Agency…
$24.2 million in new funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help agency expand services in 11 new countries Oak Brook, Ill. – Feb. 6, 2008 – Opportunity International, one of the world’s…
Read MoreBanking Rollout Approaches to Rural Markets: Opportunity…
This paper examines strategies for expanding microfinance bank operations to a rural setting based on the experience of Opportunity International Bank of Malawi (OIBM), looking specifically at client responsive…
Read MoreCompassion International to Provide $5 Million to Expand…
Two Leading Christian Organizations Collaborate To Help Poor Families Work Their Way Out of Poverty Oak Brook, Ill. – Nov. 6, 2007 – Compassion International and Opportunity International, among the…
Read MoreUPS Foundation Awards Centennial Grant to Opportunity…
Will Help Thousands of Entrepreneurs Work Their Way Out of Poverty Oak Brook, Ill. – Nov. 1, 2007 – A century ago, two men on a bicycle received a $100 loan to start a delivery service company which…
Read MoreOpportunity International Honors One Millionth Client…
Kigali, Rwanda – October 4, 2007 – With 100 well-wishers looking on, Clementine Uzabakiriho and her husband Andre were bestowed with a ceremonial “key to the bank” of Urwego Opportunity Bank (UOB)…
Read MoreWorld Relief, World Relief Canada and HOPE International…
Urwego Opportunity Bank first-ever bank merger in Rwanda; Will offer savings accounts, financial services to poor KIGALI, RWANDA, Aug. 7, 2007 – The world’s leading Christian organizations supplying…
Read MoreOpportunity International launches Microschools™…
New research shows ‘schools for the poor’ outperform public schools in developing world Oak Brook, Ill. – July 31, 2007 – Opportunity International, a leading innovator in the microfinance industry,…
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