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Tribute to Juan Ulloa
I first met Juan Ulloa in the late ’90s as we led Opportunity International Canada Insight Trips to Nicaragua, and we made a connection that I will cherish forever. Juan was a giant in our industry —…
Read MoreThrough the Noise: Small Loans & Business Training…
During these uncertain times, how are leaders adapting and changing course? Opportunity International CEO Atul Tandon joined Through the Noise host Ernesto Gluecksmann to discuss how the organization is…
Read MoreRise: Refugees and COVID-19: Impact on Food Prices,…
As part of the Refugees, Innovations, Self-reliance and Empowerment (RISE) project, Opportunity is using financial diaries and other human-centered design approaches in order to make informed and appropriate…
Read MoreRISE: The Financial Lives of Refugees Living in Uganda
Opportunity International and its partners launched the Refugees, Innovations, Self-reliance and Empowerment (RISE) project in June 2019 to help integrate and financially include refugee and host communities,…
Read MoreLooking For Equity After COVID-19? Prioritize African…
COVID-19 has presented not only a health crisis but a burgeoning economic catastrophe as well. A recent McKinsey report notes that in 2020, African economies could experience a catastrophic loss from $90…
Read MoreOpportunity International United States statement in…
As we join the world in anguish and lament over racism, oppression, violence, and injustice, we recall the very tenets on which Opportunity was founded. Opportunity International exists to extend…
Read MoreJune Book Club: The Hundred Wells of Salaga
The Opportunity Book Club began in 2018 with a curated reading list that represented a wide range of geographies, authors, and perspectives. Our community has traveled around the world from the comfort…
Read MoreUpdate from Our Partners in Haiti
In an effort to reach some of the most marginalized people in the world, Opportunity partners with Fonkoze, a microfinance organization in Haiti. If you have never been, Haiti is a country filled with…
Read MoreOpportunity CEO Atul Tandon and EduQuality Manager…
Opportunity CEO Atul Tandon and Opporunity EduQuality Manager Renee McAlpin joined the annual Ideagen Global Innovation Summit to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on education thus far, the challenges…
Read MoreSurvive to Thrive
Founder of Soul of Finance Larry Reed interviewed Opportunity CEO Atul Tandon to discuss how Opportunity is pivoting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Soul of Finance explores how the financial industry and…
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