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AI Curious Podcast
Can AI Help Eradicate Poverty? How AI is Helping African Farmers and Teachers, w/ Opportunity International's Ama Akuamoah & Paul Essene
Global tech reporter Jeff Wilser talks to Opportunity International's DIG team about using human-centered, “human-in-the-loop” AI chatbots to help entrepreneurs across Africa while navigating real constraints like connectivity, literacy, privacy, and trust.
Rest of World
Malawi’s new farmhand: AI that speaks the local language
Opportunity international's Ulangizi AI combines ChatGPT’s power with traditional know-how and government data to help crops—and families—flourish.
Associated Press
How AI is helping some small-scale farmers weather a changing climate
Our AI innovation for smallholder farmers has helped Alex Maere grow more and earn more in rural Malawi. Learn in this article from the Associated Press.
Impact Alpha
As foreign aid retreats, market-based models fill the education gap
Head of Education Finance Andrew McCusker shares insights into our sustainable development model in Impact Alpha.
Think Global Health
Microfinance to Replace Declining Aid: A Roadmap in Trust
Opportunity Head of Global Health Annie Wang shares how financial institutions can shape the future of health equity in this Op-Ed.
Nile Post
Sector Players Call for Innovative Financing to Address Africa’s Education Crisis
Opportunity CPO Tineyi Mawocha shares insights into innovations to uplift Africa's education system at the Education Financing Symposium in Kampala.
Real Leaders Magazine
Atul Tandon in Real Leaders Magazine on Human-Centered AI
Opportunity CEO Atul Tandon shares three lessons for building AI that truly serves the world’s most vulnerable communities.
The Monitor
Smallholder farmers to benefit from $500m loan initiative
Opportunity International Agriculture Finance Summit brings together dozens of financial institutions to build new strategies for smallholder farmers.
Microsoft
AI-powered success—with more than 1,000 stories of customer transformation and innovation
Opportunity International is recognized among top corporate, philanthropic, and nonprofit institutions utilizing AI as a means to make even greater impacts.
Farmers Review Africa
$500 Million Invested in Smallholder Agriculture in Sub Saharan Africa
Opportunity International’s Atul Tandon and Tim Strong share their thoughts on the impact of our Agriculture Finance program on hundreds of thousands of smallholder farming families across the continent.