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Grameen Foundation news releases
Vikram GandhiGF Board of Directors member Vikram Gandhi talks to CNBC about the market for microfinance, Credit Suisse, and Grameen Foundation.
2009-07-02
GF, Google and MTN Uganda Launch New Mobile Services for Uganda's Poor
Initiative promotes innovative use of existing technology to empower the world’s poor
2009-06-29
Alex Counts reports on the Microcredit Summit Campaign in Colombia
GF President and CEO Alex Counts provides a first-hand account of the summit.
2009-06-10
GF’s Mifos Wins Sun Microsystem’s 2009 Duke’s Choice Award
Recognized as Best Java Technology for the Open Source Community
2009-06-05
GF and Yeardley Smith Team up to Fight Poverty
Television voice of Lisa Simpson Yeardley Smith has joined up with Grameen Foundation to fight poverty. Read about her recent trip to Haiti.
2009-05-26
GF Releases Case Study on Edyficar of Peru
Examines transformation of Edyficar over the past two decades
2009-05-22
Enda Inter-Arabe Goes Live on Mifos
Tunisian microfinance pioneer invests in technology to bring microfinance to more of the country’s poor.
2009-05-12
GF Appoints New Executives
Includes Executive Vice President, Regional CEO for Asia and Vice President for Microfinance
2009-05-08
GF Honors Marshall Saunders with Humanitarian Award
Longtime philanthropist and microfinance practitioner has supported microfinance initiatives for almost two decades
2009-04-28
Muhammad Yunus and Michael Chu Debate Future of Microfinance
The debate focused on the role and ethics of commercialization of microfinance.
2009-03-31
Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Newsroom : News releases
Grameen Foundation uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans and financial services, we help the poor, mostly women, start businesses and escape poverty. Our global network of 55 microfinance institution (MFI) partners including our Growth Guarantee partners has touched more than 34 million people in 24 countries. In addition, we introduced and now sustain technology initiatives (Mifos and Village Phone) in Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, bringing our total country outreach to 28.
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