February 2010
14 posts
Microloan Foundation and Agriculture
From: Muzungu in Kasungu
n a slightly separate vein from my usual social performance management work, I’ve also been involved in setting up a partnership between MicroLoan Foundation and a local charity based in Mchinji, who focus on agricultural sustainability and food security for the most vulnerable. An agreement is being worked on whereby they provide the agricultural training and...
Malawi Parliament Approves Credit Reference Bureau...
From: Nyasaland Times
Malawi’s legislature recently passed a bill that will mandate information sharing among banks by establishing a formal credit bureau. This could be a milestone in preventing juggling loans and spotting potential defaulters. Hopefully some of these benefits will extend to the microfinance sector as well.
Read the full article here
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How does credit access compare to other services?
From CGAP:
How does credit access compare to utilities like water/sanitation and electricity?
According to the CGAP’s report Financial Access 2009, 40% of the world bankable population has access to savings or credit accounts.
This is much lower than: - basic sanitation: 60% - mobile phones: 68 % - electricity: 78% - safe water: 83% - basic medical care:...
Africa: Continent Ripe for Citizen-Led Development... →
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timedesk:
caraobrien:
From allAfrica.com, excerpt:
There have been real improvements in Africa over the past decade. Economic growth has been averaging about five per cent a year, 34 million more children are in school, malarial death rates have nearly been halved in a number of countries and more than three million people are on life-preserving AIDS medications.
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great opportunity for students interested in...
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joshtetrick:
Download now or preview on posterous Nairobi Microcredit Summit Scholarship Application.pdf (64 KB) Posted via email from 33needs | Comment »
HAP International Evaluation Report →
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aidresources:
The evaluation was commissioned by the Chair of HAP in April 2009 and was conducted during May and June of the same year. This evaluation report is based on 78 written or oral responses to 158…
HAP International Evaluation Report →
Microloan Foundation
aidresources:
The evaluation was commissioned by the Chair of HAP in April 2009 and was conducted during May and June of the same year. This evaluation report is based on 78 written or oral responses to 158…
Microloan Foundation Blogger: What Works and What...
From: Muzungu in Kazungu
http://muzunguinkasungu.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-works-and-what-doesnt.html
You're invited to Microfinance Happy Hour on Feb... →
brianrweinberg:
Microfinance Happy Hour? Now thats a good idea! :)
DFID Releases Malawi Assistance Report
From: Reliefweb
Edward Leigh MP, Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, today said:
“It is difficult to judge whether the Department for International Development has spent UK public money efficiently in Malawi.
The report highlights the need for sustainability and an “exit strategy”. It is also mentioned that only 60% of DFID’s targets were met, and that even...
Malawi: Counting the Chickens
From DanChurchAid (DCA)
Muzungu in Kasungu: Rain, Mud and Flowery Bikes →
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Mobile Banking comes to Malawi
Zain Malawi recently the beginning of a pilot mobile banking project in Malawi. Cash transfers via mobile phone offer tremendous opportunities to those who are unable to access formal bank services, like most of the people Microloan seeks to empower.
Mobile platforms for banking not only widely increase the opportunities for access to financial services (anyone with a signal is eligible) but the...
January 2010
2 posts
Microloan Music Festival in Cambridge
Saturday night featured a charity event for Microloan Foundation. The Eye, Spinning Vicars and Midlife Crisis played at the Junction in Cambridge. Check out the videos!
Microloan Solar Entrepreneurs Show Success in...
It is no secret that climate change and environmental degradation has reaped its most destructive effects in developing countries. In Malawi, where 90% of the population relies on agriculture, reduced yields from a declining rainfall are pushing nearly five million people even deeper below the poverty line. An ecological crisis is gripping the country from two sides. On one side, decreasing...
December 2009
1 post
Earthquake hits one of Microloan's branch... →
November 2009
5 posts
World AIDS Day and Inequality: Remembering the...
Tomorrow will mark the 22nd annual World AIDS day. Policy-makers, activists, and actors in the global health community will use the occasion to remember the 25 million deaths caused by the epidemic. But come December 2nd, it will be business as usual.
Giant initiatives undertaken by the Clinton Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and The Global Fund have brought treatment to millions of...
USAID in Malawi: Questions for the Future
USAID’s 2010 budget includes a $26mil (£16.5mil) increase from $76.3mil (£45mil) in 2009 to a new level of $132mil (£79.5mil). UK’s DFID is still Malawi’s largest donor at £120m ($200mil) but USAID’s increase is giving the agency a considerable degree of control over the future of Malawi’s development.
While the increase in funding is certainly welcomed, those...
St Albans business woman pledges to donate 10% of...
http://www.hertsad.co.uk/content/herts/news/story.aspx?brand=HADOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestHAD&itemid=WEED03%20Nov%202009%2009%3A58%3A37%3A727
October 2009
2 posts
Microloan in Action in Malawi!
http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbt9YD6ZEAs
