Muhammad Yunus Three years back we surveyed the educational status of Grameen borrowers’ children and we were pleasantly surprised. Not only were all of them…
The Turkish Grameen Microcredit Project (TGMP) has taken off and is now slowly spreading out in Diyarbakir province in eastern Turkey. It is providing financial…
Venture projects are established with private entrepreneurs or organizations outside Grameen family. Grameen CyberNet Limited (GCL) Formed with 51% equity financed by Grameen Fund, it…
“Grameen Bank lends money to extremely poor people, particularly women, without collateral, without any legal instrument, without any group guarantee, without joint liability, and so…
New start-ups training with KUM and MKEJ The new national network of Grameen replications in Indonesia had a large turnout at its second meeting on…
Presidential Trust Fund for Self-Reliance (PTF) supported microfinance program in Tanzania, was established at the initiative of the Government of Tanzania in 1984. It was…
In mid-1980s, against the back drop of financial difficulties of poor Nigerians following the liberalisation policies of its government, a social reformer, Mr. Godwin Ehigiamusoe…
Professor Muhammad Yunus in his keynote address at the Grameen Microfinance Forum in Asia, emphasized the need for mobilizing greater resources and developing new partnerships to…
The SEF (The Small Enterprise Foundation) aims at alleviation of poverty by working with the very poor in a sustainable manner. Until recently SEF was…
Mr. Udaia Kumar’s work in microcredit won him the Changemaker Award in Hyderabad in October, where the organisation he founded, SHARE, was lauded for bringing a business…