Tag: microfinance efficiency

Innovations in Microfinance: Africa

November 1, 2007 Update

Claudio Sissa, a Solutions Consultant from our Efficiency Team, recently traveled to Uganda and Kenya to study the African microfinance market. While there, Claudio visited Jamii Bora, a Unitus partner in Nairobi that is leading the way in innovative microfinance practices. Claudio was particularly interested in learning about their implementation of biometric POS (point of sale)… Read more >

Launching Microfinance Efficiency Initiative With Gates Foundation

October 26, 2006 Press Release

Unitus and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Launch Microfinance Efficiency Initiative Unitus Experts to Identify Ways to Improve Efficiency in Microfinance Industry Redmond, WA—October 26, 2006—Unitus, Inc., an organization which creates innovative solutions to global poverty, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a joint effort to study and improve efficiency in the… Read more >

Gates Foundation Awards Unitus $1.46 Million

May 22, 2006 Press Release

Gates Foundation Awards Unitus $1.46 Million to Drive Innovations in Microfinance Efficiency Grant will help Unitus accelerate access to financial services for the world’s poor Redmond, WA–May 22, 2006–Unitus, a creator of innovative solutions to global poverty, announced today that it had received a $1.46 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to… Read more >