Second Annual ‘Unitus-Hewitt Microfinance Compensation & Benefits Survey’ Announced on Microfinance Focus From Microfinance Focus, Unitus announces 2nd ‘Microfinance Compensation & Benefits Survey’ for Indian MFIs. “Jan. 7, 2010: Microfinance funding and consultancy firm Unitus has announced the second annual Unitus-Hewitt Microfinance Compensation and Benefits Survey.Open to microfinance institutions throughout India, the survey is a successor… Read more >
Category: Media Exposure
Unitus Featured on Cause Capitalism
January 5, 2010 – Media Exposure
Unitus Featured on Cause Capitalism From Cause Capitalism, Poverty Alleviation at a Rate of 7: The Unitus Model, by Olivia Khalili. “I spoke with Windy Wilkins and Steve Schwartz from Unitus, a non-profit that works to increase access to microfinance services, to learn about Unitus’ specialized model (instead of working directly with borrowers, Unitus identifies high-impact microfinance… Read more >
Unitus Endorsed by Philanthropedia
December 15, 2009 – Media Exposure
Unitus Endorsed as Top Nonprofit by Philanthropedia In November 2009, Unitus was recognized as a top nonprofit working in microfinance by Philanthropedia’s group of 131 experts. Philanthropedia is a nonprofit organization working to help donors make smarter donations by connecting them with the strongest nonprofits in a sector, as determined by a group of experts,… Read more >
Unitus on Huffington Post
December 11, 2009 – Media Exposure
Unitus on Huffington Post Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Global Community Affairs at Microsoft Corporation, shares his impressions of the first annual Global Washingtonconference on Huffington Post. Held on December 7, the conference featured Nick Kristof of the New York Times and Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley of the Global Partnerships Initiative at the U.S. Department of State. Unitus was… Read more >
Ganesh Rengaswamy Speaks With Financial Chronicle
November 23, 2009 – Media Exposure
India Country Director Ganesh Rengaswamy Bullish on Microfinance in India with Financial Chronicle From Financial Chronicle, Unitus Bullish on India’s Microfinance Sector, by Sanjay Vijay Kumar. “Unitus, a company that focuses on the reduction of poverty across the globe by accelerating growth of micro-finance, is bullish about the micro-finance sector in India, a top official said. The… Read more >
Unitus Moderated Panel Receives Recognition
November 23, 2009 – Media Exposure
Unitus Moderated Panel Awarded Best Workshop of 2009 In November 2009, Unitus’s Vice President of Global Programs, Richard Wardell, attended SEEP Network’s Annual Conference. While there, Richard moderated a workshop entitled “How does SPM Translate into Social Returns.” Workshop panel participants included Paul Luchtenburg from AMK Cambodia – a Unitus partner since 2008; Irina Ignatieva fromConcern Worldwide; and… Read more >
Unitus in Business Traveler Magazine
November 1, 2009 – Media Exposure
Bland Discusses Working in India with Business Traveler From Business Traveler, India on the Upswing, October 2009. “…Unitus, a Seattle-based nonprofit, provides technical and financial solutions to accelerate the growth of high-potential Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in high-need areas. In India, they have partnered with over a dozen MFIs in the last eight years. Ed Bland, President of… Read more >
Unitus and Jamii Bora Featured in the Seattle Times
September 14, 2009 – Media Exposure
Unitus Partner Jamii Bora Featured in the Seattle Times “Microfinance group helps Kenyans build a new life” KAPUTEI, Kenya — On the second night in her new house here, Jane Ngoiri told one of her children to get something out of the kitchen. Then she started laughing. “I told them, ‘It is us talking about… Read more >
Unitus and MSDF in Puget Sound Business Journal
September 4, 2009 – Media Exposure
Unitus gets Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grant to Study Results of Microfinance From Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) by Clay Holtzman. September 4, 2009. A Seattle microfinance organization is launching a project to measure how microloans and other services improve the lives of borrowers under a grant provided by the founder of Dell computers. Unitus,… Read more >
Unitus and Jamii Bora Trust on CNBC Africa
July 7, 2009 – Media Exposure
Unitus and Jamii Bora Trust Featured on CNBC Africa In June 2009, Unitus President Ed Bland was featured on CNBC Africa discussing Jamii Bora Trust, a Unitus partner since 2004. > Watch the CNBC Africa feature Tags: Jamii Bora, kenya
Unitus Featured in the Seattle Times
June 24, 2009 – Media Exposure
Unitus Featured in The Seattle Times “Unitus Expands in Africa as Indian Partner Mulls IPO” . . . From its new location on the fifth floor of a Queen Anne building, Unitus President Ed Bland talked about the group’s progress to help small microfinance organizations grow by providing capital and business consulting. Unitus has about… Read more >
Tamil Nadu MFI Gets $4.25M From MicroVest, UEF, Vinod Khosla
June 23, 2009 – Media Exposure
Grama Vidiyal Micro Finance Limited (GVMFL), a Tamil Nadu based microfinance institution, has raised $4.25 million from MicroVest and its existing investor Unitus Equity Fund in its second round of fundraising. Vinod Khosla, who had also invested in the first round of funding of GVMFL, has invested in this round too, through his non profit private… Read more >