{"id":765,"date":"2011-05-06T04:53:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T04:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/?page_id=765"},"modified":"2011-06-15T17:15:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T17:15:51","slug":"africa-microfinance-growth-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/projects\/historical-projects\/africa-microfinance-growth-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Microfinance Growth Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Setup in 2009, the Africa Microfinance Growth Centre was an 18-month leadership development programme for CEOs of East African microfinance institutions (MFIs) designed to help MFIs grow by improving strategy, leadership skills, and execution ability. The Growth Centre, a Unitus and Financial Deepening Sector Kenya (FSDK) partnership, sought to rapidly expand the financial services available to low income families with an initial focus on Kenya and Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>The program was designed to empower CEOs to overcome key barriers to growth and ultimately impact more low-income families through improved strategy, leadership skills, and execution ability. Key programme components include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"lessLineHeight\">\n<li>Leadership and Growth Workshops<\/li>\n<li>Functional Training (e.g. technology, capital raising)<\/li>\n<li>On-Site Strategic Planning Session<\/li>\n<li>Access to a Dynamic Peer Network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After a rigorous review and screening process, Unitus Labs kicked off workshops and trainings in July 2009. Participants completed the program in 2010 with a strategic plan for their organization, training in functional business topics needed for day-to-day management, and strengthened leadership skills.<\/p>\n<p>The Africa Microfinance Growth Centre was made possible through the financial support of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsdkenya.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">FSDK<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.omidyar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Omidyar Network<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boeing.com\/companyoffices\/aboutus\/community\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Boeing Company<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sv2.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SV2: Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>See the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Africa-Microfinance-Growth-Centre-Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">African Microfinance Growth Centre overview<\/a> (PDF)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setup in 2009, the Africa Microfinance Growth Centre was an 18-month leadership development programme for CEOs of East African microfinance institutions (MFIs) designed to help MFIs grow by improving strategy, leadership skills, and execution ability. The Growth Centre, a Unitus and Financial Deepening Sector Kenya (FSDK) partnership, sought to rapidly expand the financial services available&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/projects\/historical-projects\/africa-microfinance-growth-centre\/\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":73,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_aioseop_title":"","_aioseop_description":"Unitus Labs setup a program to train and equip CEOs of microfinance institutions in East Africa in order to accelerate their growth and reach","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}