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A day in the life of a Ghanaian loan officer
Loan officers are crucial in helping people to access the finance and training they need to build secure livelihoods. They facilitate trust groups, deliver training, assist clients in accessing loans,…
Read MoreOne Woman. One Opportunity.
Happy International Women's Day! Did you know that 95% of Opportunity International's loan clients are women? Why? A woman is an investment. A woman is a change-agent. She can feed her family. Raise…
Read MoreMicrofinance Offers Better Balance for Women
Under the overall theme “Balance for Better”, the 2019 International Women’s Day campaign affirms that “Balance is not a women's issue, it's a business issue”. No truer words were spoken about…
Read MoreHow do you take your coffee?
How do you take your coffee? Whether it's black or milk with two sugars, why not make yourself a piping hot cup to sip as you read about our client, Teddy Namagembe? She has a closer connection to…
Read MoreA fertile land
Rwanda is ‘the land of a thousand hills’. It is also a fertile land full of opportunities. Agriculture is the main economic activity in Rwanda, with 70% of the population engaging in the sector. …
Read MoreEquipping Young People for the future
At the end of September 2018, I attended the Global Youth Economic Opportunity Summit in Washington DC, USA. The summit provides a forum for professionals who prepare young peope to learn, earn and thrive…
Read MoreGiving Opportunity to the next generation
The global population is getting younger. Worldwide there are over 1.2 billion young people aged 15 – 24 years, which accounts for one out of every six people. But for the majority of these young…
Read MoreOpportunity EduFinance Supports Entrepreneurs and Enterprise…
One year on, Opportunity EduFinance celebrates its partnership with Teach a Man to Fish and Fundacion Paraguaya in establishing school business clubs in Tanzania.
Read MoreHarvesting a New Era of Digital Training
Since launching in 2009, Opportunity’s Agriculture Finance programme has provided innovative programs to smallholder farmers in Africa. Clients are given an opportunity to provide for their families…
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