Shawn Covell, vice president for Government Affairs at Qualcomm, discusses the company's work with Grameen Foundation to promote mobile microfranchising and the development of Ruma, an Indonesian technology start-up.
Grameen Foundation in the News
11/10/2014
Grameen Foundation is one of the 10 founding members of the MIT D-Lab's Practical Impact Alliance. It aims to foster shared learning and collaborative action among a network of corporations, non-governmental organizations, and social enterprises with a demonstrated commitment to scaling solutions to global poverty.
10/22/2014
The Guardian discusses the work of the Fairtrade Access Fund, which was founded in 2012 to provide long-term financing to smallholder farmers.
10/14/2014
Hillary Miller-Wise, Grameen Foundation's regional CEO for Africa, writes about using mobile technology to help rural farmers and the impact of our Community Knowledge Worker initiative.
09/12/2014
Former Grameen Foundation board chair Paul Martiz discusses the potential impact of technology innovations from developing countries
09/10/2014
Acumen partnered with Grameen Foundation and Acumen investee Ziqitza Health Care Limited to test a more company-friendly approach to collecting customer data in India. This blog discusses the findings of the research.
09/01/2014
Alex Counts speaks about Grameen Foundation's long history in Asia and what still needs to be done. The interview starts on page 11.
08/26/2014
Lisa Kienzle, director of Grameen Foundation's mobile financial services team, discusses how mobile phones could help poor women join their country's formal financial system.
08/20/2014
Grameen Foundation board member Vikram Gandhi and Grameen Foundation India CEO Chandni Ohri write that "the poor and unbanked can take their rightful place as consumers of financial services only if the Modi government [in India] encourages different entities to advance the financial inclusion agenda."
08/15/2014
Philanthropist and storyteller Suzanne Skees explores the impact of the MOTECH mobile health initiative run by Grameen Foundation and the Ghana Health Service.
08/15/2014
Grameen Foundation, Airtel and Plan Uganda have launched a new mobile app that is designed to help savings groups in Uganda store money digitally.
08/06/2014
Philanthropist and storyteller Suzanne Skees discusses her visit to the MOTECH mobile health initiative run by Grameen Foundation and the Ghana Health Service.
08/06/2014
Royston Braganza, CEO of Grameen Capital India, discusses how the PPI measures "concentration, scale, penetration, and the regional poverty rate amidst their client base."
07/29/2014
Victor Ohuruogu discusses his visit to the MOTECH mobile health initiative run by Grameen Foundation and the Ghana Health Service.
07/28/2014
Julie Peachey, director of Grameen Foundation's Social Performance Management Center, writes how agricultural organizations are using the Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) and the data insights it provides to make agriculture more lucrative for poor farmers.