This article on the 10th anniversary of High Water Women, a nonprofit that provides volunteer opportunities for women in the financial services, highlights the group's work with Grameen Foundation's Bankers without Borders volunteer initiative.
Grameen Foundation in the News
12/29/2014
The article explores the growing number of socially-focused start-ups in Nairobi and highlights Grameen Foundation as a key impact investor for social enterprises.
12/29/2014
In this op-ed, Anu Madgavkar and Saikiran Krishnamurthy of McKinsey Global Institute and McKinsey and Co, respectively, cite Grameen Foundation's Community Knowledge Worker initiative in Uganda as an example of using technology to transform agriculture.
12/22/2014
This article on the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Asian Tsunami highlights Grameen Foundation's work in bringing microfinance to Aceh province, the hardest-hit area, as part of the recovery.
12/22/2014
In this op-ed, Noshir Kaka and Anu Madgavkar of McKinsey India and McKinsey Global Institute, respectively, cite Grameen Foundation's Community Knowledge Worker initiative in Uganda as an example for using technology to empower workers in India.
12/22/2014
The article highlights a presentation by Qualcomm's William Bold in which he discusses Grameen Foundation's collaboration with Qualcomm on mobile technology in Indonesia. He was speaking at a panel discussion hosted by the Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation.
12/17/2014
Debbie Dean, Grameen Foundation's director of financial services, discusses findings on users' experiences with the growing mobile financial services market in Nigeria and offers recommendations.
12/10/2014
Emily Tucker, executive director of Grameen Foundation's TaroWorks initiative explains how organizations use the mobile apps, along with the Progress out of Poverty Index, to measure and track the poverty levels of their clients as well as organizational efficiency. Two TaroWorks clients, Trocaire and Honey Care, also discuss their experience using the tool.
12/05/2014
In the second part of this interview series, Henry Maloba, project director for Grameen Foundation's Accelerator initiative in Uganda, discusses the past and future of mobile financial services in Africa.
12/04/2014
Henry Maloba, project director for Grameen Foundation's Accelerator initiative in Uganda, discusses working with telecos to develop mobile financial services that designed for the poor. (Note: This is the first in a two-part series.)
12/01/2014
Melinda Gates highlights the work of the MOTECH initiative, which focuses on improving maternal and infant care in Ghana by providing important information via mobile phones.
12/01/2014
Mary Jo Kochendorfer, a Grameen Foundation mobile health program manager, writes about the TAMA HIV initiative in India, which is testing whether reminders on mobile phones will help HIV/AIDS patients take better care of their health.
11/26/2014
The Fairtrade Access Fund, which was cofounded by Grameen Foundation, Fairtrade International and Incofin, makes its first investment in Africa.
11/23/2014
In an interview with the Hindu Business Line, Grameen Foundation board member Vikram Gandhi discusses his passion for social investing, starting with his work with Grameen Foundation.
11/19/2014
Mifos, an open source MIS system developed by Grameen Foundation in 2006, is one of the five projects listed as "making the world better".