Survey of 25,000 low-income individuals highlights the role of gender and jobs in transforming India into a digitally empowered and financially included economy
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09/13/2017
06/28/2017
Research by Grameen Foundation and Freedom from Hunger India Trust reveals promising approaches to combat anemia, improve maternal and infant health
05/29/2017
ARUSHA, Tanzania, May 29 2017—Smallholder farmers in Tanzania will soon have access to a unique digital saving plan for inputs, coupled with timely, tailored farming advice, that will help to solve several major problems confronting farmers in poor areas: access to finance, to inputs, and to agr
04/18/2017
NEW DELHI, April 18, 2017—Grameen Foundation India, an innovator in the use of digital technology to advance financial inclusion, has named Prabhat Labh as its new CEO.
03/22/2017
Mothers (nanays) who run neighborhood shops will provide digital financial services in remote areas
12/05/2016
App equips microfinance field staff with hands-on training
10/25/2016
New organization to combine power of digital technology to end poverty with robust networks of women’s self-help groups in Africa, Asia and Latin America
09/07/2016
WASHINGTON, Sept 7, 2016—Grameen Foundation and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) are pleased to announce a new model for managing the Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®), a poverty measurement tool used by nearly 500 organizations arou
08/26/2016
On August 23, 2016, the Associated Press (AP) published the article, “Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with Hillary Clinton at State Department.” It contained numerous inaccuracies about Grameen Foundation and Professor Muhammad Yunus.
06/30/2016
Bogota, June 30, 2016--Grameen Foundation, MasterCard and representatives from the government met today at the event "Taking Digital Payments to the Last Mile” to explore opportunities to expand electronic payments in the Colombian rural sector.
04/21/2016
New Initiative Aims to Reach Thousands of Low-income People With Newly Designed Products and Networks for Financial Services; Supports Government's National Strategy for Financial Inclusion
01/15/2016
Platform overcomes technology barriers; delivers life-saving health information to mothers and pregnant women on mass scale
12/16/2015
WASHINGTON—Dec. 16, 2015—Grameen Foundation today announced that it has received a Force for Change grant from Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of Salesforce.
12/01/2015
Will Lead Initiatives to Expand Mobile Agriculture and Financial Services for the Rural Poor
12/01/2015
Henao liderará iniciativas enfocadas en la expansión de soluciones y programas de agricultura móvil y acceso a servicios financieros para comunidades vulnerables