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Grameen Foundation and MasterCard Launch AppLab Money in Kenya with Jamii Bora as First Customer

04/14/2014

Program aims to extend mobile financial services access to the unbanked and under-banked in Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya, April 14, 2014 – MasterCard, has announced a collaboration with Grameen Foundation on AppLab Money, an initiative that is designed to create mobile financial services products for the unbanked and under-banked in Kenya. Grameen Foundation will work with Jamii Bora Bank to research, design and test products that will be delivered through Jamii Bora’s extensive operations across the country.

TaroWorks is a Finalist in Vodafone Americas Foundation's Sixth Annual Wireless Innovation Project™ Competition

04/10/2014

Washington, D.C., April 10, 2014 - The Vodafone Americas Foundation has announced that TaroWorks™ is one of seven finalists finalists for its sixth annual Wireless Innovation Project Competition™ (WIP). A product of Grameen Foundation, TaroWorks is a mobile field force management tool.

Bankers without Borders Releases Five-Year Impact Report; Announces Winners of Skillanthropy™ Giveaway

04/07/2014

Washington, D.C., April 7, 2014 – Bankers without Borders^®, a Grameen Foundation initiative, today released its “Five Year Impact Report

David and Susan Russell Fuel $1 Million Toward Grameen Foundation’s Last Mile Initiative

03/26/2014

Washington, D.C., March 26, 2014 – Grameen Foundation has announced a new $500,000 matching campaign to support its Last Mile Initiative, a five-year campaign to help 1 million poor people living in rural Latin America improve their lives.

Grameen Foundation Announces New Commitment to Microcredit Summit Campaign

03/25/2014

Microcredit Summit Campaign Announces Newest Commitment: Grameen Foundation To Advance The Practice Of Poverty Measurement Through The Progress Out Of Poverty Index^® (PPI^®)

Grameen Foundation Selected for ImpactAssets 50 2013

11/01/2013

"IA 50" Showcase Features Experienced Impact Investment Fund Managers

Grameen Foundation Receives Moody’s Foundation Grant To Support Measurement of Global Poverty Efforts

10/29/2013

Grameen Foundation today announced that it has received a grant from The Moody’s Foundation to enable poverty data to be used more effectively by social sector organizations to measure, track and report on their clients’ poverty levels using the Progress out of Poverty Index^® (PPI^®).

Bankers without Borders Launches High Five Giveaway Competition

10/29/2013

Bankers without Borders^® to award end-to-end volunteer management technology solution to 5 organizations with promising volunteer initiatives.

Grameen Foundation Appoints Hillary Miller-Wise as Vice President for Information Services

07/17/2013

Will Lead Initiatives to Expand Global Mobile Agriculture and Health Services for the Rural Poor

Grameen Foundation Elects Robert Eichfeld to Chair Board of Directors

07/12/2013

Three New Members Also Elected to Board

Grameen Foundation Named 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate for Health Innovation

05/06/2013

Grameen Foundation has been selected as a 2013 IDG Computerworld Honors Program Laureate for its innovations in mobile health (mHealth).

Grameen Foundation Joins Better Than Cash Alliance; Pledges to Address Poverty by Shifting to Electronic Payments

03/26/2013

Today Grameen Foundation announced that it has joined the Better Than Cash Alliance, an initiative founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Citi, Ford Foundation, Omidyar Network, USAID, U.N. Capital Development Fund and Visa Inc., by committing to continue transitioning payments from cash to electronic through its mobile financial services and mobile agriculture efforts.

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