Understanding Household Resilience of the Poor in Burkina Faso
This interim report explores how households in rural Burkina Faso manage economic, e
Sub-Saharan Africa
Opportunities for Increasing Access to Digital Finance in Nigeria
This report reviews the constraints that are hindering the adoption of traditional financial services by the mass market in Nigeria. It then provides an in-depth analysis of the banking landscape for digital finance and reviews barriers to adoption, such as the regulatory context, technical and infrastructure challenges, lack of agent networks and mobile and language literacy among the target demographic.
Lessons Learned, 2009-2014: Community Knowledge Worker Uganda Program
Smallholder farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America face many challenges, including little or no access to quality inputs (e.g., seeds and fertilizer), insufficient information about farming "best practices", market prices and weather and limited access to markets and few financial resources. This makes it extremely difficult to increase their level of
Shanti
Shanti’s life has always been determined by the seasons.
When she was a farm laborer, the monsoon rains, summer heat, and harvests dictated her days laboring in the fields.
Now, thanks to loans from Sonata, Shanti is the owner of a small general store and in tune with an entirely new schedule of seasons. Before the start of the school year, she stocks pencils, pens, and paper on her shop’s shelves, and before each festival, she stocks goods for that particular celebration.
Dorothy
When Dorothy Unger picked up the book The End of Poverty, by Jeffrey Sachs, she didn’t realize that it would change her life. At the time, back in 2007, Dorothy was preparing to retire from her career in information technology.
The book gave her a new mission: use her computer skills to help address global poverty.
She hasn’t stopped since, and today she is a valued Diamond Volunteer for Grameen Foundation’s Bankers without Borders (BwB) program.
Devex Highlights Grameen Foundation's mobile health work in Ghana
Grameen Foundation's Anitha Moorty and David Hutchful discuss the benefits of working with national governments to build and implement large-scale health solutions
BBC News Highlights Grameen Foundation's Work in Africa
BBC's Fiona Graham highlights Grameen Foundation's work with the Salesforce Foundation to provide new opportunities in Africa. The article also spotlights Juhudi Kilimo and Honey Care Africa, two Grameen Foundation clients that work with rural farmers in Kenya.
European Lean IT Summit
Grameen Foundation's CIO, Khuloud Odeh, will be speaking at the European Lean IT Summit in Paris, France.
Marie Stopes International Case Study
This case study outlines how Marie Stopes International (MSI), a global family planning organisation, uses the PPI to assess the poverty status of its clients. As MSI is the first known healthcare service delivery organisation using the PPI, GF sees MSI as a model in highlighting the successes, challenges and opportunities associated with PPI use within healthcare organisations.
Mobile Applications to Deliver Extension to Remote Areas
This study finds that the introduction of a Community Knowledge Worker within the area led to a signicant increase in the price farmers receive for maize. It also finds effects on farmer's knowledge, their attitudes toward information and extension and farming practices.