Tag: business
TedTalks: Microfinance with Matthias Adler
Matthias Adler talks about microfinance and how the economy serves peoples’ needs, not the other way round. He holds a master’s degree in economics (University of Tübingen). After working with the German Foreign Ministry in various embassies in developing countries for six years, he works at KfW Entwicklungsbank as principal financial sector economist and microfinance specialist. Since 2007, he has been… Read more →
Microfinance: The success story of Emmanuel, a shoe maker in Nyaruguru, Rwanda.
Four Big Questions You Should Ask about Microfinance
Since microfinance first came to the public’s attention in the 1980’s, the usual storyline has been that these funds have created and expanded an opportunity for underprivileged and under-resourced individuals to escape the cycle of poverty. While there has been a large amount of positive publicity for microfinance and its financial services for newly entrepreneurs, the social movement has also… Read more →
The Stats Behind Microfinance
Entrepreneur Guide 101: Know what to do With Your Investment
Whether you are opening a corner store or starting a new technology company, the single biggest problem entrepreneurs find themselves is finding the capital or financial funding necessary to take their business to the next level. It is that necessary resource that can take a simple idea into a business. But how do you do it? Oftentimes, entrepreneurs are faced… Read more →
Microfinance 101, The Step to a new Beginning
This instructional video provides both the positives and negatives on the advancement with microfinancing. Read more →
Is Microfinancing an Effective Strategy in Africa?
Many people in Africa, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, battle poverty on a daily basis. Even in wealthier African countries, the extreme dichotomy between the economical class structures is incredibly apparent that it has created a sad and appalling portrayal of the overall poverty figures for the entire continent. With many initiatives in tacked to alleviate the poverty problem in Africa,… Read more →
Microfinance, the Movement Against Poverty
Microfinance is a concept of providing financial services for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and various individuals who lack the necessary resources and accesses to banks and other related services. Usually, the model aids several entrepreneurs who are trying to start their businesses. In some regions, especially in South Africa, microfinance has become a social movement whose objective and goal is to… Read more →
How to Create a Strong, Efficient, and Effective Work Culture
Whether you are head of a profitable Fortune 500 company or a non-profit organization, your company’s work culture will be one of the biggest definers between failure and success. In the work place, you want to create a culture that recognizes, embraces, shares, and values the standards and vision of your overall goal. Cultivating this type of strong culture within… Read more →