YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

In 2006, Muhammad Yunus, the bank’s founder and “the father of microfinance,” won the Nobel Peace Prize. Reuben Mpunda, Tanzania. SHARE Micro Finance Limited, India. The bank lends to groups of women, with each receiving $50 to $100 to buy rickshaws for transporting wheat to market or to help them open Internet kiosks.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2015

My parents, who were both born and raised in different parts of Tanzania, were determined to show us the material poverty (and outsized generosity) of people on our first trip to India. I wrote about the power of the word, spoken or written, and how it could potentially aid in development and education in these developing countries.

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Silicon Valley Tanzania New Jersey United States 40

thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2015

My parents, who were both born and raised in different parts of Tanzania, were determined to show us the material poverty (and outsized generosity) of people on our first trip to India. I wrote about the power of the word, spoken or written, and how it could potentially aid in development and education in these developing countries.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Tanzania New Jersey United States 40