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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. SHARE Micro Finance Limited, India. Joyce Wafukho, Kenya. After five years of being turned down by lenders, she approached the Kenya Women Finance Trust for a $680 loan. Marcelino Lopez, Colombia.

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

The most documented example of this is M-Pesa’s mobile money platform in Kenya, which I have written about a few times on this blog, including in my thesis piece When Third is First. I was assigned to debate in favor in the stance that they would. employ 60K people in 11 countries.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. That’s what spawned the idea that I can do better and namely how computer users deserved much better. I never want renters to find themselves in my situation – scared, displaced and worried about my finances.

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

The most documented example of this is M-Pesa’s mobile money platform in Kenya, which I have written about a few times on this blog, including in my thesis piece When Third is First. I was assigned to debate in favor in the stance that they would. employ 60K people in 11 countries.