Posted in Microfinance on Aug 20th, 2009
Over the past couple weeks I’ve started to devote more of my time to Kiva MFI (microfinance institute) recruitment. Essentially I’m selling Kiva. This involves meeting with any number of people in hotels, cafes and government buildings, giving them a Kiva education and trying to bring them online as Kiva partners. While there is a [...]
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Posted in Microfinance, Technology on Aug 14th, 2009
Today I met with people from GTZ (Dutch-German Partnership Energising Development) about a solar product that they are attempting to launch both here in Boane and in Matutuine in districts that are off the energy grid. There are two products 1) a solar lamp with built in radio ($40) 2) a larger battery unit that [...]
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Posted in Housing, Microfinance on Aug 13th, 2009
That’s the title of a piece I just posted to the Kiva Fellows blog.
Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe, right? Well, yes and no. Although that text is lifted directly from the about us section of Kiva’s website it doesn’t tell the [...]
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Posted in Microfinance, mozambique on Jul 15th, 2009
Warming the moto up in the parking lot. I only fell twice today (just kidding mom).
Children of the motoway. They always get pretty excited when the moto arrives.
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The name of a diddy I just dropped on the Kiva Fellows blog. Musings on farmers markets, community tractors, indexed weather insurance and more.
Check it out
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