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icon: Notes from the Field Note from microLINKS: Supporting Entrepreneurship for Diaspora-Driven Development
Raymond Rugemalira, one of 14 winners of the African Diaspora Marketplace business plan competition. Photo Credit: Mike Kalush, Western UnionRaymond Rugemalira, a successful businessman in California, had started a business venture that he hoped would positively impact thousands of people in his home country of Kenya. He had developed a mobile phone application that would dramatically improve the ability of small-scale farmers, producers, and traders in Kenya to do business. In support of reaching that goal, Raymond and his business partners travelled to Washington, DC in January to compete among 58 finalist business plans at the African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) Finalist Event hosted at the Academy for Educational Development (AED).
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USAID’s Microenterprise Development Office Seeks Program Analyst. This position will provide technical assistance to USAID missions, offices, implementing partners and other donors in strategies, programs, and policies in the areas of agribusiness, off-farm employment, value chain development, and related business services.
Two women working in a mushroom house in Tanzania. Photo credit: Crozet M., ILO
Existing credit union networks prove critical to recovery in Haiti. Credit unions left standing helped displaced members of other institutions access their accounts with biometric identification cards and receive much-needed remittances after the earthquake. Federation Le Levier, a partner in the Haiti Integrated Finance for Value Chains and Enterprises (HIFIVE) program, is one network pushing crucial resources out to their low-income members.
Microfinance sector leaders engaged in an animated discussion of the results of the 2008 Census of the Microfinance Sector in Haiti, following HIFIVE's presentation of the results of the census at its Innovations in Finance presentation on September 28. Daphne Louissaint, Executive Director, Sogesol; Lhermite Francois, SMG; Francine Celestine, Director, FHAF; Sinior Raymond, Diretor, ACME.
Fonkoze succeeds in disbursement of remittance transfers in Haiti. Haiti’s largest microfinance organization, Fonkoze, coordinated efforts with USAID, the UN, and others to deliver $2 million in cash to 34 of its branches throughout the country. This satisfied 100% of demand for remittance transfers and depositors’ savings.
USAID KDMD Project Seeks Knowledge & Learning Coordinators. The USAID Microenterprise Development (MD) office’s Knowledge-Driven Microenterprise Development (KDMD) project is seeking Knowledge & Learning Coordinators in the areas of Financial Services and Enterprise Development. The KDMD project aims to create tools and opportunities for development professionals to connect, share knowledge, and learn from one another to improve practice. Interested candidates should send a cover letter and CV with "K&L Coordinator FS” or "K&L Coordinator ED" in the subject line.
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