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Microfinance and Microbrews with Unitus: June 25th

May 14, 2009 No Comments

In June SeaMo hosts Unitus, the Seattle based microfinance accelerator that recently announced the opening of a new microfinance center in Africa.

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Microenergy Credits: Another Seattle Innovation for Microfinance

January 22, 2009 No Comments

A local microfinance startup called Microenergy Credits is linking the carbon offset market with microfinance in an innovation that could prove to be as beneficial to the environment as it is for the poor. SeaMo will be hosting Microenergy Credits at our April Microfinance and Microbrews (stay tuned!), but for now familiarize yourself with their ...

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Wokai Seattle: Drinks for a Better World on December 8th

Wokai commissioned emerging Chinese photographers to travel to remote rural villages and capture images of Wokai’s work in microfinance....

2011 Law and Development Institute Conference on Saturday, Dec. 10, at Seattle University

By Diane Lourdes Dick.  The Law and Development Institute (“LDI”) and Seattle University School of Law will host the...

Global Partnerships, Fonkoze Pledge to Reach 50,000 Women in 3 Years

In a partnership with Linked Foundation, Fonkoze and Global Partnerships plan to reach 50,000 poor and ultra poor women...

Zidisha Turns Microfinance on its Head

While conducting fieldwork for a microfinance organization in West Africa in 2006, Zidisha.org founder Julia Kurnia noticed something startling....

Points to Ponder: What is Microfinance?

By Diane Lourdes Dick.  What is “microfinance”? Does the term refer to a series of financial transactions, or does it suggest...