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by Creative Weblogging on November 10, 2009
Hope for Africa? at Audeamus - How dare we...
(Photo from USAID) On Sunday I caught the tail end of a World Debate on the BBC World Service where they were talking about microfinance issues in Africa. You can find the full show here at the BBC site. I still haven't listened to the full program, but plan to very soon as it sounded quite interesting, especially since they were talking to those involved with microfinance directly on the [...] Read More
Can an army of social entrepreneurs save Africa? at Audeamus - How dare we...
Remember that post on the AIDS pandemic in Africa - it looks like there just might be a solution on the way! It would take a massive effort, and that is exactly what PBS's Enterprising Ideas is going to document, starting Friday May 25th. Via Boing Boing. From the looks of it, on their video preview, American businessmen are going to help African social entrepreneurs help the medical crisis, through franchising. [...] Read More
Microfinance, defined at Audeamus - How dare we...
(Photo from the World Bank) I've been slowly gathering links on microfinance and in that process I started to wonder how defined those words 'microfinance' and 'microcredit' and 'microloans' are. How different are these words? Are they all just saying the same thing, just in a different way? Basically, yes, but there are very different stages of microfinance around the world. In the U.S., banks that provide small business loans are [...] Read More
An Apology...and a Little Hope at Latina Viva
Here I am again. I've been absent the last days, and I want to tell you - chica o chico who read this blog - the reasons of my absence. I believe a good blog is a sort of agreement, between the blogger and the readers. The blogger agrees to write on a regular basis, and the readers agree to drop by, read the posts, leave comments and provide feedback. [...] Read More
Gaps In the Schedule at Eagle Par Birdie
Frilford Heath. Home of the Euro Tour Q-School The European Tour released its 2009 schedule today under the heading "First courses revealed". This strikes me as a little odd since the schedule also indicates that no less than 7 of the events are classified as TBC or To Be Confirmed. The press release further states that the names and locations of these mystery events will be disclosed in the run-up to the Qualifying [...] Read More
Can an army of social entrepreneurs save Africa? at Audeamus - How dare we...
Microfinance, defined at Audeamus - How dare we...
An Apology...and a Little Hope at Latina Viva
Gaps In the Schedule at Eagle Par Birdie
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