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Mobile phones tantalize and trouble Africa 19 Nov 2009 00:14 GMT
... Mohammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel peace prize winner, and the founder of the highly successful Grameen Bank that provides micro-finance to poor rural women in Asian countries. Grameen phone ladies are ...
Mobile phones tantlize and trouble Africa 18 Nov 2009 14:52 GMT
... Mohammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel peace prize winner, and the founder of the highly successful Grameen Bank that provides micro-finance to poor rural women in Asian countries. Grameen phone ladies are ...
Grameenphone soars on Dhaka bourse debut 16 Nov 2009 14:17 GMT
... Telenor with the rest held by Grameen Telecom, a sister company of micro-finance giant Grameen Bank which was set up by 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. Grameeenphone has ...
Nobel peace prize winners expected in Ambon 16 Nov 2009 08:56 GMT
... other international figure such as Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, was also invited for the event. In 1998 Yunus was awarded the Concorde Prince ...
Grameenphone soars on Dhaka debut 16 Nov 2009 17:50 GMT
... underdeveloped equity market. Grameenphone is a joint venture between Norway’s Telenor and local microfinancier Grameen Bank, which was launched by Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. Ifty Islam, managing partner of ...

Grameenphone soars on debut 16 Nov 2009 21:10 GMT
... underdeveloped equity market. Grameenphone is a joint venture between Norway’s Telenor and local microfinancier Grameen Bank, which was launched by Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. Ifty Islam, managing partner of ...
Rally Driver Speaks Out on Race To Erase Poverty from the Planet During East African Safari Classic Rally 17 Nov 2009 17:11 GMT
... international microcredit programs as a means to end poverty. He was encouraged by the Grameen Bank. In 2007, the Microcredit Summit Campaign surpassed its goal of reaching 100 million of ...
Amanah Ikhtiar aims to give out RM1b loans next year 17 Nov 2009 18:30 GMT
... extra allocation under the 10th Malaysia Plan," she added. Amanah Ikhtiar is modelled after Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. It helps the hardcore poor by helping them venture into businesses with ...
Hyun Jin Mood Leads Nairobi River Peace Initiative 20 Nov 2009 08:37 GMT
... organizers also met with the leadership of Jamii Bora, a microenterprise project inspired by Grameen Bank founder and Nobel Prize winner Muhamad Younis. The Global Microcredit Summit will be held ...
The dark side of micro financing 13 Nov 2009 11:50 GMT
... won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2006, for introducing the Grameen bank or micro financing/crediting system, ‘Micro Credit’ hit the headlines in the media and poverty ...

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Blocks on the road to Riches 13 Nov 2009 02:56 GMT
... Pioneered in the late 1970s by Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank, the basic concept is simple: extend small loans to the poor for otherwise unaffordable ...
New songs, new moon 14 Nov 2009 02:12 GMT
... performs at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in honour of Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank. he plays a fundraiser for Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Peace Centre, and is on the ...
Mandela`s presence in Ambon still unconfirmed 14 Nov 2009 19:31 GMT
... said that another world renown figure invited to the event is the founder of Grameen Bank, Mohammad Yunus of Bangladesh who was also awarded the Nobel prize in 2006. "We ...