Posts Tagged ‘Stimulating entrepreneurship through microfinance’

Microfinance Focus, June 4, 2010: With a joint mission of fostering the growth of creative economy, The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship (IAE) and Gorilla Tango Financial have yesterday announced a strategic partnership to provide up to $10,000 of financing to qualified creative enterprise start-ups, small or medium businesses that have successfully completed The IAE's 2-week business plan development workshop known as Creative Enterprise Boost Camp.  The ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Jan 26, 2010: ACCION International, global microfinance company, announced yesterday that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved its application to establish ACCION Microfinancas, a new microfinance organization in the state of Amazonas in Brazil's remote northern region, according to a press release.  It was in Recife, Brazil that ACCION first initiated the concept of microlending, in 1973. Joining ACCION as an ... Full story