Aden Microfinance Foundation is currently initiating a project to target the youth and is currently looking into developing a pool of specialized youth microfinance products for expanding youth businesses and supporting new start ups. The Foundation is currently looking for a specialized consultant to help the foundation design its youth targeted financial projects.

For complete information about the vacancy, please click here.

The SEED Initiative has just launched the 2010 SEED Awards for entrepreneurship in sustainable development.

They are seeking entries from innovative start-up entrepreneurs who aim to generate environmental, social and economic benefits at the local level in a country with a developing or emerging economy. 

Sanabel is happy to annouce the new Board of Directors based on the results of the elections which took place during the General Assembly Meeting on June 3rd 2010 in Damascus, Syria.

Sanabel – The Microfinance Network of Arab Countries - is pleased to invite you to its Seventh Annual Conference which will be held under the patronage of H.E. Mrs. Asma al-Assad, The First Lady of Syria, from June 1st -3rd, 2010 at the Convention Palace in Damascus, Syria.

March 8, 2010–CGAP, Deutsche Bank, Grameen-Jameel and Islamic Development Bank have joined forces to challenge the Islamic microfinance industry to develop new ideas for business models in the Islamic Microfinance Challenge 2010: Innovating Sustainable, Scalable, and Market-Driven Models.  Islamic microfinance has gained some traction over the past few years, with a swift rise in the number of institutions offering microfinance products in compliance with Islamic principles. But the fundamental challenge for the Islamic microfinance industry remains meeting client demand with affordable, authentic, profitable, and market-driven products.