[Hidden-tech] Help needed setting up Micro-finance NGO in Africa

[Shel Horowitz]

Hi, Will.

Here's an article I wrote a few years ago covering several 
microfinance organizations your friend might want to network with: 
<http://frugalmarketing.com/dtb/bioneers-by-the-bay.shtml#microfinance>

At 5:58 PM -0500 1/21/11, Will Loving wrote:
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>A friend of mine in Zambia has been running a charitable organization there
>for some years that does many things including providing computers and
>technology support to schools and NGOs, training farmers, and doing training
>and making small business loans for entrepreneurs. He is now working to
>start a micro-finance NGO in Zambia and has received preliminary permission
>from the Zambian Gov't to create a bank in Zambia. He also has a 501(c)(3)
>established in the US.
>
>I'm am trying to assist him with locating resources, connections and
>assistance in pursuing this project and doing it in a way that is successful
>and avoid the mistakes of other organizations that have gone before.
>Personally, I think they should be partnering with an existing organization,
>but I don't have enough background or familiarity with the field to know
>where to start or who to talk to.
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>If anyone has connections, local or otherwise, who deal in the world of NGO
>micro-finance, please contact me off-list.
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>Thanks,
>
>Will
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