Partners
Institutions
BRAC
BRAC, a development organisation founded by Fazle Hasan Abed in February 1972, soon after the liberation of Bangladesh, has acted as both the initiator and catalyst for many such innovations and change and established itself as a pioneer in recognising and tackling the different dimensions of poverty. Today, BRAC is the largest southern NGO and employs more than 100,000 people, the majority of which are women, and reaches more than 110 million people with our development interventions in Asia and Africa. Click here to learn more.
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is a not-for-profit, independent and neutral organization, founded in 1998, with the purpose to advance social entrepreneurship and to foster social entrepreneurs as an important catalyst for societal innovation and progress. Click here to learn more.
United Youth Development Organisation
The United Youth Development Organization (UYDO) is a youth-led, grass roots, non-profit organisation driven by hundreds of members from more than 35 different countries. Click here to learn more.
United Prosperity
United Prosperity is a non-profit organization that helps you combat extreme global povertypowerfully by multiplying the impact of your money through loan guarantees. We are the world’s first person to person loan guaranteeing website. Click here to learn more.
Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
YAO (Young Ambassadors for Opportunity) is a visionary group of globally minded young leaders (ages 20-35) who are joining forces to help eradicate poverty around the world. YAO is a supporter of Opportunity International whose mission is to provide opportunities for people in chronic poverty to transform their lives. Opportunity works through sustainable local microfinance institutions that provide small business loans, savings, insurance and training in over 25 countries in the developing world. Opportunity serves all people regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or gender. YAO members seek to inspire, educate, and involve younger generations committed to transforming the lives of the poor through microfinance. Click here to learn more.
Shivia
Shivia Microfinance is a UK-based charity that works with communities living below the poverty line in India and Nepal. We provide both training and capital to these communities so that they can start up sustainable enterprises and lift themselves out of abject poverty. Click here to learn more.
UNITUS
Unitus, an international nonprofit organization, fights global poverty by accelerating the growth of microfinance—small loans and other financial tools for self-empowerment—where it is needed most. Click here to learn more.
ALFI
ALFI (Association Luxembourgeoise des Fonds d’Investissement) is the official representative body for the Luxembourg investment fund industry and was set up in November 1988 to promote its development. ALFI's Articles of Association were amended in April 2000 and, as well as investment funds, the association now includes a wide selection of service providers: custodian banks, fund managers and administrators, transfer agents, fund distributors, law firms, consultants and tax advisers, auditors and accounting firms, IT services companies, etc. Click here to learn more.
LuxFLAG
The Luxembourg Fund Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG) is an independent, non profit making, association created in Luxembourg in July 2006 by seven founding partners who are the Charter Members. The Agency aims to promote the raising of capital for microfinance by awarding a recognisable label to eligible Microfinance Investment Vehicles (MIV). Its objective is to reassure investors that the MIV actually invests, directly or indirectly, in the microfinance sector. The MIV may be domiciled in any jurisdiction that is subject to a level of national supervision equivalent to that available in European Union countries. Click here to learn more.
Investours
Investours is a non-profit microfinance organization working to combine the power of microfinance with the power of tourism to fight poverty around Oaxaca, Mexico. Click here to learn more.
LSE Department of Management
The LSE Department of Management produces world-class multi-disciplinary research on management issues and offer our students a deep insight into the functioning of the global business environment. We were formed in 2006 by uniting four management-related academic groups at the School into a single department. Our vision is to be the premier provider of management education and research in Europe and one of the best in the world. Click here to learn more.
Microloan Foundation
The Microloan Foundation has the key objectives of relief of poverty, the advancement of education and the relief of sickness in the developing world through the provision of microloans and grants. Its services are charitable and not-for-profit. Click here to learn more.
Opportunity International Australia
Opportunity International Australia exists to give people living in poverty opportunities to transform their lives. We do this with small loans (microfinance) that help them start a business, earn an income and provide for their families. Click here to learn more.
Prosperitas
Prosperitas is a non-for-profit microfinance organization working in India. Click here to learn more.
PlaNet Finance
PlaNet Finance is a leading international non-profit organization with the mission to alleviate poverty through the development of microfinance, therefore increasing the unbanked and underbanked’s access to financial services. Click here to learn more.
MFI Connect
MFI Connect is an online platform bringing together students and professionals with an interest in microfinance. Click here to learn more.
