Opportunity International

Opportunity International reached over 20 million people across 31 countries last year – and our 2023 Impact Report provides an in-depth look at how our work has helped transform communities: ✳️ Smallholder farmers are growing more crops and earning more income. ✳️ More children are attending quality schools. ✳️ Entrepreneurs are growing businesses in a stable and sustainable way. Learn more about how we’re changing lives and hear directly from the people we serve in this year’s impact report today at https://lnkd.in/gbvfeC2s #impactreport #data #impact #endpoverty

Bertha Sierra has great aspirations for herself, her family, and her community in Barranquilla, Colombia. Over twenty years ago, she joined an Opportunity International savings group, which opened new opportunities for her personal and professional development. Today, Bertha is a positive role model and Opportunity staff member, providing the right support to other women so they can follow their own path of growth and personal transformation. You can hear more from Bertha, and learn more about the 53-year story of Opportunity in Colombia in this interview with leaders like Atul Tandon, LeAnn Pedersen Pope, Camilo Garcia Peña, Greg Nelson, Andrew McCusker. Click below to learn more! https://lnkd.in/g4-gZ7nv

We can go farther together. Thanks to their generosity and commitment to collaboration, Cisco's social impact efforts have positively influenced the lives of 1 billion people worldwide. Opportunity International is proud to work with Cisco in building new pathways to prosperity for the most vulnerable. It's an honor to be acknowledged among such great company. Learn more about our work together in Charu Adesnik's post below! #collaboration #financialinclusion #digitalinclusion

"Your contribution to the advancement of financial inclusion is invaluable. The commitment shown towards the integration of clients at the base of the pyramid into mainstream financial services is commendable" - Ernest Addison, Governor of the Central Bank of Ghana. It's an honor to receive such high praise from the Governor. Our collective efforts with Opportunity International Savings and Loans Ltd has helped over 668,000 families build new pathways to prosperity across the country. #Ghana #FinancialInclusion #Finance #SavingsAndLoans https://lnkd.in/gQFRbEce

In 2024, climate change has emerged as a leading cause of displacement globally. With over 117 million people forcibly displaced from their homes, the financial inclusion sector has a critical role to play in preventing, minimizing, and addressing climate-induced displacement. At Opportunity International, we are actively developing sustainable solutions across all these areas. This #RefugeeWeek, hear from Opportunity's Deborah Foy in the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), where she shares a playbook for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to both prevent climate-related displacement and support forcibly displaced populations in rebuilding their lives. #ClimateChange #FinancialInclusion #WorldRefugeeDay https://lnkd.in/gRgnkjes

“In the past we could wait for days for agriculture extension workers to come and address whatever problems we had on our farms. That is no longer the case. Just a touch of a button we have all the information we need.” - Smallholder Farmer Maron Galeta. The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed - but Opportunity's newest digital innovations are closing that digital divide and connecting smallholder farmers to the transformative impacts of generative AI. Our own Greg Nelson and Timothy Strong share more on #inclusive AI in this new article from Bloomberg News. Thanks to Frank Jomo and Antony Sguazzin for covering this story. #ai #genai #smallholderfarmer #digitalinclusion #climateadaptation https://lnkd.in/g7hvxdZD

Congratulations to Opportunity International Savings and Loans Ltd for 20 years of service in #Ghana! As one of the country’s first financial institutions dedicated to providing financial and non-financial services to underserved communities, the celebration marks over GHS 3 Billion in total loans disbursed and over 668,000 people reached over the 2 decades. Last week, a delegation of representatives from across the Opportunity International global network visited some of the incredible projects lead by OISL - building capacity for smallholder farmers, training new skills for street porters, and investing in local schools. For us, financing doesn't stop with a loan - and our partners in Ghana are dedicated to ensuring financial inclusion and financial health for all Ghanaians. We’re proud to have supported the institution since the very beginning, and look forward to creating even greater impact in the future! #financialinclusion #impact #economicdevelopment #collaboration

Join Dr. William Derban at The 3rd Financial Innovation Forum in London this September as he shares the unique opportunities and challenges faced by emerging economies in an era of radical technological transformation. Machine learning, #AI, and #fintech can foster investment and partnerships that can drive sustainable development and economic growth – but only if we design these tools through the lens of the most vulnerable. Learn more about how we are empowering developing markets to attract capital, enhance infrastructure, and improve living standards, and how the future of finance is through inclusion – sign up today! https://lnkd.in/gbPprdPn

Opportunity International is celebrating two significant milestones in Ghana: 20 years of service for Opportunity International Savings and Loans Ltd (OISL) and 30 years for Sinapi Aba Trust. Together, these institutions have served over 1.5 million micro, small, and medium enterprises – and our impact is only ramping up. Learn more about how and why our collaboration is so integral to the future poverty alleviation in this Op Ed from Opportunity International CEO Atul Tandon, SASL CEO Tony Fosu, and OISL CEO Kwame Owusu - Boateng. Sinapi Aba Saving and Loans #legacy #financialinclusion #Ghana https://lnkd.in/gDvJ4VSk

What does "financial inclusion" really mean? Beyond re-branding, is it meaningfully different from "microfinance"? Join Opportunity’s own Deborah Foy in a conversation on the findings and themes in the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) #FinancialInclusion Compass 2024. Other panelists include: author Sam Mendelson, Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation General Secretary Philippe Guichandut, and Standard Microfinance Bank Nigeria COO Dr. ASONGO ABRAHAM IORKAA, PhD.   WHEN: June 18th at 14:00 GMT SIGN UP: https://lnkd.in/eKzyJ3x6