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A fertile land
Rwanda is ‘the land of a thousand hills’. It is also a fertile land full of opportunities. Agriculture is the main economic activity in Rwanda, with 70% of the population engaging in the sector. …
Read MoreEquipping Young People for the future
At the end of September 2018, I attended the Global Youth Economic Opportunity Summit in Washington DC, USA. The summit provides a forum for professionals who prepare young peope to learn, earn and thrive…
Read MoreGiving Opportunity to the next generation
The global population is getting younger. Worldwide there are over 1.2 billion young people aged 15 – 24 years, which accounts for one out of every six people. But for the majority of these young…
Read MoreOpportunity EduFinance Supports Entrepreneurs and Enterprise…
One year on, Opportunity EduFinance celebrates its partnership with Teach a Man to Fish and Fundacion Paraguaya in establishing school business clubs in Tanzania.
Read MoreHarvesting a New Era of Digital Training
Since launching in 2009, Opportunity’s Agriculture Finance programme has provided innovative programs to smallholder farmers in Africa. Clients are given an opportunity to provide for their families…
Read MoreCreating Roots of Change - Thank You!
Once again we have been overwhelmed by your generosity to our Roots of Change appeal. The UK Aid Match Appeal, which ran from December 2017 to February 2018, highlighted the need of many rural farmers…
Read MoreFarmer feedback on Opportunity’s Agricultural programme
Our Agricultural Finance (AgFinance) Programme focuses on facilitating access to finance, training and markets for smallholder farmers. Since 2009, the programme has reached nearly half a million farmers…
Read MoreThe Power of Savings Groups
Last week I attended the Power of Savings Groups SEEP Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. There were an impressive 460 participants. A good 80% of them were non-Western, and, of them, at least 50% were women.…
Read MoreA Spirit of Opportunity in the DRC
Our 2013 Spirit of Opportunity Christmas appeal raised valuable funds for a four-year project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project, in partnership with the UK Government’s Department…
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