“Microfinance and Information Communication Technologies: Delivery Channels, Elements Required, Current Case Studies”
Estelle Berger from Opportunity International
Thursday, November 12, 2009, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: MB Bank, 800 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60607 US
Advance reading: White Paper by Estelle Berger titled “Switching Solutions Learning Product” which will be presented at SEEP Network Conference on November 4, 2009.
Estelle Berger is the Director of Knowledge Management at Opportunity International. She is responsible for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded learning agenda focusing on expanding microfinance services across Africa. She has worked as the CFO for MicroEnsure, created in 2005 as the world’s first and only stand-alone microinsurance agency.; she has worked in microfinance for 7 years.
September 17, 2009
"What is happening in Microfinance in the "City of the Big Shoulders"?"
Speakers: ACCION Chicago, Opportunity International, Northwestern University: Kellogg School of Management, ShoreBank International, SEEP Network,
Thursday, September 17, Shorebank Offices
April 18, 2008
As part of the Chicago Microfinance Conference held on Friday, April 18, 2008, a special "Lunch & Learn on Women Advancing Microfinance (WAM) International" joined interested women together. WAM International Board Member Beth Houle spoke on lessons learned from commercial banking about women in senior management and provided a forecast of microfinance management. Other leading women in microfinance also shared from their experience including Bhuvana Nataraj from Chennai, India This gathering served as the informal launch of WAM Chicago.
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