The Ramtekke's Story

Monday April 11

The Ramtekke family, from Nagpur, India, have been microfinance clients for many years. Recently, they received a 12 month family insurance policy when they took out a new loan that covered Sharadha, the mother and borrower, her husband, and both her daughters.

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Nana Yaa Konadu's Story

Monday April 11

Nana Yaa Konadu, a long time Tigo customer, came into Tigo’s head office in Accra on 25 August, 2010 to register her SIM card. Little did she know that her relationship with Tigo would soon be so valuable for her and her family.

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William Dzivor's Story

Monday April 11

I live in Accra, Ablekuma-Agape, but my family is from Aflao in the Volta region. We are a large family, with five brothers and sisters.

My mother, Edo, was a bread seller in Aflao, but my brothers and sisters lived in different areas. Since the family was spread around the country, my mother loved for us to visit her, and I tried to visit whenever I had the chance. My mother and I were very close.

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James Jayomey's Story

Monday April 11

James grew up in a cassava farming family in the Volta Region in eastern Ghana. In his late teens, he struggled to complete the required exams to move on past secondary school.

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Angela Sermite’s Story

Monday April 11

Angela Sermite lives in Iloilo in the Philippines and has 11 children. Her two eldest sons work and each contribute PHP 3,000 (approximately $70) to the family’s expenses each month. The Sermite family farm half a hectare of land growing a range of crops including rice, corn and peanuts. They earn an annual income of around PHP 46,000 (approximately $1,060).

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From Grants to Commercial Funding

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M-Insurance Expands to Tanzania

/News Articles/Tanzanian-girlsMicroEnsure’s remarkable new M-Insurance product in Ghana reached more than 250,000 people within six months.  Its success convinced MicroEnsure’s partners to expand the service into Tanzania.

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The Presidents Column

/Blog/smiling-manI am delighted to report that at the end of September 2011 we were serving over a million people in Africa. This statistic is all the more remarkable when you consider that it is ten times the number we were covering just 12 months ago!

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