Jamii Bora

Jamii Bora, which means "good families" in Swahili, is a Nairobi, Kenya based microfinance organization.[1] It is the largest microfinance institution in Kenya. It was started by Ingrid Munro in 1999.[2][1]

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  1. Chris V. Nicholson (reporter) (July 9, 2007). "In Poorer Nations, Cellphones Help Open Up Microfinancing". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-09-17. The value of mobile technologies has benefited microlenders, too. Jamii Bora, the largest microfinance institution in Kenya, has more than 150,000 borrowers. The organization, whose name means 'good families' in Swahili, began to experiment last year with mobile point-of-sale devices, magnetic-stripe cards and fingerprint authentication to take its remote branches online. 'This year we rolled it out over the whole country,” said Ingrid Munro, the founder and manager of Jamii Bora. “We have about 200 point-of-sale machines now, and we expect to expand.' ...
  2. Nicholas D. Kristof (September 14, 2011). "Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-09-15. Then in 1999, Jane joined an antipoverty organization called Jamii Bora, which means “good families” in Swahili. The group, founded by 50 street beggars with the help of a Swedish woman, Ingrid Munro, who still lives in Nairobi, became Kenya’s largest microfinance organization, with more than 300,000 members. But it also runs entrepreneurship training, a sobriety campaign to reduce alcoholism, and a housing program to help slum-dwellers move to the suburbs. ...
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