Mobile Money Ensures Continued Success Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis in Uganda

Whole Planet FoundationCOVID-19, Microcredit, Microfinance Partners

For three entrepreneurial women business partners in Uganda, the emerging COVID-19 crisis posed an immediate threat to their newly started business. Pictured above, the three entrepreneurs, Nancy, Lilly, and Irene stand on their business premises in Patira East Village. After successfully completing a training program in December 2019 with Whole …

Webinars Share Best Practices and Innovations Concerning COVID-19 in Latin America

Stephanie ManciagliCOVID-19, Latin America and the Caribbean, Microfinance Partners

Prompted by interest from our network of microfinance partners, WPF organized two webinars to bring together our Latin American and Caribbean network of microfinance partners. The first call, in June 2020, gathered ten microfinance institutions to discuss how each was managing the COVID-19 crisis; if and how they were disbursing …