Opportunity International Gets $2.2 Million Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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Wireless News
12-04-2005
Opportunity International Gets $2.2 Million Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

WIRELESS NEWS-December 4, 2005-Opportunity International Gets $2.2 Million Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (C)2005 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com

Opportunity International, one of the world's largest microfinance organizations, announced that it received a $2.2 million grant over three years from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that will go toward a project to develop a trans-African network of new commercial banks for the poor.
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