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NV Growth

Derek Newberry — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:45:40 -0500

Hi Nopp,

I'm glad you asked - as a rule, we only work with companies in our countries of operation, but as a matter of fact, New Ventures is aiming to expand its operations into new countries this year - check back with us over the next several months for developments...

-Derek

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madrid man — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:20:25 -0500

I think that idea is from India, where they have had this kind of loans for 15 years.

Great Innitiative!

Nopp — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:43:49 -0500

This is going to be a great initiative in helping the poor address the social and environmental problems. Do you plan to invite small companies from other countries additional to five countries above?

New Venture's website is

Carrie — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:29:09 -0500

New Venture's website is cool. It looks like investors might be able to join the idea as well.

Financing small scale enterprises; problems and prospects

chijioke — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:19:18 -0500

please, can you help me with the relevant materials for the above subject. I am doing research work on the topic and will be glad if useful case studies are attached. Thanks, chijioke

BOP Deal flow

Munya — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:05:11 -0500

It certainly seems there's a tangible increase in public and private capital targeting the BOP. I look forward to reading more on your approach to scaling BOP strategies. When it comes to scaling BOP strategies in Africa, I think the main challenge is still the entrepreneur. They are undoubtedly the missing key in this region unlike India for example. Very few are able to develop their ideas into a bankable business proposal and tend to over value their sweat capital input, which seems to be a fairly common challenge in structuring seed stage investments. The progress might be slow but it's worth the effort, these are the pioneering years!

Bajaj Auto Motorcycles

Christopher Glen — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:38:00 -0500

Very interesting! I had no idea Bajaj Auto had acquired a part of KTM. I am excited to see what their KTM branded motorcycles will look / ride like.

Know What It Takes To Get Approved For Business Financing

James Christy — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:37:26 -0500

The Event sounds great, yet wouldn't it just make sense if the Lending Industry told Small Business Owners EXACTLY what it takes to qualify for their program? That way the Business Owner wouldn't be out there damaging their personal credit, getting declined and still looking for capital. Come on, the Lenders Approval criteria shouldn't be a SECRET right? This company has over 4,000 lenders categorized on it's site and only a few hundred have shared their approval criteria. Why not all 4,000? http://www.Search4000BusinessLoansForFREE.com

ICT for SMEs

Rajveer singh — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:56:55 -0500

ICT adoption for SMEs is a very startegic work. Currently most of SMEs are slow to adopt ICT. We are implementing a programme to improve ICT usage among Indian SMEs through cluster development approach for the last two years. The project details may be seen at www.projectvikas.com. kindly let me know how we can help you in UGANDA. Rajveer singh

Microfinance in Nigeria

Taiwo — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:13:35 -0500

Pls I want more info on the rles of microfinance in Nigeria for my project

The Status of Marketing in Nigerian Small Business

Akande Adedoyinsola — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:50:57 -0500

Hello, i would be grateful if i could be supplied the materials to write on my project in school on the above topic. Ideas from other people would be highly appreciated. Regards, Akande Adedoyinsola

More Great Stuff

Chris Crawford — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:31:52 -0500

I am an RA at a private university, and I preside over 13 freshman who have volunteered for a special "Entrepreneurship" Freshman Seminar. In this group, there is almost always a tendency for the kids (I'm not much older than them, by the way) to be confused by teh course's title--the seminar leader spends most of his time talking about things relating to the Creation Theory, not the Discovery Theory. In other words, Discovery Theory stuff is mostly taught in the Business Department of my school, and these kids thought that was what they were going to get! I think they get the better end of the deal... we spend the whole semester just talking about what it means to BE an entrepreneur, rather than HOW. Awesome stuff.

ICT As a capacity that SMEs need desperately

Mutaasa Humphrey — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:08:17 -0500

As a UNIDO project that was set up to help build capacity of SMEs to become competitive in the market here in Uganda and abroad, we have carried out needs assessments and found out that ICTs are a big need that SMEs have and which is not having a direct solution. Please we are calling upon development partners, Volunteers in the same to come to SMEs rescue. and support initiatives like ours and others that are in line with ICT for SME competitiveness. We can contacted on jinjadbic@yahoo.co.uk regards from Uganda

Hi there! This is Sara, who

Sara — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:41:11 -0500

Hi there! This is Sara, who are you? It's always nice to get back in touch with UMMers.

More About the Experience

Pradeep Suthram — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:39:46 -0500

It would be great to learn more about the ground-level interactions or expected interactions (with banks in Guatemala for example)