Grameen America, a not-for-profit microfinance organization founded by Professor Muhammad Yunus, celebrated the Grand Opening of its Manhattan branch and crossing 3,000 borrowers on Monday, May 17th. The ceremony took place at The Great Hall at City College of New York ...
Join us on May 17th to
celebrate the
GRAND OPENING
of the Grameen America
Upper Manhattan Branch Office
Featuring Special Guest
Nobel Laureate
Muhammad Yunus
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Yunus sings for social business
Calls for creating a different world
Staff Correspondent
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has called for establishing social business as a problem solver, not profit maximiser, to tackle global poverty and social injustice.
"If we had ...
Luanda — The Vice President of the Republic, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, was this Friday invited to Bangladesh in order to assess the advantages of the attribution of micro-credits to disadvantaged families.
The invitation was made by the president of t...
By DEVIN LEONARD
Published: April 30, 2010
IN 2006, the Nobel committee made the surprising decision to award its peace prize not to a philanthropist or a human rights activist, but to Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. W...
President Obama speaks at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, an event aimed at identifying how to deepen ties between business leaders, foundations, and entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.See Video ...
Coming to America
US Banker  | April 2010
By Laura Thompson Osuri
Delia came to New York from Ecuador 13 years ago, leaving her children behind in search of a better income to support them. She worked in factories for many years until 2...
Series of initiatives designed to boost America's relations with entrepreneurs in countries with large Muslim populations
Meredith Buel | Washington28 April 2010
Photo: AP
Attendees of the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship listen as President Barack Obama s...
We hope you can make it to one of the book signing events at a city near you!
PROFESSOR MUHAMMAD YUNUS’ 2010 U.S. BOOK TOUR FORBUILDING SOCIAL BUSINESSThe New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing NeedsPublication date: May 11, 2010Price...
This third book by Professor Yunus, following Banker to the Poor and Creating a World Without Poverty, is dedicated solely towards the concept of social business, its implementation, and its maintenance. Social business is an innovative business model which promotes the...
