Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Growth

The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) has joined with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Growth (SMEG)... View Article

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Investing in Cross-Subsidy for Greater Impact

An estimated four billion people face subsistence living and extreme poverty worldwide. One way to address this is with enterprises... View Article

Yuva Junction Facilitates Alternative Livelihoods for Young People in India

A little over a month ago, I read the words of Marie Wilson, author, political organizer and founder of the... View Article

Fellows Spotlight: Understanding the Challenges of Access to Credit

Common Problems in Access to Finance Before starting my fellowship with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. in November 2014, I... View Article

Seeing Change in the Happiness of Microfinance Clients

We wrap up our Giving Tuesday series, How I See Change, with the story shared by Simplice Amani, an operations... View Article

Seeing Change in Fitness

We continue our Giving Tuesday series, How I See Change, with the story shared by Asel Baidyldaeva, a social entrepreneur... View Article

Seeing Change in Savings Groups

We continue our Giving Tuesday series, How I See Change, with the story shared by Schafer Bomstein, a regional grants... View Article

Mobile Microfinance Solutions in West Africa

This blog was originally posted by Daniel Vidal on Whole Planet’s “Stories from the Field” blog, which you can read... View Article

Crisis to Opportunity: Building a Woman-Owned Business in the Heart of Cairo

Wrapping up our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of Reham Ahmed Mohamed in Egypt. For... View Article

Spotlight on AKF USA Fellows: Sharing the Impressive Impact of Savings Groups in Tajikistan

Before I started my fellowship with Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) in November, I worked as Program Officer for... View Article