The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will distribute a grant of USD 5.4 mm and a loan of USD 10 mm to Opportunity International, one of the world’s largest microfinance organizations. The USD 15.4 mm of capital will fund start-up microfinance banks to serve the poor in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in addition to an expansion of its banking operations in Ghana.
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