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5.9 Applying lessons learned from Uganda in South Africa: Enterprise solutions to poverty
Based on what we learned in Uganda through UEF (including the convening power that the Shell brand had with local banks) we established ETEF, our South African fund, with new financial products and an independent intermediary in the form of an independent fund manager with particular expertise in the small-scale energy sector in place from the start.
5.7 Meeting the needs of the entrepreneur: Enterprise solutions to poverty
Simply making finance available in the $10,000 to $500,000 deal size was crucial to attracting the interest of Ugandan and South African SMEs since it had never been available before. But other features were also designed into the model to provide tailor-made support to entrepreneurs.

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Headknocking Brick Walls and Whats a Manager to Do
Sometimes, when a middle manager tries to express his view about a new strategy or goal, senior management can close their ears. After all, what would this middle manager know? So, what can a Manager do? There are courses of action one can take.

Meetings, Bloody Meetings
Just recently I found myself committed to helping on a fund-raiser. I dutifully attended the meeting with a presentation offering nearly twenty creative ways to market the fund raising event. I was prepared for the meeting, but I wasn’t prepared for the chaos.
5.9 Applying lessons learned from Uganda in South Africa: Enterprise solutions to poverty
Based on what we learned in Uganda through UEF (including the convening power that the Shell brand had with local banks) we established ETEF, our South African fund, with new financial products and an independent intermediary in the form of an independent fund manager with particular expertise in the small-scale energy sector in place from the start.
International Year of Microcredit Advisors Visit Kenya and Uganda: Princess Maxima, Diederik Laman Trip and Marilou van Golstein Brouwers Promote Microfinance on the Continent
In the third week of February 2005, The Netherlands' Princess Maxima, ING Netherlands Chairman Diederik Laman Trip and Triodos Bank Senior Fund Manager Marilou van Golstein Brouwers visited Africa to promote the International Year of Microcredit and the importance of microfinance in the global fight to eradicate poverty.

AfriCap Microfinance Fund Attracts Notable Investors Including Nordic MicroCap, BlueOrchard and Gray Ghost, Raises Capital to $50m
AfriCap Microfinance Fund, established in 2001 as the first African private equity fund dedicated to the microfinance industry, has closed a second round of investment, raising its capital from USD 14 million (Sh 910 million) to USD 50 million (Sh 3.25 billion).
Nigerian Government Creates $426m Microcredit Development Fund
Nigerian President Alhaji Musa Yar’Adua announced the creation of an N50 billion (the equivalent of over USD 426 million) microcredit development fund to be administered by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The new fund will be used to provide existing microfinance institutions (MFIs) with funding for credit creation and operational expenses.

Old Mutual and South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Launch USD 12.9M Microfinance Initiative, Isivande Women’s Fund (IWF)
The Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa (previously reported) has teamed with Old Mutual Group’s Masisizane Fund to launch the Isivande Women’s Fund (IWF), financing women-run enterprises in the country.
Old Mutual and South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Launch $12.9m Microfinance Initiative, Isivande Women’s Fund (IWF)
The Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa has teamed with Old Mutual Group’s Masisizane Fund to launch the Isivande Women’s Fund (IWF), financing women-run enterprises in the country. The new fund is the result of a 2006 study conducted by the DTI’s Gender and Women Empowerment Unit, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and FinMark. The study found that although women are more responsible managers of credit than men, they only receive 30 percent of loans, with black women receiving the least funding.

Leadership Tips for the Manager Who is Too Easy
The Plant Manager was becoming increasingly frustrated. His production manager was struggling to meet plant performance targets and was not getting his team to take ownership of achieving results. The initial diagnosis was that the production manager was being too easy on his team. As with most management problems, only two or three behaviours cause the majority of aggravation and frustration. Here we examine how to help an easy-going manager achieve what needs to get done.
21 Undisputed Rules for a Leader of the 21st Century
Working with organizations for the last two decades across the globe, I have derived 21 undisputed qualities of a leader (not a manager). Sharing with community of at least 42 countries I have learn that leadership is everything (not managerial effectiveness). A leader can be a manager but a manager cannot be a leader.
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