Category Archives: Eco-Development

First Microinsurance Agency (FMiA)’ in Karachi has offered several hundred clients basic outpatient care, along with information on health insurance.  This is the part of a new programme designed to make poor people aware of microinsurance services and their benefits. … Continue reading →

NWFP Minister for Population Welfare Saleem Khan has said the federal government has approved the Tajikistan Road Project in principle to establish road link between Pakistan and Central Asian states via Chitral as this is the shortest and most feasible … Continue reading →

Several hundred clients of the First Microinsurance Agency (FMiA) in Karachi were offered basic outpatient care, along with information on health insurance, in a new programme designed to make poor people aware of microinsurance services and their benefits. The clinics, … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Raila Odinga has arrived in Paris, France for a three-day official visit that will see him hold meetings with senior French Government officials and Kenyans living in the country. Among the officials he is scheduled to meet is … Continue reading →

Earlier this year, TheIsmaili.org reported on Project Shelter Wakadogo, which was building a nursery school in Northern Uganda. Five months later, with the school built, we caught up with Farah Williamson, one of the project principals, to learn how they … Continue reading →

Decades ago, Bangladesh — then known as East Pakistan — was home to a thriving Jamat. Ismailis were active in key industries including jute, textiles, steel, aluminum, leather, construction, and food processing, as well as trading, banking, insurance and hotels. … Continue reading →

Seacom, a privately-funded venture that aims to greatly boost Africa’s broadband capacity, Tuesday said it has entered partnerships with operators in Uganda and Rwanda to extend its reach across the east of the continent. Uganda Telecom Ltd. and Rwandatel SA, … Continue reading →

CHALLENGE In 1566, Ottoman architect Mimar Hajrudin built a stone bridge that spanned the waters of the Neretva River and came to be known as “Stari Most,” or Old Bridge. Initially a small Turkish outpost, this city continued to grow, … Continue reading →

“Shaila Abdullah, an award-winning author is reaching out to the reading world to seek support for the developing world..” According to the World Bank, the current global crisis has pushed 90 million people into poverty and is slated to have … Continue reading →

Kenyan private equity group, Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), plans to combine its six agrobusinesses and list the new entity to raise $15 million to $20 million for expansion, the group’s managing director said on Tuesday. Lutaf Kassam said that IPS, … Continue reading →

Private investors were just starting to take notice of the economically poor but resource-rich continent when the global financial crisis hit. Two years ago, when Dubai World said it would invest $230 million in Rwandan tourism, officials here rejoiced. Among … Continue reading →

Nairobi — Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called on professionals trained locally to commit a fraction of their careers to serving the country after training before they go abroad for greener pastures if they must. The PM said the government … Continue reading →

The Aga Khan Network for Development said Friday in Maputo that in November it would open the first micro-credit bank in northern Mozambique, the poorest region in the country. In a speech on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of … Continue reading →

Establishing PCT Learning Centers: Microsoft, Aga Khan Foundation sign accord KARACHI (June 14 2009): The Microsoft and the Aga Khan Foundation in Pakistan have inked an agreement to establish the country’s first pilot Community Technology Learning Centres in the remote … Continue reading →

ISLAMABAD: Microsoft and the Aga Khan Foundation in Pakistan inked an agreement to establish the country’s first pilot Community Technology Learning Centres in the remote northern areas of Gilgit and Hunza. By expanding ICT access and training resources to these … Continue reading →

Grameen-Jameel Issues a USD 2.7 Million Local-Currency Guarantee to Aga Khan Agency, First Microfinance Institution (FMFI) Syria Grameen-Jameel, a social business established in 2007 that serves the Arab microfinance industry, has recently announced that it has issued local-currency guarantee worth … Continue reading →