Migo Is Closing the Gap in Digital Financial Services

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Globally, over two billion adults lack access to credit. Migo’s innovative business model is seizing the opportunity to close a gap in the digital financial services industry and reach a large, underserved customer base.

And here's some good news:  Endeavor, a mission-driven, global organization leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement has welcomed a new entrepreneur, Ekechi Nwokah, founder and CEO of Migo, into its global network.

Read more about how the CEO Of Migo has been selected as an Endeavor entrepreneur.

Stories On Expanding Globally

Promoting Entrepreneurs In Emerging Economies

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Endeavor focuses on High Impact Entrepreneurs (HIE) which are entrepreneurs with the biggest ideas and the most ambitious plans.

The impact could be social, economic or environmental, and Endeavor usually looks for a combination of these in a business they select. HIEs have the potential to create thriving companies that employ hundreds or even thousands of people, and generate millions in wages and revenues.

Learn about who they are currently promoting here. redBus is one company.

Disruptive Innovator: Is That You?

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Calling all global small business owners!

If you are an owner (and disruptive innovator on technology), president, or chief executive of a company with 100 employees or less that has driven a significant change and/or developed a competitive advantage in delivering superior customer value and experience, Dell wants to hear your story. In addition, they want you to share customer testimonials to show how technology has helped you improve customer relationships.

The International Council for Small Business (ICSB) (www.icsb.org) announced that it is partnering with Dell and Endeavor (www.endeavor.org) to expand the Dell Small Business Excellence Award internationally (www.dell.com/ceaward). Small businesses in countries around the world will be eligible to compete by demonstrating how they use information technology in innovative ways to better serve customers. Additional countries participating in the award program will be announced in the coming weeks.
Winners will receive ... up to $50,000 in Dell solutions, a lifetime ICSB membership and the opportunity to engage with Endeavor's network of business leaders and high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging-market countries world-wide.

Get ready, get set, go here.

Deadline: February 29, 2008!