Partners

The Goldman Sachs Group

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a bank holding company and a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm.

Goldman Sachs provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals.

Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world. For more information, please visit http://www2.goldmansachs.com/

Opportunity International

Opportunity International combines worldwide reach with local expertise in the life-changing arena of microfinance. Small loans in the hands of a small entrepreneur can transform families and entire communities.

Opportunity is committed to building microfinance banks to enable its clients to access a wide range of financial services which will help them work their way out of difficult economic conditions.

Opportunity's focus for building microfinance banks is sub-Saharan Africa, where our vision is to create a full-service microfinance bank in every country. We are working toward the day when all Africans who need a loan to grow their small business, or a safe place to deposit their savings, or an insurance policy to protect their family's health and assets, can find this service readily available in their own community - provided by an institution dedicated to their needs and well-being.

In Africa, Opportunity currently has microfinance commercial banks or credit institutions in: Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. For more information, please visit http://www.opportunity.net fied client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals.

The 10,000 Women
Emerging Leaders Programme

The 10,000 Women program was launched March 5, 2008.

It is a global initiative that provides 10,000 underserved women, predominantly in developing and emerging markets, with business and management education. Goldman Sachs committed $100 million over the next five years and has partnered with universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and United States to seek, create and develop programs to impact the quality and capacity of business education for women in developing regions around the world.

For further information on the 10,000 Women program, please visit the web site at www.10000women.org.