Posts tagged ‘World Cup’
World Cup and Future Investment in Africa
When FIFA announced in May 2004 that South Africa would host the 2010 World Cup, not just one country, but an entire continent rejoiced. Not only for the football, but for the exposure on Africa and the hope that this tournament would bring big businesses and investments from abroad.
Micro-football Fever
Football fever is spreading fast in Lebanon as the World Cup approaches. The excitement and impact can be found among the country’s microenterprises. Two of Lebanon’s leading microfinance institutions and Kiva partners, Al Majmoua and Ameen s.a.l., caught a bit of football fever by playing a friendly match against one another.
One Month to the World Cup
Is football, shall I say soccer, still not big in America? In the countries where I was born or spent most of my adulthood it certainly is. And so it is in Mozambique, where I am based for my Kiva Fellowship at the moment. Mozambique is the country where Kiva operates that is closest to South Africa. Four weeks from today -by the way: today I am seeing my 28th spring feliz cumpleaños to me 
-, the Football World Cup will start in South Africa and many friends and lenders have asked me whether this will make any difference to entrepreneurs in Mozambique. The answer is clearly YES.
