Entrepreneurship

Microsoft and BBVA Microfinance Foundation unite to develop initiatives that promote innovation and entrepreneurship in vulnerable communities

They will develop innovation technology projects and financial inclusion to improve the lives of low-income, vulnerable populations

Technology in enterprising and for entrepreneurship

Globalization, together with technological progress, has shortened distances, reduced cultural gaps and also improved economies and trading. Entrepreneurs have made…

Banco Adopem presents the outcome of its Microfranchise Model for low-income women

Banco Adopem, together with the Multilateral Investment Fund– member of the Inter-American Development Bank– and Nestlé Dominicana, have presented the…

A craft to last for generations

Coconut oil is very common in Latin America and in recent years, it has become popular in many countries around…

‘Somos FE’ the App that boosts entrepreneurship and advances progress

“If we use technology in the service of entrepreneurship and we democratize access so that it could be used as…

Ambitions know no borders

A secluded territory does not stop Bancamía from building a branch office, as long as there are entrepreneurs longing for…

Media coverage of the BBVAMF’s special session in the UN

Jessica Hernández had never left Colombia, but her image carrying a washing machine while walking uphill, has been all over…

Rural women, central theme of the biggest global event on women’s empowerment and gender equality

“Gender parity is the greatest human rights’ challenge of our time”, declared António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations,…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation carries the voice of its female entrepreneurs to the United Nations

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF), together with the diplomatic delegates from Spain, Colombia and UN Women, has gathered key international…

Cooking up an enterprise

American author Steve Maraboli once said, “There is no greater force for change than people inspired to live a better…

Evolution of poverty in Latin America

Poverty is on the rise. According to the latest social panorama report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and…

Stories with a small great twist

“To escape poverty trap, sometimes it only takes a little nudge- economically”. With this statement, El País Semanal presents a…