SOURCE: Opportunity International “Banking on Africa” Campaign Grows to Close the Gap for Five Million Rural Africans to Access Savings-Based Microfinance Services in the Communities Where They Live and Work OAK BROOK, IL–(Marketwire – September 30, 2010) – Today, less than 10 percent of households in most sub-Saharan African countries, including Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda, have a bank or savings account. To address this need, Opportunity International is expanding its savings-based microfinance services aimed at providing smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs in rural Africa with much-needed access to financial services, as well as transformational training to improve the financial literacy of Africa’s rural populations. Opportunity International’s “Banking on Africa” campaign, an initiative aiming to reach five million new clients in Africa by 2015, is successfully enabling vibrant commerce and community banking throughout rural Africa. As one example, the Opportunity International Bank of Malawi began operations in May 2003, offering savings, loans and insurance products.

SOURCE: Scrum Alliance, Inc PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwire – September 29, 2010) – Líderes gubernamentales, educativos y de muchas otras industrias se reunieron el fin de semana en el evento Scrum Beyond Software (Scrum va más allá del software) en Phoenix para tratar sobre sus cuestiones más complejas de gestión de proyectos y descubrir cómo Scrum puede ayudar a resolverlas. Lo que descubrieron en esta reunión patrocinada por Scrum Alliance fue que toda organización puede mejorar la manera en que trabaja y responder con mayor facilidad al cambio con Scrum. “Escuche a uno de los participantes decir, ‘Cuando la gente habla acerca de la sabiduría colectiva, esta es la gente a la que se refieren’.

TORONTO, ONTARIO– (Marketwire – Sept. 29, 2010) –   WHAT Downsview Park’s Annual Fall Fair This FREE family event offers a mix of entertainment for all ages, and an opportunity for the community to come together to welcome and celebrate the coming of fall at their park — a Park for all seasons.