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Ingrid Munro

Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
Field Of Work: Economic Development
Subsectors: Microenterprise,
Poverty Alleviation,
Urban Development
Target Population: Underserved Communities
Organization: Jamii Bora
Year Elected: 2009

This profile was prepared when Ingrid Munro was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship in 2009.
Ingrid Munro founded Jamii Bora, a microfinance organization that provides business and housing loans, health and life insurance, and business education to the urban poor and slum dwellers in Nairobi. In 10 years, Munro’s organization has organized a cumulative 36.2 million dollars in loans for Kenya’s urban poor, stimulating small businesses and raising living standards in the city.


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