Client spotlight: Global Partnerships invests more than just money in poor communities in Latin America
What do the world’s poor people need? Money is one simple answer, but money alone is often not enough to support long-term solutions to... Read more...
Powering Africa: A massive challenge and a major investment opportunity
Littlefield at the ONE Campaign event July 24. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen significant economic progress in recent years with growth rates in many countries that are among the highest in the world, and large numbers of... Read more...
Featured photo: OPIC President Elizabeth Littlefield visits the Karachi Stock Exchange
OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield visited the Karachi Stock Exchange on July 18 and rang the ceremonial gong to... Read more...
Paper features OPIC President Elizabeth Littlefield on the role of the private sector in Pakistan’s development
This week, OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield is visiting Pakistan to discuss investment opportunities with the business community. The visit was highlighted in local media on Monday with an op-ed published by President Littlefield on... Read more...
Featured photo: Local retailer supports jobs and sustainable development in Guatemala
The Guatemala City flagship store of Cemaco, a family-owned business that operates 20 retail stores throughout Guatemala selling hardware, home goods ,toys and baby gear. OPIC, through a loan guaranty to World Business Capital,... Read more...
OPIC Seminar Takes on Small Businesses in Salt Lake City
World Trade Center Utah Executive Vice President & COO Elizabeth Goryunova joins Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Director of Public Affairs Dr. Larry Spinelli at an Expanding Horizons seminar for Utah’s small businesses.... Read more...
Tailoring finance tools for impact investors
This is the second blog post in an occasional series By Mitchell L. Strauss, Special Advisor, Socially Responsible Finance In my earlier blog post I explored OPIC’s contributions to the evolvingimpact investing sector,... Read more...
OPIC to play key role in President Obama’s Power Africa initiative
President Obama announced the new Power Africa initiative June 30 in South Africa. OPIC, which has a long history of supporting projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, will now play a key role in a new U.S. initiative to double... Read more...
OPIC partners with Millennium Challenge Corporation for Twitter chat on power investing in Africa
Access to electricity is a fundamental component of growth and development for any country or region. Africa, ... Read more...