CNN’s Zain Asher speaks to Angeline Murimirwa

Angie Murimirwa’s TED talk introduces the revolutionary concept of ‘social interest,’ a new approach to lending which allows young African school graduates — considered ‘unbankable’ — to gain access to finance. In turn, they pay forward their interest in service to vulnerable students and exponentially multiply the impact of their loan.

We are thrilled that CAMFED has been awarded the 2021 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world’s largest annual humanitarian award presented to a nonprofit in recognition of extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering.

An Education Sector Stakeholder Meeting held on September 23 in Dar es Salaam, co-hosted by CAMFED Tanzania and the Tanzania Education Network/Mtandao wa Elimu Tanzania (TEN/MET), saw the government of Tanzania underscore support for scaling CAMFED’s award-winning Learner Guide Program across the school system.

CAMFED Association Executive Adviser Fiona Mavhinga and CAMFED Chief Executive Officer Lucy Lake attended several days of celebratory events to mark the 2021 Princess of Asturias Awards.

The Yidan Prize Foundation, dedicated to a creating a better world through education, named CAMFED Co-Executives Angeline Murimirwa and Lucy Lake as 2020 laureates of the Yidan Prize for Education Development, the world’s largest prize in education.