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McMaster and AKU Sign MOU for Expanded Partnership
22 November 2008 - McMaster University and the Aga Khan University (AKU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to address commonly shared objectives in the health sciences, sciences, the social sciences, humanities and business
AKDN at the Governors’ Global Climate Summit
19 November 2008 - AKDN at the Governors’ Global Climate Summit
His Highness the Aga Khan in Canada to Discuss Development Partnerships, Celebrate Golden Jubilee
18 November 2008 - His Highness the Aga Khan arrives in Ottawa today at the start of an 8-day visit to Canada on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee.
Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance Expands in Egypt
27 October 2008 - AKAM Partners with USAID to Expand in Aswan; Holds AKAM/Deutsche Bank Microfinance Forum in Cairo
First MicroFinanceBank Pioneers Housing Finance in Afghanistan
08 October 2008 - First MicroFinanceBank–Afghanistan to Pioneer Access to Housing Finance
with the Support of IFC
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Canada, 18 November 2008
His Highness the Aga Khan Visits Canada on the Occasion of His Golden Jubilee
Kazakhstan, 28 October 2008 - His Highness the Aga Khan began a ten day visit to Central Asia in Astana, Kazakhstan
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Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance
Microfinance for Women in Northern Pakistan
Since its establishment in 2005, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) has taken over 25 years of microfinance activities, programmes and banks that were administered by sister agencies within the AKDN. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion. more
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