Last week we held our first ever online Mifos user meeting and it was a big success with 44 people from 12 countries in attendance. Despite some hiccups with the logistics of GoToWebinar, the turnout and participation was fantastic. The mix of people attending was just what we were looking for – existing Mifos users […]
Miguel Jóia representing Iniciativa Mifos Moçambique recently presented Mifos at the 10th anniversary celebration of ICC Mozambique. A Toast to the Iniciativa Mifos Moçambique Building on the 10th anniversary of the ICC Mozambique, members of the Iniciativa Mifos Moçambique presented on the 8th of December their Mifos-related services for various Microfinance Operators, regulators and funders. The Iniciativa […]
Code freeze for Leila E has come and gone but we’re still not finished with our translations. We need to have all our translations completed. Help us ship Mifos with versions for French, Spanish, Chinese, and Portuguese. Our Translation Sprint two weeks ago provided a great spurt and needed boost to our efforts. Thanks to […]
For the second year, Adam Monsen and I attended the Google Summer of Code 2010 Mentor Summit. This year’s summit was held on October 23 and 24, at Google Headquarters. We knew more what to expect this year, and maybe that’s why I felt I even got more out of this year’s meetings. Last year, […]
In this post, we want to take the opportunity to thank our 2010 Google Summer of Code interns for dedicating their summers to helping end poverty. When summer comes around, the Mifos team looks forward to an energetic group of Google Summer of Code interns who are ready to dive into our project and help […]
Mifos Director of Engineering, Adam Feuer discusses our goal to end poverty, and software’s place in achieving that goal. Recently, Adam Feuer, had the chance to sit down with Matthew Russell of the PayPal X Developer Network for a casual conversation discussing Mifos and how developers around the world can work towards ending poverty by […]
Mifos & ThoughtWorks teams discover the keys to successful global collaboration. Recently the Tech for Microfinance team has been going through the McCarthy Bootcamp, a teamwork laboratory, to help bring our team into alignment and closer to greatness. BootCamp is transforming us into a high-performance team, fully aligned around a shared vision so we can ship […]
This year we’re excited to announce a class of 7 rock star Google Summer of Code interns who will be part of the Mifos team this summer. In now our second year participating in Google Summer of Code, we look to build off the successes of Udai Gupta and Johan Hilding, last year’s interns, by […]
Grameen Foundation today announced that Mifos®, its open source technology solution, has earned high marks in its first rating on the Microfinance Software Listings and Reviews published by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP). The leading resource for information on microfinance software products, it gave Mifos maximum points for technical capabilities and for its suite […]
UPDATE: 2010 Google Summer of Code Students Announced Seven students have been accepted for Mifos projects this year. Join us in wishing them the best of luck this upcoming summer. Visit the Google Summer of Code Website to see a listing and map of our accepted students and where they’ll be contributing from. Click here […]
