Latest Blogs & Impact Stories
The Case for Increasing Access to Finance for the Non-State School Sector
Opportunity EduFinance, given its unique position in the non-state education market, leveraged its expertise and experience to conduct a sizing analysis of the non-state education market in low- and middle-income countries, updating previous estimates from 2019
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Bringing EduQuality to Nigeria
Nigeria is now the 9th country where Opportunity EduFinance is delivering EduQuality, our holistic three-year school development program offered to local affordable non-state schools.
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INVESTING IN OUR GLOBAL FUTURE: 2022 Global Education Finance Conference
This year’s Global Education Finance Conference, hosted by Opportunity International EduFinance in Nairobi, Kenya brought together 155 attendees from 37 countries, including financial institutions, impact investors, development finance institutions, bilateral funders, researchers and more. Of the 100 organizations represented, 79 were financial institutions from 22 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. The conference theme highlighted the link between the business case for education…
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Cosami and Crezcamos: Knowledge Exchange between EduFinance Partners in Guatemala and Colombia
Recently, EduFinance facilitated a virtual knowledge exchange between one of our committed and established partners, Cosami Guatemala, and newer partner Crezcamos based in Colombia. They had an open and frank discussion about Cosami’s experience of delivering education finance products to schools and families.
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Andrew McCusker reflects on Opportunity EduFinance winning WISE Award
On September 15, 2022 Opportunity EduFinance was announced as a WISE Award Winner. We interviewed Andrew McCusker, Head of EduFinance, about the significance of this win and what it means for Opportunity EduFinance.
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New Interactive Evidence Gap Map on Non-State Actors in Education
The Education Finance Network, which is managed by Opportunity International EduFinance and Dalberg, recently launched the Non-State Actors in Education: Interactive Evidence Gap Map (EGM) to highlight available evidence and gaps in the sector and guide program design. The EGM serves practitioners and funders by identifying research priorities, pinpointing the most timely and relevant data, and facilitating evidence exchange to accelerate progress on development goals in education.
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50% of schools in EduQuality show improvement in self-assessed education quality
In this blog, we examine recent data which shows how school leaders like Ms. Robert have been measuring their own school quality improvements and developing plans to continue their journey toward educational excellence.
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“I want everyone to go to school. Every child should not be left behind.” – Interview with Joshua Opoku-Mainoo, Sinapi Aba, Ghana
Opportunity International has the privilege of counting Sinapi Aba among its oldest and strongest partners in our mutually aligned missions to transform lives through increased financial inclusion. Building on this long history of working together, Sinapi Aba is also now one of our key partners for Opportunity EduFinance in Ghana. Joshua Opoku-Mainoo is Programmes Manager of EduFinance & Impact at Sinapi Aba Trust.
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‘Our classes have moved from being a group to being a team’ – Professional Development for school leaders in Zambia, Rwanda and Ghana.
As part of the EduQuality program of Opportunity EduFinance, senior school leaders are offered professional development training with a focus on instructional leadership and management best practices.
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School Leadership Academy, Ghana
In May 2022, the EduFinance team facilitated its first School Leadership Academy (SLA) workshop in Ghana. The aim of the workshop was to bring together school owners with financial institutions to share knowledge about the benefits and opportunities to access school improvement loans, with guidance on how schools can improve their bankability and grow sustainable quality schools.
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