Enabling entrepreneurial people on low incomes, especially women, to build small businesses that generate incomes and meaningful livelihoods

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Grameen Australia is set to become the country’s leading microenterprise development organisation. The program provides access to small loans, peer learning, and support to women entrepreneurs living on a low income to start or expand their small businesses.

Grameen Today

 

Microenterprise Program

Grameen Today

Grameen Today is a program providing small loans, financial training and support to members, especially women, seeking to generate income through microenterprise.

Locations

Our first pilot location for Grameen Today is the Hume City Local Government Area (LGA) of in Victoria.

How it works

Grameen Today small loans are for business purposes only and start at less than $4,500 repayable over a six month period.

Grameen Australia Appoints Jamie Terzi as New CEO

Grameen Australia Appoints Jamie Terzi as New CEO

Grameen Australia is strengthening its commitment to realising the untapped potential of microfinance in Australia with the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer. International development expert, Jamie Terzi, brings two decades of experience working in poverty...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

  Dear valued supporter As the end of the year quickly approaches, I want to take a moment to update you on our significant progress in establishing the Grameen Today program in Australia. This year we made history by establishing Grameen Australia's first fully...

Kim’s endless love for nails

Kim’s endless love for nails

Like many small business owners, Kim Phoung who operates a nail salon, was forced to close her doors during Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdowns. Kim didn’t let the lockdowns dilute her dreams for small business. Instead, she used the time to start carefully researching a...

“In my experience, poor people are the world's greatest entrepreneurs. Every day, they must innovate in order to survive. They remain poor because they do not have the opportunities to turn their creativity into sustainable income.”

Professor Muhammad Yunus

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