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First Africa Christian Microenterprise Development Conference
Editorial by Makonen Getu
1999 saw the first CMED global conference take place. Since then national and regional networks have been set up and declarations made, with the aim of promoting CMED by joining forces.
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Conference Declaration
Statement by Various Authors
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Building God’s Kingdom through Microenterprise Development: A Christian vision for transformational development
Article by Stephen Mugabi-Mugambwa
Transformational development is about applying kingdom values; it addresses the whole person, spiritually, socially, economically and politically, and one way of doing this is through microenterprise development.
Starts Page 133
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Biblical Perspectives on Wealth Creation, Poverty Reduction and Social Peace and Justice
Article by Daniel Bitrus
God’s plan is for us to share with him in managing and developing his creation. This means that it is right for us to work and it is not wrong to earn money. The church can play a part through the encouraging of microenterprise development, which in turn leads to increased social justice and peace.
Starts Page 139
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The Biblical Perspective of Transformational Business
Article by Makonen Getu
Christians own a significant slice of global GDP, which gives them considerable potential for transformation through business. How should they use this wealth and potential in response to the great commission?
Starts Page 143
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Building God’s Kingdom through Microenterprise Development
Article by Mutava Musyimi
Africa is experiencing a change in the approach to financial services with microfinance emerging as a way of getting financial resources to those who would not normally have access to them.
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Harnessing Africa’s Resources for a People-Centred Development: A Christian framework for a better understanding between Africa’s MED organizations and partners in the North
Article by Sammy Mwangi
Microfinance is big business in Africa, with some funds becoming available and a large informal sector in need of loans. At question is the type of partnership developed between South and North, and where growth-centred development puts the stress on economic growth, people-centred growth majors on the people and their environment.
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Tapping Africa’s Culture and Tradition of Giving: Mobilizing resources for development
Article by Thithi Watene
Africa is very rich in resources, but Africans are not making the most of them. CMED should be helping Africans to use those resources to eradicate poverty.
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CMED Network and the Role of CTRC
Article by Makonen Getu
CTRC was established with a vision to support CMED organizations and to strengthen the local church through the provision of a number of tools and services such as training, publications, advocacy.
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Critical Success Factors for Microenterprise Development in Africa: An overview
Article by Theresa Moyo
Work is needed to overturn some of the serious restraints on the development of successful MED organizations in Africa. These include such factors as limited access to credit and to markets, poor planning and management practices.
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Strategies to Equip Christian Organizations and Churches in Africa with MED Tools, Skills and Knowledge to Effectively Transform People’s Lives and Build God’s Kingdom: A slide presentation
Presentation by Rose Wanjohi
What is CMED? How is it done? What are its strategies and what are its challenges?
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Auditing and Monitoring of MED Programmes: Experiences from a rural microfinance institution
Article by John Kayizzi
There are certain checks and procedures which need to be put in place when running an MED programme. These will eliminate fraud and the temptation to fraud.
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Social Accounting for Christian Social Organizations
Article by Christopher Sugden
Just as an organization has to produce financial accounts, so a social organization, like an MED, needs to produce social accounts. These present measurable data to be examined by the stakeholders and assessed by those responsible for the governance of the organization.
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CMED, Kingdom Building and the Local Church: The case of Sinapi Aba Trust in Ghana
Article by Makonen Getu
The Sinapi Aba Trust in Northern Ghana has been putting Christian microenterprise development into practice. They have seen the local church benefiting both financially and in terms of commitment and fellowship, which in turn brings more people into the kingdom.
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Some Keys to Effective CMED Partnerships
Article by Dave Larson
CMED partnerships can be seen in terms of a parallel to a marriage partnership. They involve dating, assessing compatibility, an understanding of one another’s values and pressures.
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