113 Microfinance Tweeters to Follow

In our quest to promote social entrepreneurship, Twitter has become a powerful tool for our team at SocialEarth. We’ve learned a ton about how to leverage Twitter for social good. We’ve shared articles such as the Top 100 Social Entrepreneurs, businesses, and ideas, how to raise funds on Twitter, and discussed the exciting #socentchat.

In the Top 100 list, we included 19 tweeters to follow for microfinance information, however we know there are many, many more. So in during the past few months, we’ve connected with many individuals and organizations on Twitter invovled with microfinance and wanted to share our list with you.

What follows is a list of 113 twetters who are invovled in or support microfinance, microcredit, and other initaitves aimed at improving the lives’ of the poor via improved access to capital. This list is meant to be dynamic, so please add your name to the list!

Popular Microfinance Organizations

Acumen Fund
http://twitter.com/acumenfund
http://twitter.com/jnovogratz

Grameen
http://twitter.com/Grameen_Fdn
http://twitter.com/grameenbank
http://twitter.com/mifos
http://twitter.com/GrameenAppLab
http://twitter.com/scotteverett (updated +1)

Heifer International
http://twitter.com/Heifer

Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (Opportunity International)
http://twitter.com/AJRenold
http://twitter.com/amycarolwolff
http://twitter.com/christiemisty

OptInNow
http://twitter.com/OptINnow
http://twitter.com/rarenaud
http://twitter.com/ADKoehler

Opportunity Canada
http://twitter.com/OppIntCanada

Unitus
http://twitter.com/Unitus

ACCION
http://twitter.com/Accion_usa
http://twitter.com/CFI_ACCION
http://twitter.com/ACCIONSD
http://twitter.com/ACCION_IN_CO

KIVA
http://twitter.com/Kiva
http://twitter.com/kiva_tweeters
http://twitter.com/kiva4iPhone
http://twitter.com/mattflannery
http://twitter.com/jessicajackley
http://twitter.com/fionaramsey
http://twitter.com/kivafellows
http://twitter.com/kiva_journals
http://twitter.com/buildkiva
http://twitter.com/HalleTecco
http://twitter.com/sloane
http://twitter.com/BrettDobbs
http://twitter.com/chelsab

Microplace
http://twitter.com/microplace

Hope International
http://twitter.com/HOPEtweets

United Prosperity
http://twitter.com/unitedprosper
http://twitter.com/bhalchander
http://twitter.com/JakeBStern

Mentors International
http://twitter.com/mentors

FINCA International- Village Banking
http://twitter.com/VillageBanking

Poverty 2 Prosperity
http://twitter.com/P_2_P

Global Partnerships
http://twitter.com/gpmicrofinance

Five Talents
http://twitter.com/fivetalents

CHF International
http://twitter.com/CHFonline

Microfinance Organizations By Country

Wokai (China)
http://twitter.com/wokai
http://twitter.com/caseylwilson
http://twitter.com/wokaiseattle

51Give (China)
http://twitter.com/51give

MicroLoan Foundation (UK)
http://twitter.com/MicroLoan

RangDe (India)
http://twitter.com/rangde

Common Interest (Thailand)
http://twitter.com/Common_Interest

Impact Microfinance (Canada)
http://twitter.com/microcredit

Adelante Foundation (Honduras )
http://twitter.com/AdelanteORG

BRAC USA (Africa and Asia)
http://twitter.com/BRAC_USA

Lend For Peace (Middle East)
http://twitter.com/lendforpeace

Lumana Credit (Ghana)
http://twitter.com/lumanacredit

Simple Seed (Africa)
http://twitter.com/SimpleSeed

Annexum – Dutch Microfund (Dutch)
http://twitter.com/HuibBoissevain

Microfinance Organizations By Cause

Vittana (Education)
http://twitter.com/vittana
http://twitter.com/kushalc

Lend for Health (Health)
http://twitter.com/lend4health

WaterCredit MFI (Water)
http://twitter.com/watercredit
http://twitter.com/aprilrinne

Freedom From Hunger (Hunger)
http://twitter.com/freefromhunger

Green Microfinance (Environment)
http://twitter.com/GMf

Riskebiz Internet (Mobile)
http://twitter.com/riskebiz

CreditSMS (Mobile)
http://twitter.com/creditsms
http://twitter.com/arudoyat

One Hen (Children)
http://twitter.com/1hen

MicroCredit Enterprises (Poverty)
http://twitter.com/MCEorg

Opportunity Fund (Savings)
http://twitter.com/opportunityfund

SaveTogether (Savings)
http://twitter.com/savetogether

Microfinance News Organizations

SocialEdge
http://twitter.com/socialedge

Microfinance Insights
http://twitter.com/mfinsights

Videre Microfinance
http://twitter.com/VidereMFI

MicroCapital
http://twitter.com/MicroCapital

Microfinance Focus
http://twitter.com/mffocus

SocialFinance
http://twitter.com/socialfinance
http://twitter.com/Microfinance_
http://twitter.com/Microfinance_HW

Microfinance Networks

Silicon Valley Microfinance Network
http://twitter.com/SVMN

Microfinance Association
http://twitter.com/MicrofinanceA

MFI Connect
http://twitter.com/mficonnect

SeaMo
http://twitter.com/SeaMoMicro

Microfinance Network
http://twitter.com/ibl

Microfinance Conferences

MicroSummit
http://twitter.com/MicroSummit

MicroCredit Summit
http://twitter.com/MicroCredSummit

Microfinance 2.0
http://twitter.com/gomicrofinance

Microfinance Supporters

Contributor Profile: Erik

Erik is a perpetually curious social innovator. As a serial entrepreneur, Erik knows a thing or two about change. As a co-founder of SocialEarth, Erik hopes to channel his passion for social advocacy into an innovative venue of social awareness for others. Website: SocialEarth
Twitter: @erikeliason

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nocermathew

It is good to have give ideas to others who are intrested and get response. Thank you for this noble venture.

Erikeliason

nocermathew- thank you for your interest! Let us know if we can help you in your quest to spread the news about microfinance.

nocermathew

Dear Mr. Erikeliason,
It is great to know and share with 113 microfinance Tweeters.
I am very much thankfull for this support.
I am from Kerala India one of the lovelieable place in the world.I am ready to share some intresting experiences.

with regards
M.V.Mathew(Ashokafellow)

Erikeliason

Hi M.V. Mathew,

We'd love to learn more. Please email @ contact@socialearth.org or DM on twitter @socialearth.

Thanks!
Erik

BWTP Network

We're brand new to Twitter, but do check us out also: http://twitter.com/BankingWithPoor

Erikeliason

Welcome to Twitter! Let us know if we can help promote your work.

John Madigan

Wow, great list! Thanks for compiling it!

Erikeliason

Of course, John! It's great to see so many people and organizations passionate about microfinance.

Jim

Thanks for clustering these-- I was afraid that I'd just see a list of 100 twitter accounts w/o any further info. More annotation would be useful, and perhaps there are five premiere ones.

Paulina Ibarra

I would also recommend twitter.com/cgap, our website www.cgap.org and our blog microfinance.cgap.org.

Jill Finlayson

Great list! See also folks posting with the hashtags:
#microfinance
#kiva
Microfinance Monday

and for broader social entrepreneur twitter gurus in social media and more, see also
Twitter for Social Entrepreneurship: The Top 100 Tweeps to Follow
http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/the-edge/twitte...

Nelda Sanker

Great list! Thanks!

Mark Grimes

Nice list Erik.

Also twitter.com/neddotcom

The neddotcom team is #10 in terms of overall loans of Kiva out of over 7,604 teams: http://www.kiva.org/team/neddotcom

http://www.kiva.org/community

Erik

Thanks Scott for the note! I've added you under Grameen.

Scott Everett

Great list Erik!

Feel free to add me under Grameen, I am at the Grameen Technology Center of Grameen Foundation in Seattle along with Mifos and AppLab.

Thanks,

Scott

piece 2.0

BUENO!!!!!

Justine

Great list Erik! I am amazed at how many organizations/people are getting involved! It is so exciting to see awareness grow.

ibl

Great list - despite/because of [delete as appropriate] me being on it. 8^) Microfinancework.com is there for people to find people and to find work in Microfinance. "Microfinance Network" is a scarily definitive title I doubt I could live up to! Privileged to be included, thank you.