Al Amal Microfinance Bank wins Islamic Microfinance Challenge 2010

Al Amal Microfinance Bank of Yemen has been awarded US$104,000 under the Islamic Microfinance Challenge 2010, a partnership launched to encourage the reach of Islamic financial services to micro-entrepreneurs.
CGAP, Deutsche Bank, Grameen-Jameel Pan Arab Microfinance, and Islamic Development Bank partnered to sponsor this global competition to uncover viable business models that provide microfinance products compatible with Islamic law, or Shariah.