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Marcus Jenal of Mesopartner summarizes the key points from his MPEP seminar presentation, "Monitoring and Evaluating When Facing Complexity."

In this short interview as part of the KM Insights series, Dar discusses the various components of ensuring a successful, interactive webinar.

Mary Ott, Mission Director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Egypt, speaks to Al-Ahram Weekly about entrepreneurship in Egypt and what USAID is doing to help entrepreneurs.

Written by Holly Pickett for The New York Times. Business groups are taking an interest in Egyptian entrepreneurs like Yasmine el-Mehairy, left, and Zeinab Samir, who started a site for Arab women.

300 Entrepreneurs gather in Alexandria, Egypt to pitch their ideas and win funding for their startups.

John Mennel of Deloitte discuses what he looks forward to at the Cracking the Nut Conference in Dresden, Germany.

Anita Campion and Nikolaus Eichman of AZMJ talk about their expectations for the 2013 Cracking the Nut Conference, and what AZMJ plans on presenting.

Participants discuss some of the major questions from the 2013 Lift Learning Event, hosted by FHI 360.

Learn more about the Cracking the Nut Conference to be held on October 14-16 in Kigali, Rwanda.

USAID’s Microenterprise Development office is pleased to announce the launch of Enterprising Ideas: The Microlinks Event Blog. With the launch of Microlinks 2.0 BETA, the Microlinks Team is eager to demonstrate the new features and functionality of our redesigned site.

The SEEP 2010 Annual Conference is only 10 days away! This is my first year working at the SEEP Network, so I am watching the pieces of the conference come together for the first time. It's quite a sight - a handful of dedicated people pulling together knowledge from across the microenterprise development industry for one week of comprehensive learning.

Eric Meyer will be guest blogging during the SEEP 2010 Annual Conference. Learn about Eric's background and expertise and stay tuned for upcoming conference coverage.

The 2010 SEEP Annual Conference got off to a great start today with several Member Day activities. Of particular interest to many of the attendees was the lunch session highlighting USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative.

Harshika Errangani will be guest blogging during the SEEP 2010 Annual Conference.

Stacey Young, PhD is the Senior Knowledge Management Advisor at the USAID Microenterprise Development office. USAID Microenterprise Development congratulates SEEP on its 25-year anniversary and its many accomplishments. Well done!

Shital Shah will be guest blogging during the SEEP 2010 Annual Conference. Learn about Shital’s background and expertise and stay tuned for upcoming conference coverage.

As the facilitator said at the beginning of this afternoon’s lunch presentation at the SEEP Annual Conference, three things that Switzerland has in abundance are banks, interest in microfinance and chocolate. Luckily for us, the Credit Suisse-sponsored session on “Training Trends – A Discussion of Training Needs and Challenges” brought all three together in one room.

Where can you find a summary of key points and thought-provoking questions from the 2010 SEEP Annual Conference? Look no further than Twitter. Here are a few highlights from day two:

SEEP Session: Obstacles to Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Partnership Approach Irina Ignatieva (CONCERN Worldwide), Rebecca McKenzie (Agora Microfinance Partners LLP) and Maluba Wakunguma (AMZ Ltd) discussed both the challenges of doing business in Sub-

Shital Shah of ShoreBank International Ltd. is guest blogging at the 2010 SEEP Annual Conference.

Sarah Buitoni is guest blogging at the 2010 SEEP Annual Conference. Sarah is a senior associate at the Women's World Banking Center for Microfinance Leadership.

Eric Meyer of Opportunity International is guest blogging at the 2010 SEEP Annual Conference.

Eric Meyer is guest blogging during the 2010 SEEP Annual Conference.

Sarah Buitoni of the Center for Microfinance Leadership at Women's World Banking is guest blogging at the 2010 SEEP Annual Conference.