The most exciting announcement so far to come out of the Global MicroCredit Summit, is a Grameen Foundation technology initiative called Mifos which has already been around for a while, but is being promoted at the big conference. Mifos is an open source platform for microfinance information technology.
Open Source describes a computer programming language that is available without fees for customization and development of specific needs.
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