Meet the Founder

Gregory Casagrande is the driving force behind The MicroDreams Foundation (“MicroDreams”) and South Pacific Business Development (“SPBD”), which make up the first successful microfinance network across the South Pacific, with operations in Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. (More about the founder)

Micro-entrepreneur Spotlight

Awakmaky Communal Bank

The Awakmaky Communal Bank is made up of 23 indigenous Ecuadorians who live in Quito. They are very grateful to FUNDAMIC...

Tina

Tina used her creativity, industrious work effort and a loan from MicroDreams to implant herself right into the middle of...

Kalera

A client of SPBD Fiji since November 2010, Kalera Dikakua has been busy expanding her canteen with the micro loan she...

Irene

Irene, 32, has been with Emprender for nearly 9 years, since 1999. At that time Irene lived with her family in a one-room...

Lupe

She may not be on Forbes’ “The World’s Most Powerful People” list, but Lupe made it to the top of...

Latest News

11 March 2013

"Thanks Mr. Casagrande for showing that eliminating poverty is achievable!"

07 March 2013

Financial Literacy Pilot Program Launches in Fiji

08 February 2013

Sharing Microfinance and Entrepreneurship Lesson with 8th Graders

14 January 2013

A First for Many Women in the Solomons

31 December 2012

Support to Help SPBD Expand in Fiji

Financials

Reports

2011 Annual Report

2010 Annual Report

2009 Annual Report

2008 Annual Report

2011 Statistics