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Lighting the Lives of the Rural Poor
USAID
Bringing light to Haiti, one solar lamp at a time
CBS Evening News
Interview with Niki Armacost of Arc Finance and Dominique Policard of Sogexpress about Arc Finance's Remittances Project in Haiti
NBC Miami & Tropik TV
Where innovation pays off: Helping low-income Haitians access environmentally-friendly energy products
November 2012 FOMIN
Stima Systems' Group Microleasing Model - Promoting
Payment and Reducing Risk at the Group Level
July 2012 Arc Finance Case Study
Arc Finance Podcast: Fiza Farhan, CEO, The Buksh Foundation
July 2012 Arc Finance Podcast
Using Energy Products and Other Initiatives to Spur Growth at a Philippine
MFI
August 2012 Arc Finance Blog
How
Women Are Powering Energy Access in Uganda
June 2012 Arc Finance Blog
Financing Sustainable Enery: An Optimistic View From Niki Armacost
July 11, 2012 Ashden Blog
Climate Scope 2012 Report featuring Arc's Haiti Remittances Project
July 2012 Inter-American Development Bank Report
Can The Microfinance Sector Help Deliver Clean Energy?
May 14, 2012 CGAP Blog
Managing Director and Co-Founder Nicola Armacost on Microfinance
Link TV: Television Without Borders
Nicola Armacost
Managing Director and Co-founder
Niki Armacost is the Managing Director of Arc Finance. She has 20 years of experience in development throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
From 1993 to 2008, Niki worked at Women's World Banking (WWB), a global microfinance organization. In her last position at WWB, Niki was the Director of Linkages and Learning and served as part of the senior management team. She was responsible for overseeing the network's learning and knowledge agenda, for promoting the leadership role of members, and for building and leveraging strategic alliances. Prior to this position, Niki held leadership roles at WWB in the areas of knowledge management, market development, policy, and communications. Niki has has strong relationships with top MFIs, banks and investors globally as well as players in remittances and energy product companies. She has been a speaker on microfinance, impact investing, remittances, and sustainable energy at numerous international fora.
Currently Niki serves as an advisor to several organizations including Distributed Capital (financial services, USA), Frontier Markets (distribution systems, USA), SIMPA Networks (payment systems, USA), Stima Systems (micro-leasing, USA) and Ecozoom (cookstoves, USA). She also serves on the Board of Global Exchange (a human rights organization based in California) and on the Board of the Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (Misfa).
Niki holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations from the University of Toronto, Canada, an LLB from Queen's University, Canada and an LLM from the Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada. She is both a British and American citizen and speaks English, French, Spanish and Italian.