The Thrive Refugee Enterprise which helps refugees start up their businesses has extended its activity from Sydney to Melbourne, opening an office at the heart of the city. We had a chat with the head and founder of this nonprofit organisation Mr Mahir Momand which can be heard here. The interview is in Dari language.

But as someone who escaped one of the most brutal civil wars in history – Ozegbe arrived in Australia in June 2003 as a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo – she feels she's earned the right to think and act big.

An Afghani refugee has teamed with some Australian financial heavyweights for a revolutionary plan to help refugees get off welfare and into the workforce.

Three new Australians with three different business ideas, all needing a hand to get off the ground

Born in Afghanistan, Mahir Momand was forced to flee his country three times - first after the Soviet invasion and then following Taliban attacks, which targeted the credit unions he set up to help poor Afghanis to become self sufficient.

Hosts Ricardo Goncalves & Whitney Fitzimmons shine a light on the small business owners & innovators playing a vital role in Australia's economic growth.

The chief executive of one of Australia’s newest financial institutions was forced to leave his country not once, but three times to save his life

A new SSI partnership operating nation-wide will help entrepreneurs from refugee backgrounds fast-track their business plans and achieve their goal of establishing a successful business in Australia.

Years of experience have shown that refugees who are economically independent, integrate into their new country more quickly. Australia has a burgeoning service-based economy which provides abundant opportunities for self-motivated individuals to start their own business.

Banking giant Westpac and refugee microfinancing charity Thrive have joined forces in a $2 million partnership to support refugees to establish their own businesses in Australia.

Westpac and Thrive, a refugee micro-financing charity, have announced a $2 million partnership to help refugees start successful businesses.

Westpac and refugee microfinancing charity, Thrive, join forces to support refugees to establish their own businesses in Australia.

Westpac, Australia's oldest bank, is backing some of the country's newest arrivals by putting $2 million into a microloan scheme, Thrive, which will give refugees microloans to start their own businesses.

It's quite a journey out to lunch in Box Hill. The 109 tram makes its way up Collins Street from The Australian Financial Review's office, then out through East Melbourne and the suburbs of Richmond, Hawthorn, Kew and Balwyn.