Launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA in 2018, Solidarity Bankers is a skills-based volunteer program open to all Crédit Agricole Group employees, in France and internationally, in support of microfinance institutions and impact businesses supported by the Foundation. Discover the testimony of Stéphanie Thibesard, […]
Since 2019, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have joined forces to support refugee populations in Uganda through an innovative program aimed at improving the livelihoods, resilience and financial inclusion of […]
Amid the Covid crisis, the circus, seeking funding, came up with something truly creative to attract attention: putting on a show that could break the Guinness World Record. Phare Ponleu Selpak, a Cambodian non-profit arts school, set a Guinness World Record for […]
In September, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation granted new funding in Eastern Europe, particularly in Moldova, where it is strengthening its support for the microfinance institution Smart Credit. The institution was granted a new loan in the amount of €500,000 in local currency over a four-year period. […]
On the occasion of the release of the film "Same Same but Different", directed by Tommy Pascal and filmed in Cambodia with Phare Performing Social Enterprise (PPSE), a social enterprise supported by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and which employs young artists from disadvantaged backgrounds, Crédit Agricole SA and the […]
Financial services have a vital role to play in emerging economies and are a key contributor to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, one in three adults in developing countries remains unbanked and lacks access to basic financial services to help them manage their finances […]
YAPU is a company founded to support financial institutions and enable more customers to pursue economic empowerment and social development while observing and reducing their negative impact on the environment. The platform enables financial institutions to seamlessly digitize their processes, strengthen asset management, and […]
The 4 per 1000 initiative, launched by France at COP21 in 2015, brings together voluntary stakeholders from the public and private sectors to launch concrete actions "to improve soil health. It carries the vision of healthy, carbon-rich soils on a global scale to combat climate change […]
OXUS is a social and responsible enterprise created by ACTED in 2005, to manage and develop microcredit activities, as a logical extension of ACTED's development programs. OXUS Network seeks to provide its clients in developing countries with adapted and competitive financial services while offering its investors financial returns […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole CIB are providing a Sustainability-Linked Term Loan of 350 million rupees (4.5 million euros) to Annapurna Finance, an Indian non-bank financial institution specializing in providing microcredit to low-income populations. Annapurna Finance is the first […]
