Entries by Maria

New program to support smallholder farmers

SSNUP (Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme) In collaboration with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, ADA is launching a new programme to support smallholder farmers in Africa, Latin America and Asia. SSNUP (Smallholder Safety […]

Meeting: Lidia, entrepreneur supported via Centimes solidaires

SOLIDARITY CENTIMES Launched in 2018 by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, Crédit Agricole SA and CA Centre-est, Solidarity Centimes aims to finance entrepreneurial projects by mobilizing Crédit Agricole employees who are invited to make a donation of 50 cents when paying for their meal in the restaurants of the Crédit Agricole Campus […]

Foundation grants first loan to MLF Zambia

The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is continuing its investments in East Africa and has just granted a first local currency loan equivalent to €250,000 to the microfinance institution MicroLoan Foundation Zambia (MLF Zambia), over a period of three years. This loan is being made under the African Facility program, which […]

Three Solidarity Banker positions are available

Launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA, Solidarity Bankers is a skills-based volunteer program open to Group employees that supports microfinance institutions and impactful businesses. The program has a twofold objective: to enhance the skills of Crédit Agricole Group employees and to provide […]

Foundation grants new loan to Mikra in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation continued its investments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and has just granted a new local currency loan equivalent to €1.2 million to the Bosnian microfinance institution Mikra, over a period of three years. This is the second loan granted to the institution following […]

Supporting financial inclusion for refugees in Uganda

In November 2019, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation launched a three-year program to promote access to financial and non-financial services for refugees and host communities in Uganda. It […]

A recovery under operational and financial constraints

ADA, Inpulse, and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation have partnered to monitor and analyze the effects of the Covid-19 crisis on their partner microfinance institutions around the world. This monitoring is carried out periodically and will continue throughout 2020 to gain a better understanding of the evolution of […]

Solidarity bankers: a new mission to be filled in Senegal

Launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA, Solidarity Bankers is a skills-based volunteer program open to Group employees that supports microfinance institutions and impactful businesses. The program has a twofold objective: to enhance the skills of Crédit Agricole Group employees and to provide […]

The Foundation grants a new loan to Caurie in Senegal

In July, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation granted a new loan to the microfinance institution Caurie in Senegal, for an amount equivalent to €1.2 million in local currency. This new loan further strengthens a partnership between the Foundation and Caurie that began in 2009. The Autonomous Cooperative for the Strengthening of Economic Initiatives […]