The FIR (Inclusive Finance in Rural Areas) fund was created in 2018 by the Foundation to provide Crédit Agricole Group entities with a specific fund for inclusive finance worldwide. From the outset, 21* Regional Banks participated with Amundi and Crédit Agricole Assurances in the financing of 8 institutions […]
November 27 – Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, Beyond Finance, and FosterImpact announce the creation of the Women Empowerment for Climate Impact Fund, which targets $100 million for climate change adaptation, by, for, and with women. Women are on the front lines of climate change. A study conducted in March 2024 by […]
The Foundation contributed and supported, as a partner, the fourth edition of the Impact Finance Barometer, unveiled at the 16th 3Zeros World Forum on September 17, 2022, in the presence of Edouard Sers, the Foundation's Director of Risk and Impact. This publication offers the latest trends and key figures in the […]
The 2023 edition of the Foundation's integrated report has just been published. You can now discover the highlights of the year in words and images: As of December 31, 2023, the Foundation managed €82 million in outstanding loans for 72 microfinance institutions and 10 social enterprises in 36 countries. Women's entrepreneurship and […]
During the African Microfinance Week in Lomé, Togo, organized by ADA in October 2323, a workshop was organized on Monday, October 16, at the initiative of the Foundation and in collaboration with MAIN and CIF, to bring together and exchange with our partners and stakeholders from West Africa […]
During the first half of 2024, the Foundation decided to intervene for the first time in Albania to support the Albanian-based microfinance institution Noa. The Foundation granted Noa its first financing, amounting to €2 million over a period of three years, thus helping to stimulate the development […]
On March 20, 2024, a partnership was officially signed between the Foundation, the Grameen Trust, and Yunus France. This collaboration marks the beginning of an innovative program called NOBIN, aimed at supporting women's entrepreneurship in Senegal, which has already proven successful in Bangladesh through the Grameen Trust. This signing took place in […]
Continuation of the Foundation's financing in Sub-Saharan Africa in the first half of 2024 with the agreement of an initial loan for an amount in local currency equivalent to 1.5 million Euros to the microfinance institution UNACREP "National Union of Rural Savings and Loans Banks in Benin", over a period of three years. The Foundation intends […]
In September 2023, the Foundation took a significant new step by investing for the first time in a new country: Uzbekistan, located in Central Asia. A first loan of €1 million in local currency was granted to the microfinance institution Renesans. The Foundation chose to operate in Uzbekistan because the […]
Faced with the digital boom in emerging countries and climate change directly impacting microfinance clients, the Foundation is publishing its 2025 strategic plan, which anchors its ambitions around three priority action verbs to accelerate its action: Strengthen, Innovate, and Cooperate. The roadmap is clear: Combining financial inclusion […]
