Today, nearly one billion people lack access to improved drinking water sources. Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions most affected: between 25 and 50% of its population still lack access to water from an improved drinking water source, and between 75 and 1,000 lack access to […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has made new investments with its Asian partners, granting five loans in Indonesia, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. In Asia, the Foundation has 14 partners, representing 251,300 million of its total outstanding loans as of the end of December 2018. It has granted a loan of 2.1 million […]
By Hélène Sananikone, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation "Social" and "business" are two terms that have long been considered contradictory, and many continue to do so. However, there are economic models that structurally aim to reconcile social impact and economic development on the same level. At the beginning […]
By Jonathan Michaud, Franche Comté CA The Fulani, nomadic herders, have always produced milk primarily for self-consumption and considered a by-product of a suckler herd. The LDB's ambition is to make this milk a fully-fledged production, intended for sale, generating a stable income for the household. The reason […]
In 2018, the Foundation continued its investments in sub-Saharan Africa, notably with two new investments in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It financed Baobab DRC, a microfinance institution created in 2012 by OXUS and acquired by the Baobab group (formerly Microcred) in 2017, with a loan equivalent to €698,000. Baobab […]
In 2018, the Foundation continued its investments in the Eastern European and Central Asian regions, granting a total of seven loans to six partners for a cumulative amount of €7.6 million, representing €191 million of the new investments made over the past year. The Foundation thus invested for the first time […]
Over the past year, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has strengthened its presence in West Africa with eight new financings, including three from new partners. In Mali, for example, the Foundation financed Kafo Jiginew, a mutual network of savings and credit banks that offers local financial services (savings, credit, […]
In 2018, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation consolidated its presence in sub-Saharan Africa by investing for the first time in Ghana, where it financed three partners representing 8.1 billion % of the new financing set up in 2018. ID Ghana thus received a loan in local currency equivalent to 300,000 […]
By MicroCapital The majority of the Foundation’s 76 partners are located in sub-Saharan Africa, and the “SAM is the best place to meet existing and potential partners.” […] It also offers an incredible opportunity to bring together the Foundation’s partners. Philippe Guichandut, Director of Inclusive Finance Development at the Grameen Foundation […]
2018 marked the 10th anniversary of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation. Founded by Crédit Agricole and Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Yunus, the Foundation aims to contribute to the fight against poverty by promoting social impact entrepreneurship and financial inclusion. Since its inception, more than 200 million […]
