The Foundation is strengthening its commitment to Central Asia by granting an initial local currency loan equivalent to €3 million to Arnur Credit, a Kazakhstan-based microfinance institution. Founded in 2001 by Orda Credit, a Kazakh MFI specializing in remittance transactions and business loans, Arnur Credit is registered […]
The Foundation elected three new members to its Board of Directors at its most recent meeting, held on April 25, 2023, in Luxembourg. The Foundation's Board of Directors is chaired by Raphaël Appert, First Vice-President of the Fédération Nationale Crédit Agricole and Managing Director of Crédit Agricole Centre Est. The Vice-President […]
In 2018, the Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA launched the Solidarity Bankers program, a skills-based volunteer program open to all Crédit Agricole Group employees. This technical assistance program aims to support microfinance institutions and social impact businesses funded by the Foundation. Andreas Brunner, now Supervisor […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation participated as a co-funder in 60-Decibels' first microfinance index. The list of the best-performing institutions in 2022 was recently unveiled. Five of the Foundation's partners are included in this ranking: Top 10 Best-Performing MFIs: ACEP Burkina Faso Advans Côte d'Ivoire […]
During the second half of 2022, the Foundation granted two new loans in sub-Saharan Africa, confirming its commitment to the region's economic and social development. A new loan for an amount in local currency equivalent to €457,500 was granted on November 28, 2022, to the microfinance institution ACFB in […]
On Thursday, April 6, a delegation of members of the European Parliament and the European Investment Bank (EIB) visited Kenya to see how the EIB is supporting investments in 60 high-impact projects in the country. The MEPs visited the site of one of the high-impact projects: Vert, Ltd, […]
The International Labour Organization (ILO), Proparco, and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation organized a training session on microinsurance in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in March 2023. This training, aimed at the Foundation's Asian partners, brought together representatives from Chamroeun (Cambodia), Annapurna and Pahal (India), and VisionFund (Myanmar). It is part of […]
The Foundation's funding continues in Eastern Europe with the agreement of an initial loan in local currency equivalent to €600,000 to the microfinance institution KosInvest in Kosovo, over a period of two years. The Foundation currently has two other partners in Kosovo. KosInvest is a microfinance institution whose objective […]
The microfinance institution MLF Malawi has been benefiting from the SSNUP (Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling) program since the first quarter of 2023, coordinated by ADA (Appui au Développement Autonome) and for which the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation was selected as one of the impact investors responsible for its implementation. This program aims to increase […]
On December 7, Violette Cubier, Technical Assistance Officer at the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, participated in the plenary session of the event organized by the UNHCR in Geneva, "The High Commissioner's Dialogue on the Protection Challenges of 2022." This was an opportunity to discuss the role of cooperation […]
