Advans Côte d'Ivoire celebrated its 10th anniversary on March 23, 2022, in Abidjan. The ceremony was attended by approximately 80 guests. Founded in 2012, Advans Côte d'Ivoire, a partner of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, currently operates through a network of 22 branches, employing more than 650 people. The institution currently serves more than […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole Romania have signed a partnership to support Romanian microfinance institutions that serve people excluded from the traditional banking system. Through this partnership, CA Romania will finance the country's microfinance institutions. The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation will contribute its expertise in the sector of […]
After several months of work, a pilot securitization project initiated by Crédit Agricole CIB and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has been launched in Côte d'Ivoire. It aims to combat energy poverty by financing the supply of off-grid individual solar equipment to mainly rural populations in Côte d'Ivoire. A technological project […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, in partnership with Crédit Agricole Egypt, has just granted, for the first time, financing to the microfinance institution Tasaheel, in the form of a guarantee equivalent to 3 million euros allowing the institution to access a loan granted by CA Egypt. Tasaheel for Microfinance Foundation (Tasaheel) is a microfinance institution […]
For the first time, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has invested in Moldova, with the microfinance institution Smart Credit, with a local currency loan equivalent to €496,000 over a period of three years. Smart Credit is an MFI created in 2010 by five local professionals and whose mission is to […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is continuing its investments in sub-Saharan Africa, its priority area of intervention, with two new investments, including one with a new partner. In Mali, for example, the Foundation financed Baobab Mali (formerly Microcred), a Baobab Group entity, for the first time, with a local currency loan equivalent to €2.5 million […]
As part of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation team seminar held from January 13 to 17, the teams had the opportunity to discuss various areas of the 2019-2022 strategic plan and the levers for action to optimize the Foundation's action with the microfinance institutions and social impact businesses it supports. […]
The Mastercard Foundation has just awarded Kossam a USD 5 million grant for the period 2019-2022 to enable Kossam and Laiterie du Berger to create 5,000 direct or indirect jobs in the Richard Toll region. Laiterie du Berger, the strength of African entrepreneurship Laiterie du Berger is […]
