Interview with Jean-Farreau Guerrier, Coordinator, Entrepreneurs du Monde Haiti Access to clean energy is essential to meet the needs of populations, particularly in rural and isolated areas. In Haiti, the social enterprise Palmis Enèji, in which the Foundation is a shareholder, provides a solution with ecological and economical cooking and lighting equipment. Coordinated by […]
Interview with Laurence Lebrun-Renoult, Managing Director, CA Val de France Launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA, Solidarity Bankers is a skills-based volunteer program that offers Group employees technical assistance missions with organizations supported by the Foundation. In 2019, the Val de France Regional Fund […]
Interview with Jean-Christophe Kiren, Managing Director, CA Centre-France Reserved for Regional Banks and Crédit Agricole Group entities, the Rural Inclusive Finance (FIR) fund, supported by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, enables investments in microfinance in emerging countries. Crédit Agricole Centre France has subscribed to it for an investment of […]
The Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation is publishing its Letter #35, marked by the coronavirus crisis, which continues to spread and intensify. The Foundation, in constant contact with its network of 75 partner microfinance institutions (MFIs) present in nearly 40 countries, has been undertaking information gathering, analysis […]
For the third consecutive year, the Foundation has experienced dynamic growth in its activity: outstanding loans reached €96 million for the benefit of 75 microfinance institutions and 12 social enterprises in 39 countries. Women's entrepreneurship and the development of rural economies are at the heart of the Foundation's action: 85% of […]
By Dominique Rombczyk, CA Val de France Launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA in June 2018, Solidarity Bankers is a skills-based volunteering program open to all Crédit Agricole Group employees in support of microfinance institutions or impact businesses supported by the Foundation. Discover the op-ed […]
By Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation The establishment of an observatory dedicated to monitoring the effects of the health crisis in conjunction with 80 partner microfinance institutions (MFIs) and social business enterprises in around forty emerging countries allows us to regularly collect information to share and make the most of it […]
By Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation The crisis is beginning to produce its economic effects A few days after our last publication, the impact of the coronavirus continues to spread and intensify. The milestone of one million infections worldwide has been exceeded and new outbreaks of the epidemic are being confirmed. The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, in connection […]
The health and economic crisis generated by Covid-19 is having a significant impact on microfinance institutions and their clients. To support the microfinance sector in this unique context, the NGO ADA is continuing its mission of promoting inclusion for all by leveraging its knowledge and expertise in risk management with a […]
Interview with Dara Huot, Director of Phare Performing Social Enterprise. Le CambodgeMag interviewed Dara Huot, Director of Phare Performing Social Enterprise, a partner of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation. He shares his concerns and hopes for the Phare Circus social enterprise. Since March 17, performances by the Phare Circus, one of […]
