The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has granted three new loans to its partners in Eastern Europe. The Foundation's portfolio amounts to €14.2 million in this region, where it operates in six countries with nine partners. In Montenegro, the Foundation granted a new loan to the microfinance institution Monte […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is continuing its financing in Central Asia with a new loan to a microfinance institution located in Kyrgyzstan, where it currently has three partners. The Foundation has granted a new loan to the microfinance institution Salym Finance for an amount equivalent to €860,000 in local currency. Salym […]
Sumac Microfinance Bank, a partner of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, has been recognized with four different awards at the 2022 Think Business Banking Awards, a strong testament to the bank's steady growth in recent years. Sumac emerged victorious in the area of agriculture and livestock financing [microfinance banking sector], […]
During the first half of 2022, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation continued its financing by granting four new loans in sub-Saharan Africa, a region in which it has 40 partners, representing 531,000,000 of the partners financed. In Burkina Faso, the Foundation granted a new loan to the microfinance institution ACFIME for an amount in currency […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is continuing its financing in West Africa with a first local currency loan equivalent to one million euros granted to the microfinance institution Vision Fund Senegal, over a period of three years. Vision Fund Senegal is a microfinance institution established by World Vision International and whose mission […]
In May 2022, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation became a member of the MFC (Microfinance Center). The MFC is a social finance network that promotes equity, inclusion, equality, and responsible services. This Poland-based network brings together more than 100 organizations in 36 countries across Europe and Central Asia, which together offer social finance services […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is continuing its financing in West Africa with a first local currency loan equivalent to €3.05 million granted to the microfinance institution Baobab in Burkina Faso. Baobab is a financial services group present in eight countries on the African continent, including Burkina Faso, and in […]
Launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA in 2018, Solidarity Bankers is a skills-based volunteer program open to all Crédit Agricole Group employees, supporting microfinance institutions and impact businesses supported by the Foundation. Since 2018, this program has enabled more than 30 employees […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation participated as a co-funder in the first 60-Decibels Microfinance Index. 18,000 clients from 72 microfinance institutions in 42 countries were surveyed to measure microfinance outcomes in five areas (access to financial services, impact on businesses, impact on households, management […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation continues its investments in sub-Saharan Africa with the signing of new partnerships, notably in Kenya, where it has a new partner. Sumac Microfinance Bank is a microfinance institution founded in 2002 by a group of 14 investors who initially formed an investment group to help plan for a sustainable future […]
