February 16, 2022 Small entrepreneurs on the African continent will benefit from a €10 million partnership between the European Investment Bank and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation Continued cooperation aimed at strengthening access to microfinance for disadvantaged rural entrepreneurs who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic Program aimed at supporting […]
Plastic Odyssey collects and develops plastic recycling technologies and solutions to disseminate them as open-source solutions to as many people as possible. They are embarked on a laboratory ship that will set sail in 2022 for a world tour along the most polluted coasts of the planet. At each stop on its expedition around the […]
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has been monitoring the health crisis in its countries of operation to better understand its effects on the microfinance institutions it supports and their clients. This new publication, "After Covid-19: The Impact of the Crisis on Microfinance," compiles data and analyses […]
ADA, Inpulse, and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation partnered in 2020 to monitor and analyze the effects of the Covid-19 crisis on their partner microfinance institutions (MFIs) around the world. This monitoring was carried out periodically in 2020 and 2021 to gain a better understanding of the crisis's evolution internationally. […]
In 2013, alongside the French Development Agency (AFD), the Foundation launched its first technical assistance program: the African Facility. The objective of this program is to support small and medium-sized rural microfinance institutions with a strong social impact in sub-Saharan Africa. Eight years after its launch, the results of […]
“The need to act in the face of environmental risks is a logical consequence of the mission our institution has set itself: to help the most vulnerable populations.” Players in the microfinance sector, historically organized to promote access to financing for vulnerable populations, must develop their tools and methods of intervention in […]
By Carolina Viguet, Director of Communications & Partnerships, FGCA Three years after its launch, the success of the Solidarity Bankers program confirms the commitment of employees and the Group's desire to support projects with social impact. Since 2018, the program has launched 28 missions in around fifteen countries for 19 organizations supported by […]
In the second half of 2021, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation granted new financing in Europe and Central Asia, including one with Furuz, a new partner in Tajikistan. At the end of December 2021, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation had 81 partners in 37 countries and manages a portfolio of €82 million, including €461 million […]
During the second half of 2021, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation granted seven new loans in sub-Saharan Africa. To date, the Foundation manages a portfolio of €83 million, including €341 million in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, the Foundation granted a new loan to the microfinance institution Bimas for an amount in local currency […]
Solidarity Bankers is a skills volunteer program launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA in 2018 with a dual objective: on the one hand, to support microfinance institutions and social impact businesses financed by the Foundation with technical assistance, and on the other hand, to promote the skills of the employees of the […]
