Family farming in Africa accounts for the bulk of the continent's agricultural production. It is particularly impacted by climate change. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in rural areas must adapt their practices to better manage their own risks as well as those of their clients. Faced with this challenge, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and […]
By Violette Cubier, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole Egypt have signed a partnership agreement to structure a loan facility for DBACD, one of the largest MFIs in Egypt. Read the interview with Walie Lotfy, Head of Retail Banking at Crédit Agricole Egypt. […]
Crédit Agricole Assurances is assisting the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation in conducting due diligence on CIF-VIE, one of the leading insurance companies in Burkina Faso, which is of particular interest to the Foundation. This transaction is part of the Foundation's dual ambition: to strengthen its presence in the microinsurance sector and consolidate its ties with entities […]
The Foundation is publishing its 2017 Integrated Report, which is a call to design financing, investments, and economic support mechanisms that are more accessible, more transparent, and more inclusive. Alongside other committed stakeholders, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is taking part in the financial transition toward a fairer, more equitable economy, with […]
For fairer access to wealth creation, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation calls for a more responsible capitalism that supports a new “social contract” A pragmatic observation With experience as a pioneer investor in Social Business companies, and supported by a quantified assessment, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation notes that […]
Since its creation in 2008, the Foundation has committed nearly €200 million in funding. It works with 70 microfinance institutions and social businesses in 28 countries. Women and rural populations represent 76% and 81% of the more than 3 million clients of the institutions that […]
The Foundation is strengthening its ties with its institutional partners through a new agreement signed in March 2017 between the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and the French Development Agency (AFD) for a period of 3 years. A program to strengthen microfinance institutions The "Take-off Facility for Agricultural Microfinance and […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is providing $2 million in funding to the microfinance institution FINCA Jordan as part of a partnership with CoopMed. This operation is part of a long-term collaboration between the Foundation and FINCA International. FINCA Jordan: A Decade of Action Promoting Entrepreneurship Since 1985, […]
At the 14th UNIGLOBAL Annual Microcredit Forum in Munich on March 15-16, Jurgen Hammer, Director of Risk and Social Performance at the Gramen Crédit Agricole Foundation, participated in the panel discussion: "Microfinance and Impact Investment: Creating Value and Protecting the Client." The panel included representatives from Incofin, […]
Green microfinance is a term that arouses curiosity. What does it mean? Are we talking about responsibility, economy, or commitment? How can the convergence of the notions "green" and "inclusive" be viable? To address these issues, the Green Index was designed in 2016 as a tool to measure the […]
