Entries by Marie Laumont

The Crédit Agricole group sponsors the Plastic Odyssey expedition

Crédit Agricole SA, five regional banks, and CAMCA Mutuelle are supporting the Plastic Odyssey project, which aims to recover plastic waste from the coast before it pollutes the oceans and transform it into fuel. What does this project involve? The Plastic Odyssey project is based on the following objective: to recover […]

A partnership to strengthen “climate smart finance”

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 […]

A new partnership between the Foundation and Crédit Agricole Egypt

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. […]

CA-Assurances and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation on a mission to Burkina Faso

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 publishes its 2017 Integrated Report

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 […]

Social Business, towards socially useful entrepreneurship

For more equitable access to wealth creation, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation calls for a more responsible capitalism that brings 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 […]

The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation posted a good performance in 2017

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 […]

AFD and the Foundation strengthen their support for microfinance in Africa

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 […]

Jordan: A partnership for a better shared economy

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, […]

14th Annual World Microfinance Forum

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: “Microfinance and Impact Investment: Creating Value and Protecting the Client.” The panel included representatives from Incofin, […]