Our partner ADA is taking action with the “Digital Finance Initiative” (or DFI), which aims to facilitate and co-finance the implementation of digital solutions by microfinance institutions in 12 Sub-Saharan African countries. Covering a period of 5 years, from 2017 to 2021, this ambitious project will provide access to […]
By Juliette Charrier, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation When you join a social impact foundation, you come with a lot of preconceived ideas and idealism. At least, that was my case. I was finally going to learn the recipe for impact, both qualitative and quantitative, to finally find models that make sense, are effective in fighting poverty, are financially efficient, and […]
By Amélie Riou and Alice Forgeois, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation When we think of microfinance, we might think of small loans, for populations without access to credit, only in the most remote and abandoned areas, by small operators managing their clients' outstanding loans on paper or old computers, only for […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has granted a two-year loan of €330,000 to the Chamroeun microfinance institution in Cambodia. The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has granted a two-year loan of €330,000 to the Chamroeun microfinance institution in Cambodia, of which it is […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has strengthened its support for Laiterie du Berger, in which it holds 11.5% of the capital, with a new investment. The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has strengthened its support, which it began in 2010, for Laiterie du Berger, in which it holds 11.5% of the capital, with a new investment in the form of a […]
At the end of December 2017, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation recorded €64.1 million in commitments, including €57.5 million in financing to microfinance institutions and €4.8 million in investments in social business, an increase of €451 million over one year. In 2017, 44 financing applications were approved for a total amount of €49.3 million […]
Half of the world's economic wealth is held by 1% of the population. The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few continues to accelerate. This harsh and indecent observation calls into question a foundation of our economic and social beliefs: no, the law of the markets does not result in a naturally equitable balance […]
At the beginning of 2005, while in Senegal, 30% of families lived from livestock in rural areas whose population had incomes 19% lower than the country's poverty line (1.90$ per day according to 2015 data from the World Bank), the observation was that 90% of the milk consumed was reconstituted from milk […]
Matthieu Dardaillon and Jonas Guyot state it from the very first pages of their book: "The future belongs to those who do not give up." While still students at a prestigious business school, the two friends spent three years meeting social entrepreneurs, enlightened leaders and committed citizens who use their […]
Does microfinance still work? The theme of the 2017 edition of the Microfinance Barometer is undoubtedly provocative. This question assumes that microfinance has “worked” in the past and raises another question: worked in what sense, exactly? This question is not new. A lot of effort (and money) has been invested to […]
