Entries by Marie Laumont

Facilitating access to microinsurance for rural farmers: training of the Foundation's partners in Cambodia.

The International Labour Organization (ILO), Proparco, and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation organized a training session on microinsurance in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in March 2023. This training, aimed at the Foundation's Asian partners, brought together representatives from Chamroeun (Cambodia), Annapurna and Pahal (India), and VisionFund (Myanmar). It is part of […]

Foundation grants first loan to KosInvest in Kosovo

The Foundation's funding continues in Eastern Europe with the agreement of an initial loan in local currency equivalent to €600,000 to the microfinance institution KosInvest in Kosovo, over a period of two years. The Foundation currently has two other partners in Kosovo. KosInvest is a microfinance institution whose objective […]

SSNUP Program: Supporting MLF Malawi to develop agricultural financial services with mobile telephony.

The microfinance institution MLF Malawi has been benefiting from the SSNUP (Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling) program since the first quarter of 2023, coordinated by ADA (Appui au Développement Autonome) and for which the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation was selected as one of the impact investors responsible for its implementation. This program aims to increase […]

Advans Côte d'Ivoire: the institution celebrates its 10th anniversary with a string of awards

  Advans Côte d'Ivoire celebrated its 10th anniversary on March 23, 2022, in Abidjan. The ceremony was attended by approximately 80 guests. Founded in 2012, Advans Côte d'Ivoire, a partner of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, currently operates through a network of 22 branches, employing more than 650 people. The institution currently serves more than […]

A partnership between the Foundation and CA Romania to support microfinance

The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole Romania have signed a partnership to support Romanian microfinance institutions that serve people excluded from the traditional banking system. Through this partnership, CA Romania will finance the country's microfinance institutions. The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation will contribute its expertise in the sector of […]

The Foundation and CA Egypt support a new partner

The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, in partnership with Crédit Agricole Egypt, has just granted, for the first time, financing to the microfinance institution Tasaheel, in the form of a guarantee equivalent to 3 million euros allowing the institution to access a loan granted by CA Egypt. Tasaheel for Microfinance Foundation (Tasaheel) is a microfinance institution […]