On Thursday, April 6, a delegation of members of the European Parliament and the European Investment Bank (EIB) visited Kenya to see how the EIB is supporting investments in 60 high-impact projects in the country. The MEPs visited the site of one of the high-impact projects: Vert, Ltd, […]
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, intended for the Foundation's Asian partners, brought together representatives from Chamroeun (Cambodia), Annapurna and Pahal (India), and VisionFund (Myanmar). It is part of […]
The Foundation continues its funding efforts 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 […]
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 in charge of its implementation. This program aims to increase the […]
On December 7, Violette Cubier, Technical Assistance Officer at the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, participated in the plenary session of the event organized by the UNHCR in Geneva, "The High Commissioner's Dialogue on the Protection Challenges of 2022." This was an opportunity to discuss the role of cooperation […]
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 […]
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 […]
After several months of work, a pilot securitization project initiated by Crédit Agricole CIB and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has been launched in Côte d'Ivoire. It aims to combat energy poverty by financing the supply of off-grid individual solar equipment to mainly rural populations in Côte d'Ivoire. A technological project […]
