For the first time, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has invested in Moldova, with the microfinance institution Smart Credit, with a local currency loan equivalent to €496,000 over a period of three years. Smart Credit is an MFI created in 2010 by five local professionals and whose mission is to […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is continuing its investments in sub-Saharan Africa, its priority area of intervention, with two new investments, including one with a new partner. In Mali, for example, the Foundation financed Baobab Mali (formerly Microcred), a Baobab Group entity, for the first time, with a local currency loan equivalent to €2.5 million […]
As part of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation team seminar held from January 13 to 17, the teams had the opportunity to discuss various areas of the 2019-2022 strategic plan and the levers for action to optimize the Foundation's action with the microfinance institutions and social impact businesses it supports. […]
The Mastercard Foundation has just awarded Kossam a USD 5 million grant for the period 2019-2022 to enable Kossam and Laiterie du Berger to create 5,000 direct or indirect jobs in the Richard Toll region. Laiterie du Berger, the strength of African entrepreneurship Laiterie du Berger is […]
Launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA, Solidarity Bankers is a skills-based volunteer program open to Group employees that supports microfinance institutions and impactful businesses. The program has a twofold objective: to enhance the skills of Crédit Agricole Group employees and to provide […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is publishing its quarterly newsletter #34, in which it presents a new section in the form of a space dedicated to the Foundation's partners: supported organizations, founders, technical and financial partners provide testimony on their actions, their projects, their links with the Foundation and the impact of their work on the ground. […]
Launched in 2018 by the Grameen Crédit Agricole SA Foundation, Crédit Agricole SA, and CA Centre-est, Centimes solidaires aims to finance entrepreneurial projects by mobilizing Crédit Agricole employees, who are invited to donate 50 cents when paying for their meal in collective restaurants. For the 2019 edition, thanks to […]
By Sarah Belbachir, Crédit Agricole SA Solidarity Banker is a skills-based volunteer program open to all Crédit Agricole Group employees. Discover the opinion piece by Sarah Belbachir, Solidarity Banker at Crédit Agricole SA, who went on a mission to Morocco. Launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA in June 2018, […]
In partnership with CA CIB India, the Foundation has provided a guarantee equivalent to €5 million to the Indian microfinance institution Annapurna, for a loan granted by CA CIB India in local currency. Annapurna Finance Pvt. Ltd (AFPL) was established in 2009 and is now one of the top ten NBFC MFIs […]
Interview with Susan Chibanga, Managing Director, AMZ Zambia In Zambia, microfinance institution AMZ provides microcredit, insurance, and money transfer services to over 50,000 clients, primarily women (60%) and in rural areas (80%). With technical assistance provided through the African Facility program, AMZ has […]
