KAMPALA: The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation today launched a four-year program to promote access to financial and non-financial services for refugees and host communities in Uganda. The program […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation continues to invest significantly in sub-Saharan Africa, its priority area of intervention, with three new investments in South Africa, Zambia, and Burkina Faso. In South Africa, the Foundation financed SEF. Founded in 1992 in Limpopo Province, the poorest region of the country, […]
In November, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation signed a new partnership in Palestine with the microfinance institution FATEN, for a loan equivalent to one million euros in local currency. The Foundation now has two partners in Palestine, where it has been present since 2012. FATEN, an NGO that provides […]
The White Paper published by the International Confederation of Agricultural Credit (CICA) in November is intended as a contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals for more resilient agriculture that is better protected against climate hazards. Since its creation in 1950, the International Confederation of Agricultural Credit (CICA) has organized an annual Congress, now called the Meetings. […]
In recent months, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has continued to expand its portfolio with new investments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It has granted a new loan to the microfinance institution Monte Credit in Montenegro, for an amount of €1 million over a period of […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has signed a new financing agreement with Sénégalaise des Filières Alimentaires (SFA), a partner of the Foundation since 2013, in the form of an equity investment. With this new equity investment of €137,000, the Foundation is strengthening its support for SFA, a social enterprise that […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation continues to expand its activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the signing of a new partnership with the microfinance institution Partner Microcredit Organization (Partner), to which it has granted an initial loan of €2 million over a period of three years. Partner is a multi-ethnic organization founded by Mercy Corps […]
In France, nearly half (47%) of corporate foundations were created between 2000 and 2009, according to the latest National Survey on Funds and Foundations published by the Philanthropy Observatory of the Fondation de France. 43% of corporate foundations were created over the past 10 years, including 18 TP3T […]
19 tons of plastic enter the ocean every minute. Yet this waste can be an invaluable resource! Making recycling this waste a profitable and job-generating activity: that's the challenge facing the Plastic Odyssey team. Merchant Navy officers, a sales manager, and an engineer, these young entrepreneurs decided to build […]
In October, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation made its first investment in South Africa, with the Phakamani Foundation. The institution provides financial products and services to poor women microentrepreneurs, enabling them to succeed in the microenterprise sector. Phakamani's microentrepreneurship program is inspired by Grameen Bank. […]
