Registration is due to open within days for SAM 2023 – Semaine Africaine de la Microfinance – which will include a multi-day conference, a gala dinner, an Innovators’ Village and a two-day Investor Fair. The second day of the Investor Fair is new, reflecting the fact that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EIB Lends Ecobank Group $113m for SMEs in Africa, with Emphases on Women, Adjusting to COVID-19
The Togo-based Ecobank Group recently received a 9-year credit facility of EUR 100 million (USD 113 million) from the EU’s European Investment Bank (EIB). The purpose is to help develop the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, with a particular emphasis on the
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: La Fructueuse of Togo Rolls Out Dzinyefa, Connecting Microfinance Accounts to Flooz, T-Money Mobile Money Services
La Fructueuse, a cooperative microfinance institution (MFI) located in the Togolese city of Lomé, recently established a service allowing its customers to use mobile phones to access funds and information about their accounts. The new service, which is called Dzinyefa, allows users to
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation Lends $3.7m to Assilassimé Solidarite of Togo, Agora Microfinance Zambia (AMZ)
The Grameen Credit Agricole (GCA) Foundation, whose head office is in Luxembourg, has announced its disbursal of local-currency loans to Togo-based Assilassimé Solidarite in an amount approximately equivalent to