MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Amen Bank of Tunisia Borrows $17m from Sanad for On-lending to MSMEs Adjusting to COVID-19 Pandemic

Tunisia’s Amen Bank recently accepted a senior loan of EUR 14 million (USD 16.7 million) from the Luxembourg-domiciled Sanad Fund for MSME. Via its 160 branches, Amen Bank is to on-lend the funds to

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: ATL Secures $12m from Sanad for SME Leasing in Tunisia During COVID-19 Pandemic

Tunisia-based Arab Tunisian Lease (ATL) recently secured a senior loan of EUR 10 million (USD 12 million) from Sanad Fund for MSME, a Luxembourg-domiciled investor in lenders to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), for

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD, EU Scale Up Support for Small, Medium-Sized Businesses in Tunisia with Donation of $11m

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral financial institution, recently announced that it is increasing its support of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Tunisia. The European Union (EU) through the Programme d’Appui à la Compétitivité des Services (PACS) is providing EUR 10 million (USD 11.3 million) to the initiative.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Développement international Desjardins (DiD) Opens Fifth Entrepreneur Financial Center to Offer Microcredit in Tunisia

Développement international Desjardins (DiD), a Canadian nonprofit supporting the community finance sector in emerging economies, has officially opened the Centre financier financial aux entrepreneurs de Tunisie, which is known in English as the Entrepreneur Financial Center of Tunisia (EFC Tunisia).