MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Huruma Fund to Issue Loan of $3.6m, Technical Assistance to COOPAC Norandino to Expand Agricultural Microfinance in Northern Peru

The Huruma Fund, a public-private impact investment vehicle with commitments of EUR 120 million (USD 145 million), recently issued a three-year loan of EUR 3 million (USD 3.58 million) to Cooperativo de Ahorro y Crédito (COOPAC) Norandino of Peru, a microfinance institution (MFI) aiming to provide services such as “tailored credit and savings products, at interest rates that are lower than market average” to the agrarian sector in northern Peru. To complement the loan, various partners of Huruma will support COOPAC Norandino “with projects to improve social performance, digitisation and