MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Institution RENACA of Benin Borrows $1.7m from Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation

Reseau National des Caisses Villageoises d’Epargne et de Crédit Autogérées du Bénin (RENACA), a microfinance organization serving vulnerable groups in Benin, has borrowed the approximate equivalent of USD 1.7 million from the

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation Lends Local Currency Worth $1.5m to Yehu of Kenya, ASA Microfinance Rwanda

The Grameen Credit Agricole (GCA) Foundation, whose head office is in Luxembourg, has announced the disbursal of the following local-currency loans: to Kenya’s Yehu the approximate equivalent of USD 888,000 and to

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Oxus MFIs in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan Borrow $2.1m from Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation for On-Lending, Mostly in Rural Areas

The Grameen Crédit Agricole (GCA) Foundation, whose head office is in Luxembourg, recently announced it is disbursing loans in local currency to two members of the US-based Oxus Group, both for on-lending to

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Invests $19m in Microfinance for Women via Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation

The Japan-based Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company recently invested JPY 2 billion (USD 18.6 million) in a “Microfinance and Gender Loan” scheme, which was arranged by Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB), a member of the France-based Crédit Agricole Group. The funding will allow the Grameen Crédit Agricole (GCA) Foundation, whose head office is in Luxembourg, “to support microfinance institutions focusing [on]

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation, CoopMed Loan $2m to FINCA Jordan for Microfinance Lending

The Grameen Credit Agricole (GCA) Foundation, whose head office is in Luxembourg, recently partnered with CoopMed Fund, which is managed by Inpulse Investment Manager of Belgium, to loan a total of USD 2 million to FINCA Jordan, an affiliate of the Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA International), a US-based nonprofit that seeks to

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Chamroeun Borrowing $1.2m from Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation for Microfinance in Cambodia

The Grameen Credit Agricole (GCA) Foundation, whose head office is in Luxembourg, recently informed MicroCapital that it is lending USD 1.2 million to Chamroeun Microfinance. Chamroeun was launched in 2006 as a nonprofit by French NGO Entrepreneurs du Monde to deliver loans, savings, and microinsurance to poor people in the city of Phnom Penh. The institution has since