by Adhya Singh -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO Lends $5.7m to Fin’Elle of Groupe Cofina to Support Women-led MSMEs in Agriculture Sector of Côte d’Ivoire

La Finance pour Elle (Fin’Elle), a unit of the Côte d’Ivoire-based Groupe Cofina, recently borrowed EUR 5 million (USD 5.7 million) from Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), a Dutch public-private partnership. Fin’Elle Board President Marema Bao commented that the partnership will

by Sophie Fiala -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Oikocredit Providing $2.7m Loan, Technical Assistance to Fin’Elle to Support Women-owned SMEs in Côte d’Ivoire

The Netherlands-based cooperative Oikocredit recently lent EUR 2.3 million (USD 2.7 million) to Fin’Elle, a microfinance institution (MFI) that aims to empower female entrepreneurs in Côte d’Ivoire. Fin’Elle is a