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February 8, 2021

SCBF Supports the First Revenue Accretive Agent Loan Product in Africa

Agent networks in Africa have increasingly become the delivery channel of choice for MFIs as they represent a low-cost alternative to brick-and-mortar branches. However, the

January 27, 2021

A Pioneering Survey on Financial Literacy of Smallholder Farmers in Sudan

Financial education is an essential part of smallholder empowerment. Education is a door-opener to financial inclusion, an important aspect of agricultural development. The Syngenta Foundation

January 18, 2021

Two New VisionFund Projects to Provide Insurance to Savings Groups

World Vision and VisionFund International have been awarded grant funding from SCBF to pilot the provision of insurance services to underserved populations in Ghana and

May 4, 2020

Building Capacity to Strengthen Access to Housing Microfinance in Ecuador

Ecuador has the 4th largest housing deficit in Latin America. More than 1.7M houses are considered inadequate (unsafe conditions, inadequate construction materials, lack of basic

September 1, 2019

Maize and Cotton Index Insurance for Smallholder Farmers in Mali

Most Malians are unbanked. Four out of five rural Malians do not have access to financial capital to develop economic activities. The lack of data

February 1, 2019

CareGiver Insurance Roll-out at Lead Foundation

The health insurance system in Egypt is complex and does not include the informal / unorganized sector. This indicates gaps in the penetration and effectiveness

Project library

Microleasing pilot for the agroindustrial sector

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2015-03

Swisscontact

Fondo de Desarollo only (& Fundeser dropped out - no longer interested)

Nicaragua

Microleasing for quinoa & dairy producers

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2015-02

Swisscontact

FENACREP & Cabanillas Manazo & Tikari

Peru

E-Tontine for La Poste du Benin

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2015-01

E-Savings.club

La Poste du Benin

Benin

Support to launch first commercial microinsurance product in Tunisia

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2014-10

MicroInsurance Centre

ENDA Interarabe

Tunisia

Fanikisha+ Rwanda: Promotion and acceleration of women small businesses

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2014-09

Swisscontact

Equity Bank Rwanda

Rwanda

Building capacity to expand housing microfinance

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2014-08

Habitat for Humanity International

Urwego Opportunity Bank (replaced Letshego Rwanda Limited) and IMF Hakima SC

Rwanda / Democratic Republic of Congo

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