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IFC and Afriland First Bank Cameroon Partner to Boost SME Financing in Cameroon

Under the partnership, IFC will loan First Bank up to $60 million equivalent in euros, including $20 million from IFC’s own account and $40 million mobilized from other lenders  to increase access to finance for thousands of smaller businesses in Cameroon.

Publication Jan 2024

Digital Cash Transfers for Emergency Response: Lessons From Cameroon

This research shares findings from an evaluation in 2021 documenting lessons learned from digital government-to-people (G2P) payments to eighty thousand beneficiaries, mostly women, in Cameroon.

Publication Aug 2023

Activa Cameroon - Insuring Women for a Better Future

This case study showcases the business case for women's insurance in Cameroon.

Publication Sep 2022

Social and Solidarity Economy: Social Innovation Catalyst in Africa?

The report highlights internal and external factors impacting social and solidarity economy organizations in their social innovation process and presents a set of policy recommendations to unlock their potential.

Blog

Alternative Delivery Channels Can Help Financial Service Providers and Customers Navigate the Pandemic

How cashless transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa can be improved and expanded

Blog

Making Clean Cooking Affordable

Following the FinDev Gateway webinar on financing for clean cooking, GLPGP discusses how innovative consumer finance approaches can help facilitate access to clean cooking in developing countries.

Publication Dec 2017

A Sense of Inclusion: An Ethnographic Study of the Perceptions and Attitudes to Digital Financial Services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Exploring cultural and socioeconomic drivers and barriers to uptake
Publication Dec 2014

Digital Financial Services in Africa: Beyond the Kenyan Success Story

Assessing the growth potential of digital financial services in seven African countries
Publication Oct 2014

Energy and Microfinance: The Cases of A3C and UCCGN in Cameroon

Facilitating access to solar energy through microfinance in Cameroon