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IFC Provides Financing for $200 Million to Banco BICE to Expand Mortgages for Women in Chile
The loan will have a five-year tenor and a three-year grace period, helping Banco BICE increase and diversify its long-term financing to support the housing portfolio growth.
Mastercard Advocates Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth at Tanzania Industry Forum
The event underscored Mastercard’s commitment to advancing economic growth through innovative digital payment solutions and strategic collaborations in the country.
Kenya and Tanzania Launch Project to Boost Financial Inclusion
Kenya and Tanzania on Friday launched a project in partnership with the African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations to boost financial inclusion in the two countries.
IFC Grants Loan to Caja Los Héroes to Promote Financial Inclusion in Chile
This loan aims to strengthen the institution's financial inclusion program, with a specific emphasis on supporting low-income women in Chile.
IFC Launches Women’s Economic Empowerment Program in Tanzania
Anaweza: She Can, launched by IFC, is a wide-ranging program to empower women across Tanzania's economy to access financing, attain leadership positions in the private sector, and launch or grow businesses.
IPA Hosts UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate Queen Máxima to Meet With Mobile Money Users in Tanzania
In her role as UNSGSA, Queen Máxima spoke with entrepreneurs and mobile money agents at the market to better understand the impacts of mobile money on the growth of their businesses.
TMRC Signs MoU With Habitat to Boost Housing Finance
This is the first step in the organizations' joint effort to expand and strengthen the low-income housing finance sector in Tanzania.
African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund Sign $110 Million Agreement With Tanzania’s CRDB Bank to Boost Access to Finance by Women’s SMEs
The bouquet of financing will enable CRDB to significantly impact the socio-economic growth of the region by empowering small businesses, especially women, and unleashing their full potential.
BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s Institutions Establish Measures for the 2.2 Million Entrepreneurs It Serves During the Health Crisis
Aligned with its social purpose and in light of COVID-19’s progress in Latin America, BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s six institutions in five countries in the region have adopted urgent and necessary measures to help its 2.2 million clients cope with this situation.