Claire Lossiané of YIKRI, winner of the 2023 European Microfinance Award, reflects on the MFI’s programs to combat malnutrition.

Reflections on the climate session held in the FinEquity Africa Annual Convening 2024 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, exploring challenges and proposing what will be required for approaches with effective design and delivery of climate-smart financial solutions that will help women build resilience.  

This case study shares extensive recommendations to the trader, its financial investors, the government, and other stakeholders based on the findings. 

This publication seeks to contribute towards filling the current knowledge gap on inclusive green finance by presenting a series of concrete case studies that touch upon different aspects of green finance in agriculture, with a specific, overarching focus on the promotion of sustainable small-scale agricultural production.

For digital payments to be meaningful for farmers, the study finds that digitization needs to be strongly linked to access to a broader suite of financial services, to unlock farm investments and smooth day-to-day consumption. 

With funding from REGMIFA, Symbiotics Capacity Building facilitates the design and roll-out of JKL’s housing micro loan with the support of Housing Development Finance Consultants Africa “HDFC” Ltd.

The purpose of this document is to highlight practical approaches put forward by the sector to guide the work of practitioners in promoting gender-responsive financial inclusion through the design and delivery of appropriate services and products.

This pioneering initiative will improve access to finance over the next five years, contributing to scale up digital financial solutions and piloting insurance to 500,000 low-income farmers, including women, youth entrepreneurs.

This document highlights practical and actionable approaches from the sector in order to guide the work of practitioners focused on improving the gender-responsiveness of design and delivery of rural finance interventions.