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EBRD Lends $ 40 M to Acba Bank for Youth-Led Firms in Armenia

The loan will boost access to finance for youth-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), helping young people to grow their businesses.

FinDev Blog

Restarting After the Storm: Building Climate Resilience for Small Businesses in Ghana

Advans Ghana shares how it is developing targeted responses for clients affected by floods and fires, with recovery lending and client-centered support.

FinEquity Blog

Driving Women’s Empowerment and the Economy, One Chat at a Time

In Indonesia, women selling goods through social media have become a powerful economic force, but they need more support.

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IFC and DAVR-BANK Partner to Boost Financing for Small Businesses and Women Entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan

The $40 million financing package is meant to expand lending to micro and small enterprises, with 25% earmarked for women-owned businesses.

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IFC and PrivatBank Partner to Scale up Lending to Smaller Businesses, Enhance Import of Critical Goods in Ukraine

A new risk-sharing facility will boost lending for smaller businesses in Ukraine, especially for agribusinesses and women-owned enterprises, helping them maintain production, create jobs, and grow.

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Kenya’s Quiet Catalysts: Insights and Interventions for Women-led Nano and Micro Enterprises

This report proposes a segmentation lens, one that recognizes the diversity within WNMEs. It identifies eight critical factors, from mindset and digital readiness to business maturity and location, that shape how women engage with entrepreneurship.

FinEquity Blog

InvestHER: Pioneering Gender-Responsive Climate Finance

A new climate resilience bond aims to help support women smallholder farmers, but the road to issuance has proved challenging.

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AND Global Raises $21.4 Million to Power Financial Inclusion

This investment will support further development of AND Global’s services, such as digital lending and other fintech solutions, to improve financing access for small businesses, as well as the unbanked and underbanked across Asia.

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Swedfund Invests $10M to Support MSME Lending in East and Southern Africa

The investment aims to address persistent barriers to finance in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia, where small businesses often lack access to formal credit.

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IFC, BOAD and BII Invest in West Africa’s First Multi-Country Securitization to Boost MSME Financing

Proceeds from the $90.4 million bond will help NSIA Banque Benin expand its MSME loan portfolio across Benin, Senegal, and Togo over the next three years.