Symbiotics Investments' loan represents the first-ever local currency loan by any international institution in the microfinance sector of Pakistan.

International Finance Corporation will invest up to $4 million equivalent in Samoan Tala to boost access to finance for small and medium enterprises particularly women-led businesses and SMEs focused on agriculture.

The funds have been earmarked to fund women and youth financing, thereby promoting gender equality and female empowerment.

The financial backing aims to enable the microfinance institution to support more SMEs in a context marked by economic challenges in Egypt. 

This initiative aims to help the unbanked—particularly those who lack documentation—build a financial profile and credit history and, over time, access loans and other services that were once out of reach.

Mi-Bospo operates mainly in rural areas and offers access to credit and non-financial services to individuals, particularly women entrepreneurs.

This investment solution aims to provide long-term financing to innovative agribusinesses with the goal of mitigating climate change, reducing food loss and promoting climate change resilience in their value chains.

This new partnership aims to build the capacity of insurers and distribution channels on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

Dock, an innovator in payments and digital finance infrastructure across Latin America, will provide a range of options to make credit offerings more flexible, clear and understandable for consumers.

Wellington Pak and Kim Brearley join CARE USA Women’s Economic Justice (WEJ) team, furthering its mission to help women save, earn and invest.