Africa News

Mangolia to Benefit from Microfinance and Carbon Credit Deal

Citi’s London-based Environmental Products Trading and Origination team, working with Citi Microfinance, has agreed to purchase 1.17 million metric tonnes of carbon credits over the next seven years from Seattle-based social enterprise MicroEnergy Credits. This deal also combines microloans in Mongolia with the sale of carbon credits on the...

Innovative Savings Program for Nigerian Underserved Women

Women’s World Banking, Diamond Bank and Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) announced that they are partnering to advance financial inclusion in Nigeria for underserved women. They intend to provide them an opportunity to become economically and socially empowered through access to a savings account.

Zanzibar hosts conference on mobile financial services

FirstBank of Nigeria partners mobile money service providers

CDC invests $10 m in Progression Eastern African Microfinance Equity Fund

MFTransparency launches Mozambique Pricing Data