The answer: Typically, they’ve exhibited the same resourcefulness that has characterized many other small businesses during the pandemic. At the same time, they face a variety of ongoing, unique ...

Widely discussed in the media and other forums, microfinance is often depicted as a villain causing more harm than good to the poor. How true is this? Microfinance started off in India sometime in the ...

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s microfinance sector, long seen as a lifeline for small businesses, farmers and low-income borrowers ...

Operators emphasise governance, risk management, and compliance to drive financial inclusion and safeguard sustainability.

By Seth KRAMPAH, Kumasi The Association of Rural Banks, Ghana (ARB) has held a crucial stakeholder engagement with the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to deliberate on the upcoming Microfinance Sector Reforms.

The Chairman of the National Association of Microfinance Banks, FCT Chapter, Francis Akie, has said microfinance banks account for 95 per cent of total lending in the industry and control 85 per cent ...

By Abdul-Mansuur IBRAHIMWith more than twenty percent of the country’s population living in poverty, the government of Ghana clearly faces an enormous challenge to reduce poverty – especially in the ...