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- Jan, 2012In August 2011, MIX launched a map that displays the location of 819 microfinance banks currently licensed to operate in Nigeria. The map gives a basic view on the market supply of microfinance services, in the context of some key factors such as mobile...
- Sep, 2011The landscape data yields the following big numbers as outlined earlier: 71 million clients, 44 million deposit accounts, 20 million loans, across 23,000 providers in 45 countries. If we begin to break this data out by products and provider types, we can...
- Sep, 2011In this section, we describe the methodology of our research in more detail, along with some conclusions based on the process behind constructing this data set.We began by compiling data from several different sources, including local and international...
- Sep, 2011In years past, there have been several attempted efforts to develop supply-side estimates of global financial access. As the methodology behind the Africa landscape data both builds on and differs from these efforts in some respects, we will review...
- Sep, 2011A first step in understanding access to financial services for the poor is measuring this access. Broad-based supply information helps answer basic ‘who / what / when / where / how’ questions in regards to these services. To better understand the...
- Aug, 2011To better understand the burden that external reporting places on MFIs, MIX conducted a research study focused on Sub-Saharan Africa. The study included interviews with MFI executives, an online survey, and narratives collected from MFI staff involved in...
- Aug, 2011In 2006, the Central Bank of Nigeria began to transform a network of several hundred community banks into ‘microfinance banks’ (MFB). Since that time, the registration rolls have ballooned, now to over 900 institutions, albeit not without...
- May, 2011The Sub-Saharan Africa Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report 2010 presents the latest regional trends and recent developments throughout the region based on a sample of 181 MFIs and spanning 41 countries. The report begins with an overview...
- Mar, 2011The just-announced transition of the software listings from CGAP to the MIX Market site gives us a good opportunity to explore one way in which integrating technology providers and MFI data can open up new information for microfinance practitioners....
- Mar, 2011Since 2008 and after more than a decade of strong growth, the microfinance sector of the WAEMU experienced a slowed growth due to indirect effects of the financial crisis, which led to a slowdown of certain categories of economic actors. Growth was also...
- Nov, 2010Microfinance, however measured, has increased rapidly in Ghana since the start of the present decade, growing by 20-30 percent annually. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) currently provide financial services to an estimated 15 percent of the...
- May 3, 2010Over the last decade, the microfinance sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has capitalized on positive developments that have led to increased outreach and improved performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). MFIs wrapped up 2007 with impressive...
- Feb 1, 2009In 2007, sub-Saharan Africa experienced encouraging economic growth of 6.7 percent and continued to accelerate progress in human development, improve infrastructure, and strengthen the policy environment. Africa also received renewed attention from the...
- Sep 1, 2008Launched in March 2006, the Africa Microfinance Action Forum (AMAF) is a voluntary advocacy group of African leaders committed to the advancement of microfinance in Africa. This article is based on a recent study undertaken by AMAF and Women’s World...
- Nov 12, 2007Africa, with some of the most vulnerable populations in the world, represents potential and possibilities for the microfinance community. In 2006, the African microfinance industry created and grew formal and semiformal financial institutions across the...
