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Author: Audrey Joubert, Advans International. Across Africa, agriculture contributes 32 percent to Africa's GDP   and employs 65 percent of the labour force on the continent, according to the World Bank. That notwithstanding, the people who drive the sector, smallholder farmers, rural entrepreneurs, and cooperatives, are part of the most financially excluded communities on the continent. Data from the International Telecommunications Union  (ITU) shows that in 2024, interne

Author: Caterina Giordano, Alterfin. In the last of our blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives taking place in 2025, Caterina Giordano of Alterfin reflects on three decades of cooperative finance rooted in people rather than profit. Drawing on its experience as a Belgian cooperative investor in sustainable family farming and microfinance, the post introduces the concept of “human yield” — a cooperative-driven approach to measuring impact that places d

Authors: Emmanuel Gagnerot & Adèle Voyeux, SIDI. In the eighth in our blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives,...

Author: Michaël de Groot, Rabo Rural Fund . In the sixth in our blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives, Michaël...

Author: e-MFP. 2019 marks ten editions of the European Microfinance Award, launched in 2005 by the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and...