Advans Group
Advans mission is to respond to the need for financial services of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) and other populations who have ill-adapted, limited or no access to formal financial services through providing tailored financial services in a sustainable and responsible manner.
Our vision is to build a model group of financial institutions which contribute to strengthening local businesses, creating and sustaining jobs and improving clients' living standards in order to foster private sector-led economic and social development in Africa, the Middle-East and Asia.
Innovations in the microfinance program planned for the coming year
Over the next five years, the Advans group will be focusing on:
Using new technologies to improve quality of service and productivity, such as: remote data capture solutions for commercial staff, testing possibility of scoring for micro-loans
Diversifying the credit offering by further developing agri-lending, SME lending and personal lending (housing finance, education finance, emergency nano-loans)
Further developing deposits & financial services to establish a strong retail deposit basis
Deploying a multi-channel strategy for proximity and convenience, using ATM cards, mini cash counters, cashless points of services, field tellers, mobile banking, mobile wallets, agency banking...
Developing the brand and focusing on developing its client centred culture and organisation
Countries of intervention
Myanmar, Pakistan, Cameroon, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, United Republic of, Tunisia
Areas of intervention
Impact and performances studies
