Microfinance in Côte d'Ivoire
Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF), Korhogo branch, Côte d'Ivoire. The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance established the Première Agence de Microfinance, Côte d’Ivoire in 2008, after Mali and Burkina Faso in 2006.
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Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF), Korhogo branch, Côte d'Ivoire. The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance …
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Ouandja solves the water mystery
Ouandja Kone is the president of a women’s water users group in northern Côte d’Ivoire. Her community of Ouazomon has almost 5,000 residents and is one of the largest communities involved in the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)’s project to improve access to safe water in this dry and vulnerable region of the country. In one year, AKF has improved access to safe water supply for 14,976 people in 13 villages.
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Ouandja Kone is the president of a women’s water users group in northern Côte d’Ivoire. Her community of …
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Social development activities in Côte d'Ivoire
An AKF and Ivoire Coton supported water pump, Kantara, Côte d'Ivoire.
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An AKF and Ivoire Coton supported water pump, Kantara, Côte d'Ivoire.
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Filtisac Côte d’Ivoire s.a. is an AKFED project company that produces jute and polypropylene bags for the packaging and transport of goods to local and export markets.
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Filtisac Côte d’Ivoire s.a. is an AKFED project company that produces jute and polypropylene bags for the …
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AKDN invested in the packaging industry in the 1960s to assist with cocoa exports. Today we work in the agribusiness sector and electricity generation, providing social welfare, education and services to raise the quality of life for workers, their families and their communities.
1960s
AKDN has worked in Côte d’Ivoire since the 1960s
US$ 650 million
Azito Energy is valued at US$ 650 million
1960s
AKDN has worked in Côte d’Ivoire since the 1960s
US$ 650 million
Azito Energy is valued at US$ 650 million
His Highness the Aga Khan
Sharm el-Sheikh, February 2016
Economic Development
600,000
IPS’s job creation and living standards improvement work benefit 600,000 people
We have expanded from jute sack manufacturing into cotton production and cashew nut processing, demonstrating that raw materials can be processed profitably within Africa. We operate Azito Energy, the biggest private-sector power plant in Sub-Saharan Africa. All profits are reinvested into other development activities.
Social Development
134,000
134,000 people gained access to drinking water in North Côte d’Ivoire
Social development programmes in the locations surrounding the economic development projects have included literacy classes for adults, education for children, health care, developing water-related infrastructure and helping farming communities to diversify their incomes.
Microfinance
1 in 3
One in three borrowers are women
We established Première Agence de Microfinance Côte d’Ivoire (PAMF-CI) in 2008. With a rural focus, PAMF-CI extends loans for agriculture, livestock and small enterprises. It offers group loans based on a social guarantee, with repayment after the output of the final product.
