article / October 27, 2019
Zoran's Story
Zoran Colovic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, spent his youth in Knin, and in 1997 decided to come to Montenegro, without the intention of staying here for a long.
article / July 25, 2021
From electrician to business owner – A pandemic story
Before COVID-19 hit Ghana in March 2020, Ebenezer and his then pregnant wife – Comfort Asamaning -survived with the income from his electric shop, which he had established with his first loan from VisionFund Ghana.
page / October 14, 2019
Mexico | Our Work
Finance products that VF Mexico offers are based on productive and consume credits. Focusing our portfolio in two different processes: Community banks (6 to 35 people) called Business Development Units (UDE) and Solidarity Groups (4 to 8 people).
press release / November 2, 2015
VF Zambia Partners with FSD Zambia for FI2020 Week
VisionFund Zambia (VFZ), part of VisionFund International’s network of more than thirty microfinance institutions, is partnering with Financial Sector Deepening Zamb
article / July 25, 2021
More than just microfinance: A pandemic story
Mrs. Manimegalai is a tailor by profession.
article / July 25, 2021
A new water tank, a new business: A pandemic story
Penninah is the chairperson of her savings group Uka nuke. She is a mother of four – her first born is married and doing business of dressmaking and her other three are yet to complete college.
article / July 22, 2021
Against all odds, a farm prevails: a pandemic story
“Life for me was never easy,” says Angelita. “It is true that it is complicated and much more so when the person you chose to be with as a couple decides to leave your home with the only family asset - a bus -and additionaly the great responsibility of raising four children.
article / February 3, 2020
Expanding our Cashbox: Piloting Savings Group Linkage
VisionFund shares the impact of its microfinance insitutions' pilot program of Savings Group Linkage Loans to empower community savings groups in Africa.
article / October 17, 2019
Salima's Story
Madam Salima DIADI learned through a friend that VisionFund grants credit; she had already taken out a loan so was familiar with the process. She joined a group of five other people getting loans, and she started with a loan of US $400 and her latest loan is for
press release / February 14, 2024
Digital ‘revolution’ in financial inclusion brings together rural savings groups and formal financial services in new ecosystem - ‘Linkages 2.0’ report finds
14 February 2024 - State of the Practice: Savings Group Linkages 2024 Report Released