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Following a successful pilot in Uganda, FINCA and Jackfruit Finance are expanding their education finance partnership across East Africa, helping underserved schools access the financing they need to create better learning opportunities for thousands of students.
As a global signatory of the WE Finance Code, FINCA reinforces its commitment to boost funding, data transparency, and support for women-led businesses worldwide.
Opportunity Rising, an initiative led by FINCA Canada and backed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), is creating new pathways to economic opportunity for young people in Tanzania and Uganda.
The 2025 FINCA Ventures Impact Dashboard shows how targeted investments can deliver sustainable impact across Africa.
FINCA explores how inclusive finance product teams can balance speed and evidence in challenging markets without losing sight of who they are building for at the 2026 Marmalade Festival.
Swalha Msuya led a successful turnaround at FINCA Tanzania’s Mbagala branch by empowering women entrepreneurs and adopting customer-focused lending strategies.
At this year’s 2025 Financial Inclusion Week, FINCA Vice President and Chief Product Officer Seth Spiro joined several leaders in the inclusive finance space to ask a deceptively simple question: What does it take to design productive credit products that deliver, especially in a world defined by volatility?
FINCA was proud to be named the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs in the Europe region at the 2025 Global SME Finance Forum.
FINCA and the Gates Foundation explore strategies for creating relevant products that enable women entrepreneurs to grow and thrive.
FINCA and Government of Canada team up to empower marginalized youth, especially women.
FINCA’s Group Choice Loan reimagines group and individual lending by putting customer data at the heart of its development strategy.
FINCA Armenia and FINCA Tajikistan have achieved the highest level of Client Protection Certification granted by global rating agency MFR, based on guidelines provided by Cerise+SPTF.
Discussing the next frontier of nonprofit innovation — an interview with Scott Graham and Sri Elaprolu about leveraging AI for impact.
FINCA Malawi’s Clean Cooking Initiative helps low-income customers replace traditional cooking methods that can be unhealthy, unsafe and bad for the environment.
In collaboration with AWS, FINCA is harnessing AI to conduct evidence-based customer research and creating new ways for nonprofits to address the world’s most pressing challenges.
The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda has granted FINCA Uganda a Bancassurance license, marking a milestone in FINCA Uganda’s work to help small entrepreneurs build resilience.
FINCA Global CEO Andrée Simon highlights the urgent need for women’s financial inclusion to drive global economic growth as we head into the 2024 World Bank Annual Meetings.
FINCA Uganda’s new champion for change will share her financial success story as she travels the country to inspire Uganda’s women.
With FINCA's support, a determined entrepreneur Shukuru Sadiki recovers from devastating flooding in Kalemie.
A recent FINCA study suggests that banking agents promote financial inclusion and financial health by offering services in a familiar setting.
