Oikocredit to hold Extraordinary General Meeting on 14 October 2022
September 19 | 2022 Oikocredit’s Managing Board and Supervisory Board have announced an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to be held with its cooperative members on Friday, 14 October 2022. There will also be a ... full storyDave Smit appointed as Director of Impact Investments at Oikocredit
September 13 | 2022 Social impact investor Oikocredit has appointed Dave Smit as its Director of Impact Investments, effective 10 October 2022. full storyCaroline Mulwa appointed as Regional Director for Africa
August 29 | 2022 Experienced impact investment professional Caroline Mulwa promoted to Regional Director Africa from 16 August 2022. full storyQ2 2022 quarterly report: Mixed outcomes as economic uncertainty persists
August 23 | 2022 Four times a year Oikocredit publishes key facts and figures on the previous quarter. Here we provide our investors and others with additional background context on developments during the second quarter of 2022. full storyChanging our world view | Why Oikocredit is switching to the Gall-Peters projection map
August 19 | 2022 In this blog, Nina Alff, from Oikocredit Support Association Baden-Württemberg, explains why Oikocredit has decided to switch to the Gall-Peters projection of the world map. full storyReflecting on 2022: 3 Articles to re-read this Summer
August 10 | 2022 Oikocredit has stayed busy this year. As we continue developing and implementing our 2022 – 2026 strategy under the direction of our recently formed Executive Committee, let us reflect on the progress we made so far. full storyOikocredit invests € 2.7 million in Africa Negoce Industries to support Benin cashew value chain
July 25 | 2022 The loan to the cashew processing company will sustain up to 500 jobs and support the work of 2500 cashew producers in Benin full storyOikocredit and ElectriFI support off-grid power for low-income Kenyans with Solar Panda
July 06 | 2022 The new partnership will help sustain in-country growth of clean, safe and affordable domestic electricity. full storyOikocredit strengthens leadership with new Executive Committee
July 01 | 2022 The new committee comprises existing Managing Board members and newly appointed directors and will oversee implementation of the cooperative’s 2022-2026 strategy full storyOikocredit supports new coffee platform for impact lenders
June 29 | 2022 Oikocredit is among the first impact lenders active on Beyco, a coffee trading platform based on blockchain technology launched by non-profit organisation Progreso Foundation in 2018. full storyOikocredit teams up with DFC, Norfund and responsAbility on a financing vehicle investment to ‘impact millions'
June 17 | 2022 The new financing vehicle is the largest off-balance-sheet financing facility of its kind in the industry and will pave the way for d.light to sustainably expand its PayGo operations across Africa. full storyOikocredit holds 46th annual general meeting
June 15 | 2022 On 09 June 2022, Oikocredit held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, with members and others joining and participating through a web-based conferencing and electronic voting system. full storyNew Aqua for All and Oikocredit partnership to invest in community water and sanitation
June 14 | 2022 Collaboration will develop innovative and affordable financing solutions for water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa and Asia. full storyCultivating cotton for communities
June 02 | 2022 The cultivation of cotton by West African communities has brought better infrastructure¹, more job opportunities and is an essential export of the region. But the crop’s greatest contribution is ... full storyQ1 2022 quarterly report: International events influence results
May 30 | 2022 Four times a year Oikocredit publishes key facts and figures on the previous quarter. Here we provide our investors and others with additional background context on developments during the first quarter of 2022. full storyOikocredit invites members to Annual General Meeting in June
May 16 | 2022 Every year in June, Oikocredit holds its Annual General Meeting (AGM). This year it will be held as a hybrid meeting in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, on 9 June 2022. full storyCelebrating 15 years with Oikocredit: interview with Caroline Mulwa
May 11 | 2022 Caroline Mulwa, Oikocredit’s Investments Manager East Africa, celebrates 15 years with our cooperative this year. We took the opportunity to ask Caroline about her experience of working with us for the last decade and a half, the changes she has seen and the relevance and impact of our work. full storyOikocredit supports digital financial services in Latin America
May 09 | 2022 Oikocredit has acquired a minority stake in Bankingly as part of a funding round for USD 10 million full storyReflecting and pushing forward for impact: blog by Mirjam 't Lam
May 02 | 2022 As our cooperative recently published its annual results for 2021 our Managing Director Mirjam ‘t Lam shares her thoughts about some of the key highlights and challenges of the year and provides insight into the new strategy for 2022-2026. full storyFinancial results for 2021: achievement and recovery
April 21 | 2022 Oikocredit has today announced its financial results for 2021 and reports on a successful year of rebuilding and rebalancing after the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic. full storyQ4 2021 quarterly report: Achievement and recovery
April 21 | 2022 Four times a year Oikocredit publishes key facts and figures on the previous quarter. Here we provide our investors and others with additional background context on developments during the fourth quarter of 2021. full storyGwen van Berne appointed as Director of Finance & Risk
April 19 | 2022 Gwen van Berne has been appointed as Director of Finance & Risk from 9 May 2022. full storyImpacting investing in West Africa [interview]
April 14 | 2022 Oikocredit’s support associations in the United States and Canada recently met (virtually) with Yves Komaclo, Oikocredit’s Investment Manager for West Africa, to get his perspective on our work in West Africa. This article is based on the conversation that took place. full storyLatest investment to power West African communities with solar energy
April 12 | 2022 Oikocredit invests € 1.4 million in Weziza Benin to support the growth of distributed energy in West Africa. full storyA cooperative caring for local communities: Simone and Jonas' story
March 28 | 2022 Oikocredit’s team in Brazil is passionate about investing in cooperatives that have strong ties to local communities. To help explain why, we’re introducing you to Cresol Tenente Portela and some of their clients. full storyCool concepts for rural energy [interview]
March 14 | 2022 Solar cold storage is just one of the products that Oikocredit's new Indian partner, Ecozen Solutions, uses to improve agriculture. The world’s seventh largest country needs innovative solutions to meet its rapidly growing energy demand. Kiran Kodi, Renewable Energy Manager at Maanaveeya, Oikocredit's Indian subsidiary, and Vivek Pandey, co-founder of Ecozen, explain that the aim of their partnership is to ensure that farmers and entire value chains also benefit from innovative renewable energy solutions. full storyEmpowering low-income women is at the heart of Oikocredit’s mission [interview]
March 08 | 2022 To mark International Women’s Day 2022, we asked Marilou Pantua-Juanito, Oikocredit’s Capacity Building & Social Performance Coordinator in Southeast Asia, about working with Oikocredit for women’s empowerment. full storyJourney of the heart: the impact of seedlings for years to come
March 03 | 2022 In part two of this blog, Elikanah Ng'ang'a, Oikocredit’s Social Performance and Capacity Building Officer for Eastern Africa, reflects on the transformation of Rwanda and the Rwanda Tea Seedlings Project. full storyJourney of the heart: visiting the Rwanda Tea Seedlings Project
February 28 | 2022 In this blog, Oikocredit’s Social Performance and Capacity Building Officer for Eastern Africa, Elikanah Ng'ang'a, takes us on a journey from his home in Kenya to Rwanda and reports on Oikocredit’s Rwanda Tea Seedlings Project. full storyProud to have worked for Oikocredit [interview]
February 08 | 2022 After over six years at Oikocredit, Bart van Eyk, Director of Investments, is leaving to explore new ventures in the world of impact investing and social enterprises. In this interview he shares about his highlights, challenges, learnings and more. full storyOikocredit and Opportunity International collaboration will support affordable quality education for under-served families [interview]
January 31 | 2022 Oikocredit has been working with stakeholders to develop a new multi-year strategy for launch later in 2022 with an innovative approach to meeting low-income communities’ needs in education, housing, health and public infrastructure. In November 2021 we launched a new education partnership with Opportunity International in Nairobi, Kenya, attended by more than 30 financial institutions. We recently interviewed Hans Perk, Oikocredit’s Regional Director Africa, about the new venture. full story€ 5 million loan to power African SMEs with solar energy
January 25 | 2022 Oikocredit has provided Ecoligo with a € 5 million loan to grow the use of solar energy used to power small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana and Kenya full storyDigital surveying shows social changes from perspective of Oikocredit partners’ clients
January 12 | 2022 Oikocredit and five financial services partner organisations have undertaken a systematic, digital survey of the partners’ clients to assess significant changes in their lives over the past twelve months. full storyBecoming Oikocredit’s new Managing Director: interview with Mirjam ‘t Lam
January 10 | 2022 Mirjam ‘t Lam took up her new post as Managing Director of Oikocredit on 1 December. She had served as Interim Managing Director for several months after joining the cooperative in November 2020 as Director of Finance & Risk. We interviewed Mirjam about her professional background, her personal motivation, and her thoughts about Oikocredit, 2021 and the coming year. full storyNew Year’s Message: Looking back and moving forward
January 04 | 2022 Oikocredit’s new Managing Director, Mirjam ‘t Lam, reflects on her first year at Oikocredit and shares about what we can look forward to in 2022 and beyond. full storyThe season of joy and Mercy’s story
December 17 | 2021 It doesn’t matter where you are in the world or what you are celebrating this holiday season, striving to make a positive impact in the lives of low-income people is something that everyone can take part in. full storyOikocredit joins FIRST+ programme to help generate work opportunities for 60,000 Ghanaians
December 15 | 2021 Oikocredit is teaming up with CapitalPlus Exchange (CapPlus) and the Mastercard Foundation on their Financial Institution Resilience and Strengthening (FIRST+) programme to strengthen financial institutions and create work opportunities in Ghana. full storyOikocredit held General Meeting to discuss strategy and capital-raising model
December 07 | 2021 On 2 December Oikocredit held an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, with members and others participating through a web-based conferencing and electronic voting system. full storyOikocredit invests € 2 million to support growth of solar energy in Africa
December 07 | 2021 Our investment in solar electricity innovators Spark will enable last-mile distributors to bring affordable, sustainable off-grid solutions to hundreds of thousands of low-income households full storyIntroducing Oikocredit’s new community-focused approach: learning from partners
December 06 | 2021 Oikocredit has been working with its stakeholders for some time to develop a new purpose-driven multi-year strategy for launch in 2022. full storyCall for Supervisory Board applications
December 01 | 2021 Oikocredit intends to appoint new members to its Supervisory Board during its annual general meeting in June 2022. full storyIDH Farmfit Fund and Oikocredit co-investment in Aldea Global to support Nicaraguan coffee smallholders
November 30 | 2021 IDH Farmfit Fund and Oikocredit are providing a syndicated US$ 3.2 million loan to Asociación Aldea Global Jinotega, a Nicaraguan small farmers’ association that produces and exports speciality ... full storySymbiotics and Oikocredit invest in ETG to support West Africa cocoa and cashew value chains
November 17 | 2021 The loan will help create an additional 200 jobs and support the work of 70,000 smallholder farmers in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria full storyQ3 2021 quarterly report: Cautious optimism
November 16 | 2021 Four times a year Oikocredit publishes key facts and figures on the previous quarter. Here we provide our investors and others with additional background context on developments during the third quarter of 2021. full storyMirjam ‘t Lam appointed Oikocredit’s Managing Director
November 16 | 2021 Mirjam ‘t Lam has been appointed Managing Director of Oikocredit, effective 1 December 2021. full storyOikocredit partners Crecer and Fonkoze shortlisted for European Microfinance Award 2021 for Inclusive Finance and Healthcare
November 15 | 2021 Two Oikocredit partners, Crecer IFD in Bolivia and Fonkoze in Haiti, are among the shortlisted finalists for the European Microfinance Award 2021 for Inclusive Finance & Healthcare. full story
Oikocredit holds general meeting in December
November 05 | 2021 Oikocredit’s Managing Board and Supervisory Board are pleased to announce to the cooperative's members the convention of an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to be held on 2 December 2021. full storyCapacity building for agriculture [interview]
November 04 | 2021 Barbara Rademaker started at Oikocredit in January 2021 as the cooperative’s Global Agriculture Specialist. In this interview we find out about Barbara’s past experience, present work and future ambitions at Oikocredit. full storyOikocredit expands its financial inclusion portfolio with the latest investment in Senegal
November 03 | 2021 Union des Caisses de Credit Mutuel du Sénégal will use the loan to develop its lending portfolio, focusing on rural and agricultural income-generating activities full story