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11 November 2025

Zamuka Future of Work Fund investee: Diane, Rwanda

In Rwanda, where job opportunities remain scarce for young graduates, Diane struggled to secure employment that matched her accounting skills and ambitions.

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11 November 2025

WIC Capital investee: Wood Packing Industry (WPI), Côte d’Ivoire

YEO Ablawa Amoussou Femi acted as a trailblazer for women entrepreneurs in the traditionally male-dominated industrial joinery and wooden packaging sector when she founded her company Wood Packing Industry (WPI) in Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire.

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11 November 2025

Devela investee: Cacao Embassy, Guatemala

Cacao Embassy, founded by the young Matute brothers in Guatemala, produces premium chocolate locally under the brand Chocolate Sero.

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06 October 2025

Kenyan Ministry of Cooperatives & MSMEs Development supports SAM

The organisers of SAM are grateful and honoured that Hon. FCPA Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya, EGH Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Cooperatives & MSMEs Development of Kenya will speak at the opening ceremony of the SAM conference.

30 September 2025 News

Lessons learned: insuring agricultural producers against climate risks

ADA recently carried out capitalization work on seven projects in West Africa rolled out in collaboration with local partners. The aim was to strengthen expertise in inclusive agricultural insurance and integrate the most effective and relevant solutions in support of agricultural value chains.
24 September 2025 Interviews

[Interview] "Microfinance institutions are key in strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers"

Interview with Paul Delaunois, Head of ADA's Climate-Resilient Agriculture programme.
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09 September 2025

SSNUP project completion: helping small coffee producer organisations in Peru to attract investments

Coffee is Peru’s most important agricultural export, generating 25% of the sector’s income and supporting over 223,000 farming families.

producteur et son champ de mais
21 August 2025

Interview: 'In the face of global change, we must not leave the most vulnerable behind.'

An interview with Mathilde Bauwin, Head of Knowledge Management at ADA, about the SAM 2025 conference.

Financial education for Zambian farmers
19 August 2025

Stakeholder survey: financial inclusion of Zambian smallholder farmers

From November 2021 to June 2023, the commercial bank AB Bank Zambia (ABZ) implemented a SSNUP-sponsored project with impact investor Symbiotics to improve financial inclusion in rural Zambia.

28 July 2025

Almost 300 000 people in developing countries empowered to improve their living conditions thanks to inclusive finance

ADA's annual report 2024 not only includes precise figures for all areas of activities but also explains how these activities support specific Sustainable Development Goals.