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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.

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.

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.

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.

Employees of an ADA-supported cooperative in Senegal proudly showing their harvested produce. Copyright ADA

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.

ADA's team at the REDCAMIF conference. Copyright Andrea Rosales

22 July 2025

ADA’s activities in Central America

REDCAMIF’s 11th Central American and Caribbean Microfinance Conference which was held from 24 to 27 June in San José, Costa Rica, provided an ideal platform for ADA to showcase its activities alongside other Luxembourgish and international inclusive finance actors.

17 July 2025 News

Young People and Green Jobs: a new programme for a greener, more inclusive economy

Faced with the twin challenges of the ecological transition and chronic youth unemployment in Africa, ADA is launching the Young People and Green Jobs programme.

Kenyan chili farmer Copyright Cultural Video Production Ltd

15 July 2025

Unlocking Millions of Euros in Investments for Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries

Luxembourg, Switzerland and Liechtenstein continue their joint SSNUP programme which has attracted 188 million euros of private sector investments to date.