€ 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 story