PowerGen partners with Oikocredit and others to connect 55,000 people to electricity in rural Nigeria
July 22 | 2021 The electricity will be provided by 28 distributed renewable energy (DRE) systems, designed as solar PV and battery-powered mini-grids. full storyOikocredit makes interim changes to its Managing Board
July 20 | 2021 Oikocredit will make two interim changes to its Managing Board while the cooperative continues its search for a new Managing Director. full storyOikocredit’s new investment in Unaitas will support farmer cooperatives in Kenya
July 15 | 2021 Oikocredit is providing a new loan to Unaitas, the fastest growing savings cooperative in Kenya with over 378,000 members. full storyOikocredit appoints new Regional Equity Managers
July 08 | 2021 Oikocredit has appointed two new Equity Managers, Valeria Gelsi and Sébastien Rigaud, with responsibility respectively for Latin America and Africa full storyA better life in the cooperative
July 02 | 2021 On the International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay), 3 July, international cooperative and social impact investor Oikocredit is celebrating the principles of solidarity, cooperation and community – and its work with cooperatives worldwide. full storyOikocredit is ready for the future [interview]
June 28 | 2021 With Oikocredit’s Managing Director, Thos Gieskes, leaving later this year, we wanted to sit down with him to discuss his time at Oikocredit. We also recently held our Annual General Meeting, making this a good time to reflect on what Oikocredit was like when Thos first started, where the cooperative is today, where it’s headed and how the current and new strategy are connected to it all. full storyOikocredit invests in Fin’Elle to support women entrepreneurs in Côte d'Ivoire
June 24 | 2021 Oikocredit’s loan to Fin’Elle will help provide microfinance and mesofinance loans to 10,000 households in Côte d'Ivoire. full storyLooking for our new Managing Director
June 23 | 2021 Oikocredit is looking for an inspirational and visionary Managing Director to lead our impact into the future. full storySpecialty coffee making an impact
June 16 | 2021 Oikocredit partner Caravela Coffee is driven by two things: promoting delicious specialty coffee and supporting low-income communities in Latin America. The combination of these two elements has resulted in the support of 4,000 smallholder coffee farmers and a tastier market. full storyOikocredit holds 45th annual general meeting
June 14 | 2021 Last week Oikocredit held its 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, with members and others participating through a web-based conferencing and electronic voting system. full story