Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance
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Artisans, like this silversmith on Ibo Island, Mozambique receive business loans from AKAM and are also supported by AKF’s technical training programmes so that their crafts are treated as valued commodities.AKAM’s microfinance initiatives range from village lending to regulated microfinance institutions to full-fledged microfinance banks in the following places:
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Africa
Often these activities are part of a wider development strategy being implemented by the AKDN. In addition to providing financial services, they may include business or technical advisory services and business development programmes that work directly with local entrepreneurs.
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- AKAMAga Khan Agency for Microfinance
- AKESAga Khan Education Services
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- AKPBSAga Khan Planning and Building Services
- AKTCAga Khan Trust for Culture
- AKUAga Khan University
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Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance
Microfinance for Women in Northern Pakistan
Since its establishment in 2005, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) has taken over 25 years of microfinance activities, programmes and banks that were administered by sister agencies within the AKDN. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion. more
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