ABOUT THE
Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance
For more than 60 years, various agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) have offered microfinance services through integrated development programmes and self-standing microfinance institutions. Today, these programmes have been brought together under the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM).
90%
90% of clients served by the First Micro Credit Company in the Kyrgyz Republic are from peri-urban and rural areas.
500,000
The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance provides over 500,000 clients in poor and low-income populations a safe, convenient place to save while also building a stable deposit base as a long-term, local source of funding.
$2 billion
Over the last decade the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance has disbursed $2 billion worth of loans in an effort to make lasting improvements in the quality of life of the poor.