Shareholders

Advans SA

Advans SA (formerly La Fayette investissement) was created by Horus Development Finance and development financial institutions AFD, EIB, FMO, IFC, CDC and KfW.

Advans SA's mission is to build a network of financial institutions in developing and emerging countries offering loans, deposits and other standard financial services to micro, small and medium sized enterprises which have limited or no access to formal banking services.

La Fayette Participation

La Fayette Participations (LFP) is an investment company created by the Horus group for the purpose of subscribing to shares in microfinance institutions and micro-banks. In creating LFP, Horus aims to combine its technical expertise with shareholder status. Through LFP, Horus Group has invested a total of USD 330,000 in four financial institutions.

GRET

GRET is a professional solidarity and international cooperation association created 30 years ago. It contributes to sustainable, fair development and works for the alleviation of poverty and structural inequalities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

PROPARCO

Created in 1977, PROPARCO is a Development Financial Institution partly held by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and private shareholders from the North and South.  Its mission is to be a catalyst for private investment in developing countries which targets growth, sustainable development and reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). PROPARCO finances operations which are economically viable, socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and financially profitable.

FMO

FMO (the Netherlands Development Finance Company) is the international development bank of the Netherlands. FMO invests risk capital in companies and financial institutions in developing countries.

FMO is one of the largest bilateral private sector development banks worldwide. Thanks in part to its relationship with the Dutch government, FMO is able to take risks which commercial financiers are not - or not yet - prepared to take. FMO's mission: to create flourishing enterprises, which can serve as engines of sustainable growth in their countries.

Oikocredit

Oikocredit is a worldwide, cooperative financial institution offering loans, capital and technical support to microfinance institutions and other enterprises focused on building opportunities for financially less advantaged entrepreneurs without access to credit.

The Oikocredit international support office is based in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, and Oikocredit has local representation in approximately 30 countries worldwide. These offices source and monitor project partners in more than 65 countries and ensure a close relationship and tailor-made services to the project partners. The capital needed to provide development financing, comes from investments in Oikocredit by more than 30,000 individuals, over 500 churches and church-related organizations, as well as from other institutions including a number of former and existing project partners of Oikocredit around the globe.