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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10425

23 July 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/eib
Africa's first microfinance fund for agriculture

Brussels, 22/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Agence française de développement, and a broad grouping of development bodies, social investors and microfinance service providers launched, on Thursday 21 July, the European Solidarity Financing Fund for Africa (FEFISOL), Africa's first specialist rural microfinance fund supporting fair trade and organic small business. The €15 million FEFISOL fund will provide much needed microfinance funds for poor rural...