Meet Board Member Christoph Dreher

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Why Enabling Qapital?

As I have been part of the impactinvesting community for over 10 years, I can say that EQ is truly delivering microfinance in its purest form and therefore enabling real social impact. I am truly excited working with such highly qualified and especially dedicated team.

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Roundtable Together With The World Bank And The National Bank Of Kyrgyz Republic

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Enabling KyrgyzRepublic - Roundtable (in Russian): Friday, February 26 | 10:00 am (GMT+6)

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Remo Oswald – Insights About Microfinance

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#ENABLINGINSIGHTS >>Remo Oswald, Managing Partner informiert Sie über die wichtigsten Mikrofinanz Insights in Zeiten einer globalen Krise.

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New Partnership With Mircoserfin!

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We are very happy to announce our partnership with Microserfin. Microserfin is a leading microfinance institution in Panama, looking after low-income entrepreneurs and is fully owned by the Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA.

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Clean Cooking – Why It Matters!

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Enabling cleancooking with Spark+, our new mandate in cooperation with Clean Cooking Alliance.

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Moving Money To Meaning – Enabling Micro Entrepreneurs

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OUR PARTNER-MFI SUMAC

In 2020 Enabling Qapital provided USD 1.5mn to Sumac, a microfinance bank based in Kenya. The bank specializes in providing finance to both individuals and companies in the MSME segment by offering a variety of financial services. They have a large clientele within the agribusiness sector, who can profit from the Kilimo Biashara (agribusiness) loans. Through those, Sumac can disburse loans of up to ~USD 3,000 within 48 hours. Sumac also offers customers the Kawi loan product, targeting the provision of clean energy solutions to its customers.

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Meet Kazim Mohamed Ali

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 Why Enabling Qapital/Woodman?

An inspiring group of people doing inspiring work – who wouldn’t want to work for company like that?

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Welcome To The Team Carolina Ordóñez!!

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Why Enabling Qapital?

As someone who has witnessed first-hand the transformative power of finance on individuals, I am eager to learn at a deeper level about the ins and outs of microfinance institutions. EQ is where financial strategy and meaning merge.‍

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Enabling Qapital Is Growing!!

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Why Enabling Qapital?

Because EQ embodies my belief, that being profitable while solving global problems and helping people is absolutely possible.

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Moving Money To Meaning – Enabling Micro Entrepreneurs

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Enabled by her first loan through ASA PAKISTAN, Mehwish Muhammad Ashraf started a small business with the purchase of a sewing machine in 2016.

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Enabling Qapital Wishes Everyone A Happy New Year

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Enabling Qapital is looking back to a challenging but rewarding first year

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Join Our Webinar On January 14th 2021

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 We would like to invite you to join our Webinar EMF Microfinance Fund: Review 2020 & Outlook 2021 on January 14th 2021 09:00 AM (CET).

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Moving Money To Meaning – Enabling Micro Entrepreneurs

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Almost 30 years ago, María Cristina Estrada established her business with a tiny venue located at a small marketplace in Nicaragua. Starting with 6 pineapples, 6 melons, 50 bananas and 6 watermelons she dreamed of someday growing her business into a large store. In order to do so, she acquired loans from Financiera FAMA, a microfinance institution that had operations near her business. Maria was able to establish a good credit history with FAMA. She was repaying the loans on time, which made for a very successful long-term relationship between the two.

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Happy Holidays And A Happy New Year!

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#SEASONSGREETINGS - The Enabling Qapital Team wishes you all HappyHolidays and a HappyNewYear!

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From Intern To Investment Analyst, Meet Begoña Leiva

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WHY ENABLING QAPITAL?

The company gives me the opportunity of contributing to the development of, in my case, the LATAM region.‍

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Spark+ $50-70 Millionen Mandat Von Enabling Qapital And Clean Cooking Alliance

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Das Zürcher Mikrofinanz-Startup Enabling Qapital erhält Geld von führenden Organisationen für einen Fonds, der bessere Lebensumstände in Afrika und CO2-Reduktionen erwirken soll.

 

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African Development Bank And European Commission Commit Capital Into SPARK+ Africa

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We are very pleased to announce the African Development Bank Group’s and European Commission’s commitments of catalytic first-loss capital into SPARK+ Africa, a first-of-its-kind impact fund investing debt and equity in companies throughout the clean cooking value chain across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

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Enabling Qapital & Credicentro S.A.E.C.A. Signed An Agreement To Provide Long Term Funds To SMES

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AGUSTIN VILLALBA and BEGOÑA LEIVA just closed a transaction with the newly recreated Credicentro — a merger between Credicentro, Pasfin and LCR. Happy to be working with the new company as well as back working with the team at Pasfin — HUGO MARTINEZ MARCELO C. YALUK and Ramon Cortazar.

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Get To Know Xavier Pierluca – Completing The Introduction Of Our Managing Partners

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WHY ENABLING QAPITAL?

Servant Leadership. Designinnovative financing strategies to facilitate access to essential goods and services in emerging markets.

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Meet Our Second Investment Analyst From Pakistan, Taimour Ali Khan!

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WHY ENABLING QAPITAL?

Enabling Qapital drives value through its investment for the masses in Emerging and Frontier Markets, the possibility to invest with an impact focus in a fast paced environment is both challenging and exciting

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Meet Our Regional Manager Africa Kilonzo Mbwele

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WHY ENABLING QAPITAL?

I get the opportunity to work with a fantastic set of colleagues, progress in my career, and, most importantly, to do meaningful work that improves people’s quality of life across the globe in developing countries.‍

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Moving Money To Meaning Together

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 We are excited to be working with FINANCIERA EL COMERCIO from Paraguay and Moving Money to Meaning together.

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Meet Our New Investment Officer From Kyrgyzstan

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Our Team is growing! A warm welcome to Urmat Sarpekov!

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NZZ Publishes New Article About The Impact Of COVID On Microfinance

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“Krisen seien in den Entwicklungsländern ein ständiger Begleiter, sagt Roger R. Müller von Enabling Qapital […] Trotzdem liege die Rückzahlungsquote historisch gesehen bei rund 99%, und entsprechend sei das Risiko für Investoren erstaunlich klein.”

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EMF Microfinance Fund Above 100m AuM

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Yes we can, and we DID! Despite the global pandemic, Enabling Qapital has been able to grow the EMF Microfinance Fund assets under management above USD 100mm.

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“Social Engagement And Financial Return”

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Whatch yesterdays released Interview of ROGER R. MÜLLER at SonntagsBlick!

 

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Three Year Loan Agreement For Golomt Bank

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#Movingmoneytomeaning

We are pleased to announce that we provided a loan to Golomt Bank in Mongolia an exciting and innovative business focused bank.

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Proud To Support Our Investees During These Difficult Times!

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Many thanks for the great work BANCO D-MIRO Ecuador and CHUCK OLSON and the whole Investment Team!‍‍

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Join Our Webinar With The Microfinance Institution INSOTEC From Ecuador!

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We are pleased to invite you to our #WEBINAR with the #MICROFINANCEINSTITUTION INSOTEC from #ECUADOR !

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Meet Chuck Olson, Managing Partner

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‍CHUCK OLSON,‍ Managing Partner responsible for origination of impact investments in microfinance, managing relationships with investees and co-managing the investment team at EQ.

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