Contributions to the Financial Inclusion Fund will enable thousands of people to receive access to finance.
Donor funds committed
Donor financing approved
Operations
200 000 female micro-entrepreneurs in Uganda provided with access to finance
600 000 people in rural Zambia provided with access to finance
26 400 people in Uganda benefitting from digital banking
The Financial Inclusion Fund is already improving the lives of people across Africa. Discover their inspiring stories.
Donor-financed operations through our trust funds make a direct contribution to several of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our collective actions unlock billions of euros in investment to combat climate change, eradicate poverty and fight inequality. These are some of the global goals targeted by our trust fund.
The Financial Inclusion Fund is designed to improve financial inclusion and access to responsible finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in emerging and developing economies.
In Uganda financial literacy training for refugees and host communities develops the skills necessary to grow refugee businesses and transform lives
Moroccan women use e-commerce training and coaching from a microfinance institution to expand their businesses during tough times
In Brazil microcredit loans for women improve financial inclusion and reduce poverty, often through innovative lending to teams of female entrepreneurs
Everyone knows that climate change is a big, long-term challenge. The EIB’s Advisory Services’ climate action technical assistance programmes, which often benefit from donor funding mobilised under the EIB’s Trust Funds, help institutions around the world figure out what the future holds and how they should respond.
Small businesses get a big boost from a Burkina Faso microfinance lender
A programme coordinated by the EU bank finds evidence of microfinance impact in Côte d’Ivoire and demonstrates that the private sector can boost sustainable development
Key investments around the world help create stability, sustainable growth and fight climate change everywhere. The numbers show high EIB impact through its projects outside the EU