Agents for Impact

29/07/2025

📣 📣 📣 Dear Partners,
We are thrilled to invite you to the 3rd AfI Executive Training for C-Suite Executives focused on & Resilience” in Bali on November 25th and 26th, 2025. We are delighted to announce that now you can get an optional consulting session too - on 27th November 2025!

✏ During the event, you will explore the significance of ESG principles in finance, analyze , review institution case studies, learn about practices, examine tourism's waste , visit an eco-conscious island, and discuss experiences related to and will have the Personalized ESG guidance in an exclusive small-group format during the morning hours!

📝 All participants will gain exclusive access to the "AfI ESG Executive Members Club," fostering continuous learning, , and sharing best practices among peers dedicated to advancing ESG principles in finance.

📌 To confirm your attendance, please reach out to Dr. Andriy Fetsun. We are eager to welcome you to for this impactful event. Let's work together to integrate sustainability at the core of !

More about the program of the training: https://agentsforimpact.com/3rd-esg-training-in-bali/

View more on our previous trainings here: https://agentsforimpact.com/esg-training/

12/04/2023

COUNTRY UPDATE:
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): growth is expected to reach 2.2% in 2023 but still below pre-pandemic levels, causing per-capita contraction due to external shocks like the war in Ukraine, cyclones affecting agriculture, and a balance-of-payments crisis is likely to be just a quarter of the sub-Saharan Africa average in 2022 and below the regional growth rate in 2023.

: Inflation rate at a decade high of 27% as of 2023-02, attributed to factors such as fuel and fertilizer shortages leading to increased costs for farmers and transport providers. Reliance on imported goods, particularly oil, has also contributed due to the weakening of the Malawian kwacha against major currencies.

Rate: As of 2023-03, the policy rate in Malawi has remained stable for the past six months, standing at 18% per annum. This represents an increase from the 14% rate recorded in 2022-09.

faces several challenges, including rising rates in rural areas where 85% of the population lives. The World Bank estimates that over half of the population (50.7%) lives in poverty, with one of the lowest GDP per capita ( ) in the world. These factors highlight the need for that can support and empower individuals and in impoverished areas, such as sector.

10/03/2023

😊 We are happy to see our Managing Director Dr. Andrij Fetsun together with Jose Rico Coligado, Senior Investment Officer and Abhinav Soni, Rating Manager reunited in , at AFIFORUM - Asia Financial Institutions Forum 2023!

🤝 Agents for Impact is a crucial component of this business event as the official Impact Management Partner.

🥇Since Agents for Impact's inception in 2018, we have advised on transactions aggregating to approximately USD 253 million.

🥇Being an investment adviser to the biggest public microfinance fund in - Invest in Visions and a renowned impact-driven platform based out of the - Lendahand , we are proud that since our first steps, we have retained a 0% default rate with NO and re-scheduling loans in our entire portfolio.

📌 It was a great pleasure to meet Zul Zorigt, CEO of Transcapital NBFI and Camellia Lazarova Genova, CFA from Invest in Visions, Daniele Rovere, CEO of CreditAccess Philippines Financing Company, Inc and see the interest and attention to our Tool.

🔊 Dr. Andrij speaks on tools and strategies that can be implemented in respective businesses and shares the stage with Jerome Pirouz - Head of Structuring and Sales at TCX and Miguel Franco - FX Hedging Strategist at MFX Solutions!

👉 Want to know more about our Agents for Impact Sustainability Alignment Rating ( ©) Tool which we use in our own investment process and in direct partnerships to assess the alignment to the ? Please contact us ([email protected]) and get a demo of the tool!

📽 Watch the video below to feel the AFI Forum atmosphere!

08/03/2023

💐Happy International Women's Day to all women and men supporting others on this significant holiday!

🌻We celebrate this day with the wonderful and inspiring film story of our - Director of Risks & , Manuela Fritzsch.

🌷Manuela joined Agents for Impact in 2020 and brings forth more than 15 years of experience in and , , and .

👇 Check it out below!
💚We made it from the bottom of our hearts!

💐 🌹 🌺 Happy International Women's Day to all women and men supporting others on this significant holiday! 🌻 We celebrate this day with the wonderful and…

23/02/2023

🎉 📯 "WELCOME to Microfinance Centre !" This is a significant message we received recently and defining moment for us not only as an Impact Management Partner but as a beginner - in the platform!

🌳 We have joined the leading network, currently uniting over 100 microfinance institutions ( ), social investors, country-level networks, and support organizations across 37 countries in and , a network that shapes the regional and for the sector.

🌍 Agents for Impact and Microfinance Centre share and promote common values of , , , and service.

🤝 Let's make our mission and joint journey, even more, broader and beneficial!

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31/01/2023

🎯 Good news if you missed the first webinar on " Goals - measuring and reporting the progress”, the recording is now available in YouTube 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMNnyZpA! And in case, you do not find the time right now, you may just jump to the summary of the key messages in this article.

🌐 As passionate advocates of the , our Founder & CEO Dr. Andrij Fetsun and Manuela Fritzsch, Director of Risks and Impact facilitated the webinar.

💻 Alongside an introduction to , , initiatives and tools, it was really interesting to see the approaches of the cooperative bank Banca Etica (Spain, Italy) and the asset management company Invest in Visions (IIV) from Germany, which they are continuously adapting to the practical realities such as availability, increased and best professional practices.

🙏 Thank you again for sharing, Ariane Schoen, Impact Manager at Invest in Visions ( ) and Andrea Abbate, Impact models and - evaluation Collaborator at Banca Etica!

With the growing market for impact investments, the use and importance of the SDGs have been increasing – also in the investment community. There is not one ...

31/01/2023

📰 Great news for the ! According to the Inclusive Finance India Report by ACCESS Development Services, the rate for microfinance institutions ( ) has decreased from 16.7% in June 2021 to an impressive 5.3% in March 2022.

😷 This indicates that the industry is recovering from the stress caused by the pandemic. Additionally, the portfolio at risk (30+ days) for the entire sector has also seen a decrease from 9.01% in March 2021 to 5.27% in March 2022.

💹 Furthermore, the states with the highest proportion of outstanding microfinance loans are and , followed by , , and . In terms of distribution by state, the top five states accounted for 59% of outstanding loans in FY22.

📈 To further support the growth of the microfinance industry, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also issued a comprehensive and revamped regulatory framework in March 2022, with a focus on , which our Legal team had summarized in a post last year (you can check out our at https://lnkd.in/gMSMDMJN).

📍 The fundamental principles of these regulations are intended to protect microfinance borrowers from and enable competitive pressures to reduce and increase product/service design flexibility.

📌 Overall, it's an exciting time for the microfinance sector as it continues to grow and support the financial well-being of individuals and communities.

31/01/2023

This week, our SDG Rating Manager, Abhinav Soni, represented Agents for Impact at the Inclusive Finance India Summit in New Delhi, India.

While several panellists argued that microfinance organizations have been early technology adopters, there is a need for them to shift from an operational risk model towards a credit risk model ( ). MFIs can leverage the huge amount of data now available to fasten the product innovation and move towards an individual-lending model. There is also an upward shift in the loan requirement of the missing middle segment and with the advancement in the economy, this can scale further upwards. Investors are also looking to work with organizations that are able to affect the holistic life of their borrowers rather than just credit needs.

During the conference, Abhinav Soni also spoke with various investors and industry practitioners, where it was pointed out that there is a rising need for an organisation to assist institutions with SDG assessments/alignment. We at Agents for Impact, through our questionnaire based proprietary Agents for Impact Sustainability Alignment Rating (AFISAR©) tool, help organizations to promote sustainable impact, to speak the global impact language of the and demonstrate their alignment to these Global Goals.

👉 Want to know more about our AFISAR© Tool which we use both in our investment process for Invest in Visions and in direct partnerships to assess their alignment to the ? Please contact us: ([email protected]) and get a free demo of the tool!

19/01/2023

📯 We are thrilled to announce that Agents for Impact successfully facilitated its first loan transaction in for Invest in Visions GmbH with the disbursement of USD 2.75 million to FINCA Azerbaijan.

✏ In this regard, we are pleased to share a of one of the FINCA Azerbaijan's clients.

✂ Seyran Orujaliyeva has been occupied with carpet-making for 34 years and she also realizes selling of carpets she weaves herself. Her required raw materials, but due to financial shortage she couldn’t buy enough materials.

🏛 She found a solution by applying or a loan to first time in 2008 and was satisfied by the simplicity of required documentation and terms and conditions.

🏛 Mrs. Seyran became a regular customer of FINCA Azerbaijan and now she is planning to enlarge her business and open new .

🏡 She has repaired her house and yard, built house for her son, organized her daughter’s wedding, and achieved to realize other life increasing things by the getting FINCA’s loans in different periods.

🌟 This story is a bright illustration of the importance of and we will put all efforts together for expanding its boundaries further!

19/01/2023

from the ground. ⤵ ⤵ ⤵
🚀This week we are taking you to the state of in . What happens in Uttar Pradesh will be relevant to India’s overall . You may ask why?

🌎 Well, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of over 200 million, is India's most populated state. That is equivalent to the population of , the and combined! At the same time, 77% of its population lives in , and 37.9 % of the population remains ‘multidimensionally poor’ (as per the latest report by NITI Aayog).

💡 The picture, however dismal, presents a huge potential for the sector to tap into. The challenges of this scale faced by the sector can be tackled with a sound understanding and implementation of , , and parameters to achieve maximum impact.

☂️As a result, with organizations like the Uttar Pradesh Microfinance Association ( ) are vital to our efforts of mainstreaming in the microfinance sector in India and around the world. Uttar Pradesh Microfinance Association was established in 2013 as an umbrella organisation safeguarding the interests of which have their operations in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

💼 Our meeting with UPMA was fruitful on various accounts that span from sharing a common understanding of SDGs as an integral parameter in the sector to the significance of rating in enhancing the impact-generating potential of the MFIs in Uttar Pradesh and helping them map their alignment to the

✨The CEO, Mr. Sudhir Sinha, shared with our SDG Rating Analyst, Pratibha Singh heartening stories of the microfinance clients who have experienced a positive change in their lives as well the association’s involvement in various projects catered towards expanding amongst women.

🤝 Such interactions are pertinent and help us remain rooted in the ground realities of the countries we operate in as well as use these learnings to shape our rating process. That is what makes our tool and the entire rating experience so dynamic and unique!

🌱 Where there is , there is ! Get in touch with us to learn more!

12/01/2023

🚀Here is to starting the new 2023 by remembering our achievements and bringing some figures to your attention.

🥇Since Agents for Impact's inception in 2018, we have advised on transactions aggregating to approximately USD 253 million.

🥇Being an investment adviser to the biggest public microfinance fund in - Invest in Visions and a renowned impact-driven platform based out of the - Lendahand, we are proud that since our first steps, we have retained a 0% default rate with NO and re-scheduling loans in our entire portfolio.

🥇Accomplishing these positive results would not be possible without our strict and meticulous , & -KYC checks, and for sure our Agents for Impact Sustainability Alignment Rating ( ©) Tool which we use in our own investment process and in direct partnerships to assess the alignment to the United Nations ( ) .

🤝We believe in the optimistic future for and are excited to contribute to this market to reach the together!

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