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Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF), Korhogo branch, Côte d'Ivoire. The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance …

AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura

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Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF) Côte d’Ivoire, Korhogo branch.

AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura

Two customers speak to a microfinance bank employee over a pile of paperwork.

Premiere Agence de Microfinance branch in Boundiali, Côte d'Ivoire.

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Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF), Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM), branch in Boundiali, Côte …

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Côte d’Ivoire | Microfinance

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One in three borrowers are women

 In 2008 the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance established the Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF) Côte d’Ivoire, after PAMF Burkina Faso and PAMF Mali. AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura

In 2008 the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance established the Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF) Côte d’Ivoire, after PAMF Burkina Faso and PAMF Mali.

AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura

Microfinance in Côte d’Ivoire


With commercial banks focusing primarily on companies, large parts of the population are dependent on microfinance. The sector is dominated by cooperatives or mutual institutions, operating essentially in urban areas in the south and eastern part of the country; yet in recent years microfinance institutions have started to explore opportunities in rural areas. The rural regions are of great importance to the economic and social development of the country as its resources are mostly linked to the agriculture sector, which represents nearly 18 percent of the national GDP and employs roughly two-thirds of the population.


Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance in Côte d’Ivoire

PAMF Côte d’Ivoire

62 Boulevard Victor Schoelcher


01 BP 3963


Abidjan 01, Ivory Coast