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| Company type | Venture Capital Investment Company (SICAR) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Microfinance |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Founder | Claude Falgon |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg |
Area served | Africa, Asia |
| Products | Loans, Savings, Financial Services |
Number of employees | ~3,300 (2024) |
| Subsidiaries | Advans Cameroun, Advans Ghana, Advans Côte d'Ivoire, etc. |
| Website | advansinternational.com |
Advans is an international microfinance group based in Luxembourg and founded in 2005.
The group was created by Horus Development Finance, a consultancy firm specializing in financial inclusion, with the goal of expanding access to credit and savings services for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in contexts where access to banking services is limited.[1]
Advans began its presence in Africa with the creation of subsidiaries such as Advans Tunisie and Advans Nigeria, after acquiring the necessary authorizations in these countries.[2][3] Its development has been studied in academic publications, which place it within a more general trend of transforming microfinance institutions into regulated structures, combining public and private funding.[4][1]
Advans has also received funding from development players, such as the Dutch bank FMO, which has supported several of the group's projects as part of its financial inclusion initiatives.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brown & Falgon (2015). "" Un exemple de réseau international intégré de microfinance : le groupe Advans. "". Techniques Financières et Développement (in French). 119 (2) (Techniques Financières et Développement ed.): 43–47. doi:10.3917/tfd.119.0043.
- ^ "Advans démarre ses activités en Tunisie - Jeune Afrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ "Advans s'implante au Nigeria - Jeune Afrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ Estelle Darie-Rousseaux et Katherine Brown (2016). "Développement d'une gamme de services financiers diversifiés pour les producteurs de cacao en Côte d'Ivoire et dans d'autres contextes agricoles". Techniques Financières et Développement (in French). 124 (3) (Techniques Financières et Développement, n° 124(3) ed.): 67–79. doi:10.3917/tfd.124.0067.
- ^ "Project detail - ADVANS S.A. SICAR - FMO". www.fmo.nl. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
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