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African farmer using a tablet to manage the harvest. Copyright: GettyImages
16 August 2022

Digital solutions for smallholder farmers  

Digital solutions such as mobile money, e-commerce, weather alerts and index-based insurance have transformed the way smallholder farmers run their businesses.

21 July 2022 Projects

ADA to consider the effects of climate change for all activities

Under ADA’s strategic plan 2022-2025, climate change, gender issues and the use of digital technologies will be taken into account in all projects and programmes as overarching targets. 
SSNUP annual report
18 July 2022

SSNUP annual report 2021 published

ADA has published the annual report 2021 for the SSNUP programme. In 2021, the programme approved 14 projects supporting 30 SMEs, farmer cooperatives, microfinance institutions and insurance companies in 15 developing countries.

18 July 2022

Midi de la Microfinance explores ways of making insurance industry more sustainable and inclusive

Luxembourgish insurance sector explores ways of strengthening the social aspects of their ESG commitments with international inclusive insurance experts.
14 July 2022 News

Lessons learnt in 2021 map way forward

In addition to providing an overview of our activities in 2021, ADA’s annual report contains information on the projects which were implemented under our last strategic plan which ran from 2018 to 2021.
14 July 2022

The performance of a Microfinance Institution (MFI) in Malawi improves thanks to the optimisation of the use of its information and management system

ADA has assisted the MFI in its needs analysis, leading to a certain number of processes such as credit approval being transformed with the new configuration of the Musoni platform.
12 July 2022 Projects

A review of our inclusive finance activities over the past four years

2021 marked the fourth and final year of ADA’s strategic plan which had been initiated in 2018. Throughout this period, ADA supported microfinance institutions (MFIs) in providing financial services (mainly agricultural loans and insurance products) to their target populations.
04 July 2022

Visit to Niger by a delegation from Luxembourg

In June, Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and the Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs Franz Fayot visited Niger to meet the authorities there to discuss access to basic services and financing for women, young people and agricultural sector stakeholders.
28 June 2022 News

ADA’s strategic priorities from 2022 until 2025

ADA (Appui au développement autonome) is a Luxembourgish non-governmental organisation that strengthens the autonomy of vulnerable people by leveraging inclusive finance to improve their living conditions.
27 June 2022

Registration open for the Certificate in Law and Regulation of Inclusive Finance 2023

The Certificate in Inclusive Finance Law and Regulation will take place at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg, from 16 to 26 January 2023. Apply before 1 October.