{"id":1137,"date":"2018-02-07T15:17:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prisme-proparco.fr\/news\/access-bank\/"},"modified":"2018-11-22T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T13:53:03","slug":"access-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afd-chooseafrica-qa.cegedim.cloud\/en\/news\/access-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Proparco has granted a US$ 25 million loan to Access Bank the Nigerian agri-food sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<strong>Access Bank, a major player in the Nigerian banking sector, has just received a US$100m loan from the Dutch development bank, FMO. Proparco has contributed US$25m of this amount. This credit facility will enable Access Bank to finance agricultural businesses and boost a key sector in Nigeria\u2019s economic and social development.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAgriculture continues to be the economic backbone of a majority of Nigerians, employing over half of the country\u2019s active population.\r\n<h3>Enable\u00a0Access Bank to offer agricultural businesses long-term funding<\/h3>\r\nHowever, investment is being held back by a shortage of credit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Proparco\u2019s funding will enable\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/afd-chooseafrica-qa.cegedim.cloud\/en\/projects\/access-bank-un-pret-pour-encourager-le-financement-dentreprises-agro-alimentaires-au-nigeria\/\">Access Bank<\/a>\u00a0to offer agricultural businesses long-term funding \u2013 a scarce commodity on the Nigerian market. The aim is to provide financing for stakeholders throughout the production chain, i.e. from planting to primary processing.\r\n\r\nBy boosting funding to agri-food businesses, this operation will help to modernise the sector and create direct jobs (Access Bank currently employs over 3,000 people, 44% of whom are women) and indirect jobs by partnering with local employers.\r\n<h3>Nigeria\u2019s fourth-largest bank<\/h3>\r\nAccess Bank is Nigeria\u2019s fourth-largest bank and one of Africa\u2019s top 20 banks; it has a network of over 300 domestic branches and seven foreign subsidiaries. In the agri-food sector, it partners with SMEs, cooperatives and big business, with a special focus on plantations and primary processing industries.\r\n\r\nThis is the second time Proparco has supported Access Bank : in 2012, Proparco granted a US$15m credit line to finance SMEs in countries where Access Bank PLC does business.\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-240 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/afd-chooseafrica-qa.cegedim.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Signature-Nigeria-Access-Bank\u00a9FMO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1379\" height=\"920\" \/>\r\n\r\nSignature, Nigeria, Access Bank &amp; Proparco 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