Fruitful Cooperation in Yemen Grows

During their meeting in January 2013, the mem­bers of Yemen Microfinance Network (YMN) indicated their need to be trained in agri-business and rural finance as they see much potential to expand outside the urban cities.

This was the opportunity where YMN and SPARK Ye­men started a (3 Phase) cooperation since one of the objectives of the Agri-Business Creation (ABC) Programme in Yemen is to build the capacity of MFIs to enable them to offer new products for youth in the area of agri-business.

During the coaching an Arabic speaking trainer with wide experience in agri-business and rural finance, especially in Islamic countries,  provided an orientation workshop on 23/24 April 2013, targeting mainly the members of YMN, in addition to representatives from donor’s fund­ed programmes in Yemen that has microfinance component…read more