State of Housing Microfinance in Africa
This paper investigates the progress being made by housing microfinance (HMF) on the continent. The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance (CAHF) together with its partners
This paper investigates the progress being made by housing microfinance (HMF) on the continent. The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance (CAHF) together with its partners
The 2023 country profile for Ethiopia (as contained in the 2023 Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook) is also available as a separate pdf document.
FinMark Trust recently hosted a session in Zambia to promote the growth of effective microfinance markets. As part of that, CAHF gave a presentation on
A recent presentation by Lafarge at a housing microfinance academy they organised together the International Finance Cooperation (IFC) in Nairobi, emphasized a critical ingredient to
Micro-mortgages are defined as “housing loans of long duration (generally ten years or more) that exhibit all characteristics of traditional mortgage loans (long repayment period,
Housing microfinance (HMF) has its origins in microfinance lending. One important aspect of microfinance lending that HMF utilises is group lending. A group of individuals,
As proponents of affordable housing finance and housing microfinance (HMF), we often feel that it does not get sufficient attention in financial inclusion discourse. This
As CAHF looks forward to its next ten years, we reflect on a decade of impact and contemplate a future for affordable housing in Africa. Please join us in the effort of making working residential property markets in Africa!
