Mission:
To supply financial services, notably microcredit in the most marginalized rural and semi-urban areas, to people who have difficulty accessing traditional bank services so that they may improve their quality of life.

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Background and Main Challenges: 
Created in 1990 by unemployed university graduates to assist urban communities, the institution began microfinance activities in 1995 with help from the project 'Community Banks' led by CRS-Benin. The Community Banks project consisted of supporting women in rural areas with credit and savings, ... Read more
Address: 
BP: 47
COME
MONO
Benin
Phone: 
(229) 43 00 13 / 43 03 99
Fax: 
(229) 43 03 99
Email: 
ceridaa [at] leland [dot] bj
Main Funding Sources: 
Grants
Loans
Shareholder Capital
Products and Services: 
Loans
Training and Consulting
Services Provided: 
Health
Education
Other
Looking for (Investment Types): 
Loans in Local Currency
Donations
Guarantees
Capacity Building Grants
% Operations Comprised by MF: 
81 - 90
Date established: 
Jan 1 1990
FYE: 
31-Dec
Regulated: 
yes

Partnerships

Current
Name Relationship
ALAFIA Network Affiliation

At a glance

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Contacts

  • Elie AZANKPAN
    Contrôleur Interne
    ceridaacome [at] yahoo [dot] fr
    (229) 43 00 13 / 43 03 99
  • Kohouvi Félix DANSOU
    Program Director - Coordonnateur Microfinance
    ceridaa [at] leland [dot] bj
    (229) 22 43 00 13
  • René TCHIBENOU
    Directeur Exécutif
    ceridaacome [at] yahoo [dot] fr
    (229) 22 43 00 13