The lack of financial services tailored to the needs of the most vulnerable populations, gave birth to microfinance. The latter made his first steps in Bangladesh. Through, the Grameenk Bank founded by Muhammad Yunus. This innovative concept at the time, had the ambition to provide small loans to villagers organized a volunteer group. The major innovation that allowed him to remove the guarantee and develop rapidly is: the principle of joint responsibility. Evolution In Africa, microfinance is growing rapidly. But only 7% of funds raised with 3.6 billion Euros and 5% of borrowers in 2010 according to figures from Mix Market .For the simple reason that it was first developed in Asia and in Latin America. In urban or densely populated rural areas. This form of financing with fixed costs, business volumes have to be high to achieve a balance prior profitability. But, African cities remain smaller than the Latin American metropolises or Asians. As for campaigns, they are not
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