Arnur Credit mainly serves farmers and household plot owners and entrepreneurs in southern Kazakhstan. The majority of its borrowers live in rural areas and make a living from agriculture. The institution has flexible products tailored to the needs of those populations and a wide network of offices to cover far away villages where employment opportunities are limited. MCE was one of the first MIVs to lend to the institution in 2010.

Founded in 2010, Azahar is a Colombian coffee sourcing and exporting company, working with over 5,000 small scale farmers in Colombia’s post-conflict areas. Over 40% of senior management staff are women, and 52% of the coffee farmers are women.

EcoZoom East Africa is a social enterprise in Kenya that designs, manufactures, and distributes fuel efficient cookstoves and solar powered lighting solutions. Since inception in 2011, EcoZoom as an organization has sold over 83,000 cookstoves in 14 countries.

Ehtirom Plus is a financial service provider (FSP) in Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan. The FSP was founded in 2007 to accelerate financial inclusion in rural areas of the Fergana Valley. Ehtirom serves over 4,000 borrowers, with an average loan size of only $1,100, and MCE was one of the first international investors.

Elet Capital, an MFI based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, focuses on serving low-income rural entrepreneurs with formal financial services that would otherwise be unavailable.

FINCA Kosovo seeks to be the leading provider of microfinance services throughout Kosovo with a strong focus on low-income clients and micro-entrepreneurs. FINCA Kosovo is a part of the FINCA International microfinance network.

MAXIMA Microfinance is a microfinance institution that offers microfinance services to rural and low-income borrowers in Cambodia. MAXIMA reaches over 9,000 borrowers, of which 80% are female and 83% live outside the capital city region.