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Partner description:

Summit Vision Microfinance Services Ltd (SVMF) is a licensed microfinance institution founded in 2010 with the main mission of providing microfinance services to individuals,MSMEs and small holder farmers in Ghana. Summit Vision MF uses both group-based and individual lending methodologies with a diversified range of products designed to penetrate the Ghanaian open markets and the rural agricultural sectors. Access to these loans enables underserved communities to grow their businesses and improve agricultural productivity and overall quality of life.


A unique lending approach:

Summit Vision Microfinance uses Kiva funding to provide agricultural input loans to smallholder farmers. The loans are for the purchase of farm inputs and the loans are disbursed in kind to a certified input dealer. The funding will enable small-scale farmers to improve their access to high-quality inputs and increase their productivity which in turn generates more income.


Repayment Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Start Date On Kiva Aug 21, 2023 Oct 12, 2005
Total Loans $325,220 $2,230,609,615
Amount of raised Inactive loans $0 $224,600
Number of raised Inactive loans 0 56
Amount of Paying Back Loans $107,095 $158,308,565
Number of Paying Back Loans 60 184,668
Amount of Ended Loans $218,125 $2,072,076,450
Number of Ended Loans 135 2,727,577
Delinquency Rate 21.25% 11.13%
Amount in Arrears $22,755 $10,973,860
Outstanding Portfolio $97,522 $98,561,018
Number of Loans Delinquent 6 75,521
Default Rate 0.00% 1.80%
Amount of Ended Loans Defaulted $0 $37,194,266
Number of Ended Loans Defaulted 0 97,691
Currency Exchange Loss Rate 3.39% 0.38%
Amount of Currency Exchange Loss $26,659 $13,796,854
Refund Rate 0.00% 0.52%
Amount of Refunded Loans $0 $11,587,485
Number of Refunded Loans 0 9,985

Loan Characteristics On Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Loans to Women Borrowers 76.41% 78.95%
Average Loan Size $935 $409
Average Individual Loan Size $1,124 $604
Average Group Loan Size $3,288 $1,972
Average number of borrowers per group 4.1 8.4
Average GDP per capita (PPP) in local country $3,193 $4,377
Average Loan Size / GDP per capita (PPP) 29.27% 9.33%
Average Time to Fund a Loan 19.88 days 9.21 days
Average Dollars Raised Per Day Per Loan $47.01 $44.36
  Average Loan Term 9.13 months 11.52 months

Journaling Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Total Journals 0 1,315,881
  Journaling Rate 0.00% 41.70%
  Average Number of Comments Per Journal 0.00 0.02
  Average Number of Recommendations Per Journal 0.00 0.51

Borrowing Cost Comparison (based on 2009 data)

    This Lending Partner Median for MFI's in Country All Kiva Partners
  Average Cost to Borrower N/A N/A 28.77% PY
  Profitability (return on assets) -0.76% N/A -1.56%
  Average Loan Size (% of per capita income) N/A N/A 0.00%

Country Fast Facts

Lending Partner Staff

Godfred Adu Gyamfi
Frank Osei Boadu