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Partner Description:

Clecam Ejoheza Plc was founded as a cooperative in 2007 by rural farmers based in southern part of Rwanda. They have since transformed into a privately owned microfinance while still maintaining the spirit of member participation. The organization provides financial and non-financial services to it's members who largely operate across various agricultural value chains.


A unique lending approach:

Kiva loans will be used to scale up their lending in the agriculture sector through the group and individual lending model. This will further advance their rural financial inclusion goals with a special focus on women and youth.




Repayment Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Start Date On Kiva Oct 2, 2024 Oct 12, 2005
Total Loans $145,685 $2,239,166,535
Amount of raised Inactive loans $0 $580,425
Number of raised Inactive loans 0 138
Amount of Paying Back Loans $139,085 $154,540,530
Number of Paying Back Loans 164 179,707
Amount of Ended Loans $6,600 $2,084,045,580
Number of Ended Loans 9 2,743,369
Delinquency Rate 0.00% 9.56%
Amount in Arrears $0 $9,038,675
Outstanding Portfolio $81,893 $94,572,011
Number of Loans Delinquent 0 38,239
Default Rate 0.00% 1.78%
Amount of Ended Loans Defaulted $0 $37,137,745
Number of Ended Loans Defaulted 0 97,699
Currency Exchange Loss Rate 0.62% 0.38%
Amount of Currency Exchange Loss $908 $13,858,921
Refund Rate 0.00% 0.52%
Amount of Refunded Loans $0 $11,588,415
Number of Refunded Loans 0 9,987

Loan Characteristics On Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Loans to Women Borrowers 46.02% 78.99%
Average Loan Size $842 $409
Average Individual Loan Size $842 $604
Average Group Loan Size $0 $1,975
Average number of borrowers per group 0 8.4
Average GDP per capita (PPP) in local country $1,043 $4,376
Average Loan Size / GDP per capita (PPP) 80.74% 9.34%
Average Time to Fund a Loan 11.2 days 9.21 days
Average Dollars Raised Per Day Per Loan $75.16 $44.41
  Average Loan Term 21.09 months 11.52 months

Journaling Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Total Journals 0 1,319,263
  Journaling Rate 0.00% 41.65%
  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 31.00% PY 28.97% PY
  Profitability (return on assets) 7.65% -3.2% -1.29%
  Average Loan Size (% of per capita income) N/A 81.00% 0.00%

Country Fast Facts

Lending Partner Staff

Merchias DUSABUMUREMYI
Ignace HAVUGIYAREMYE
Dative MUSHIMIYIMANA
Josephine NIKUZE
Diane NIYIGENA