Tunisia: More Than 804,800 Tunisians Have Obtained a Loan From Microfinance Institutions

Tunis, August 17 — Indicators and available data confirm that the microfinance sector in Tunisia has gained significant ground among a large segment of Tunisians, given the difficulty of accessing bank loans, especially consumer loans. Evidence of this is that more than 804,000 Tunisians have obtained a loan from these institutions.

In the first three months of this year, microfinance institutions granted 113,583 loans. Resorting to this type of financing has become a compensatory mechanism to…