{"id":56569,"date":"2025-12-17T17:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/duterimbere-imf-plc-loan-portfolio-grows-to-frw-21-billion\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:31:18","slug":"duterimbere-imf-plc-loan-portfolio-grows-to-frw-21-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/duterimbere-imf-plc-loan-portfolio-grows-to-frw-21-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterimbere IMF Plc loan portfolio grows to Frw 21 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The institution\u2019s leadership disclosed this on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, during a meeting with EADB and its development partners.<\/p>\n<p>Alphonse M. Ngabonziza, CEO of Duterimbere IMF Plc, said EADB\u2019s backing has enabled the institution to expand financial services for small and large businesses, as well as households across Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2023, Duterimbere received a Frw 3.5 billion loan from EADB, which strengthened our capacity to finance projects in agriculture, livestock, trade, and service sectors,\u201d Ngabonziza said.<\/p>\n<p>The support allowed Duterimbere to provide loans to 344 clients, positively impacting more than 1,032 people and creating 1,321 new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Ngabonziza also highlighted the institution\u2019s commitment to gender equality, noting that 93% of beneficiaries were women. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis support has empowered youth, women, and small traders, helping them grow their businesses and improve livelihoods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Duterimbere IMF Plc plans to continue its partnership with EADB and remains committed to opening new opportunities for clients to drive Rwanda\u2019s economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Margarita Uwantege, a long-time client of Duterimbere, shared how the institution helped her grow her business. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started with small savings in 2000, buying a chicken to begin farming. In 2007, I received a Frw 50,000 loan from Duterimbere, which I topped up with my own savings to purchase cows. Today, I trade car and motorcycle parts and have been able to pay for my five children\u2019s university education,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Duterimbere IMF Plc, a community development microfinance institution, began its partnership with EADB in 2023. With 19 branches across Rwanda, it continues to play a key role in supporting inclusive financial growth in the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-99336 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dutembere_new.jpg\" alt=\"Alphonse M. Ngabonziza, Chief Executive Officer of Duterimbere IMF Plc, said support from the East African Development Bank (EADB) has strengthened the institution\u2019s ability to support small and large enterprises, as well as households across Rwanda.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-99340 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-3620-074de.jpg\" alt=\"Ngabonziza also highlighted the institution\u2019s commitment to gender equality, noting that 93% of beneficiaries were women.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-99339 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-3295-5b1d4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-99338 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dutembere.jpg\" alt=\"Margarita Uwantege, a long-time client of Duterimbere, shared how the institution helped her grow her business. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-99337 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dutembere_4.jpg\" alt=\"The meeting brought together EADB and its partners, including Duterimbere IMF Plc.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duterimbere IMF Plc has reported a significant increase in its loan portfolio, reaching Frw 21 billion in 2024, up from Frw 11 billion in 2023, thanks to support from the East African Development Bank (EADB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000099342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-62","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000099342,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dutembere_logo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dutembere_logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dutembere_logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dutembere_logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dutembere_logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dutembere_logo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000099342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56569"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56569"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}