Draft:Advans
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{{Short description|Microfinance group}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Advans
| logo = Advans_Logo.png
| type = Venture Capital Investment Company (SICAR)
| industry = Microfinance
| founded = 2005
| founder = Claude Falgon
| hq_location_country = Luxembourg
| area_served = Africa, Asia
| products = Loans, Savings, Financial Services
| num_employees = ~3,300 (2024)
| subsid = Advans Cameroun, Advans Ghana, Advans Côte d'Ivoire, etc.
| website = [https://advansinternational.com/ advansinternational.com]
}}
Advans is an international microfinance group based in Luxembourg and founded in 2005.
The group was created by Horus Development Finance, a consultancy firm specializing in financial inclusion, with the goal of expanding access to credit and savings services for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in contexts where access to banking services is limited.{{Cite journal |last=Brown & Falgon |year=2015 |title=" Un exemple de réseau international intégré de microfinance : le groupe Advans. " |url=https://shs.cairn.info/revue-techniques-financieres-et-developpement-2015-2-page-43?lang=fr |journal=Techniques Financières et Développement |language=FR |edition=Techniques Financières et Développement |volume=119 |issue=2 |pages=43–47 |doi=10.3917/tfd.119.0043}}
Advans began its presence in Africa with the creation of subsidiaries such as Advans Tunisie and Advans Nigeria, after acquiring the necessary authorizations in these countries.{{Cite web |title=Advans démarre ses activités en Tunisie - Jeune Afrique.com |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/226567/economie-entreprises/advans-d-marre-ses-activit-s-en-tunisie/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |title=Advans s'implante au Nigeria - Jeune Afrique.com |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/27158/economie-entreprises/advans-s-implante-au-nigeria/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}} Its development has been studied in academic publications, which place it within a more general trend of transforming microfinance institutions into regulated structures, combining public and private funding.{{Cite journal |last=Estelle Darie-Rousseaux et Katherine Brown |year=2016 |title=Développement d'une gamme de services financiers diversifiés pour les producteurs de cacao en Côte d'Ivoire et dans d'autres contextes agricoles. |url=https://shs.cairn.info/revue-techniques-financieres-et-developpement-2016-3-page-67?lang=fr |journal=Techniques Financières et Développement |language=FR |edition=Techniques Financières et Développement, n° 124(3) |volume=124 |issue=3 |pages=67–79 |doi=10.3917/tfd.124.0067}}
Advans has also received funding from development players, such as the Dutch bank FMO, which has supported several of the group's projects as part of its financial inclusion initiatives.{{Cite web |title=Project detail - ADVANS S.A. SICAR - FMO |url=https://www.fmo.nl/project-detail/59081 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=www.fmo.nl}}