Grameen Koota - Bangalore, India

Grameen Koota played a pioneering role in the Mifos Initiative as the first Mifos implementation.  Grameen Koota has been running Mifos fully in production since October 2007.  Since deploying Mifos, Grameen Koota has continued rapid growth and expansion - officially becoming a Non-Banking Financial Corporation (NBFC) as of March 2008 and opening up eight new branches to reach fifty-two in total. 

Project Champion: Suresh K. Krishna
Project Manager: Nagananda Kumar
Mifos Specialists: MFTech and IBM
Number of clients: >125,000 clients
Number of branches: 52
Status: All branches live, readying for upgrade to v1.1.

Jitegemea Credit Scheme - Nairobi, Kenya

Jitegemea Credit Scheme is an MFI working in the semi-urban districts of Nairobi. As they look to expand their services to the rural districts, they needed a system that gave them the security and flexibility to support their growth. Jitegemea began the deployment preparations in January 2007 and are now running Mifos in production.

Project Champion: Francis Kihiko
Project Manager: Khadija Shamte
Mifos Specialist: Adept Systems
Number of clients: >4,000
Number of branches: 1
Status: In production, readying for upgrade to v1.1.

ENDA - Tunis, Tunisia

ENDA is an MFI based in Tunis, Tunisia. Founded in 1990 and providing microfinance services since 1995, ENDA is Tunisia’s pioneer and leading MFI, serving women and the urban poor. Currently serving over 45,000 clients, ENDA’s goal is to serve 100,000 families by 2009. ENDA is moving to Mifos to support their growth and address their need for faster and more accurate information.

Project Champion: Essma Ben Hamida
Project Manager: Lassad Ben Hadj
Mifos Specialist: Mifos Consulting
Number of clients: >68,000
Number of branches: 32
Status: Completing customizations. First branch to go live in Q4 2008.

SECDEP (St. Elizabeth Community Development Program) - Iloilo, Philippines

SECDEP is an NGO following the Grameen Methodology providing financial services to poor women across the Western Visayas region of the Philippines.  Originating as a food program in the early 1970s, it has evolved to provide both enterprise development and health-related education for poor women in the rural communities.  Located in the province of Iloilo on the island of Panay, SECDEP is currently serving over 7,000 members across 5 branches with the primary objective being to help members become self-reliant economically, socially, and spiritually.  SECDEP will be leveraging Mifos to automate their operations and smoothly transition from a manual Excel-based MIS. 

Project Champion: Luz Coronado
Project Manager: Garry Blanco
Mifos Specialist: IDEA
Number of clients: 7,000
Number of branches: 5
Status: Deployment commencement: May 1, 2008 | Target completion date: February 13, 2009