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Partner description:

Summit Vision Microfinance Services Ltd (SVMF) is a licensed microfinance institution founded in 2010 with the main mission of providing microfinance services to individuals,MSMEs and small holder farmers in Ghana. Summit Vision MF uses both group-based and individual lending methodologies with a diversified range of products designed to penetrate the Ghanaian open markets and the rural agricultural sectors. Access to these loans enables underserved communities to grow their businesses and improve agricultural productivity and overall quality of life.


A unique lending approach:

Summit Vision Microfinance uses Kiva funding to provide agricultural input loans to smallholder farmers. The loans are for the purchase of farm inputs and the loans are disbursed in kind to a certified input dealer. The funding will enable small-scale farmers to improve their access to high-quality inputs and increase their productivity which in turn generates more income.


Repayment Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Start Date On Kiva Aug 21, 2023 Oct 12, 2005
Total Loans $213,700 $2,046,857,240
Amount of raised Inactive loans $0 $329,125
Number of raised Inactive loans 0 224
Amount of Paying Back Loans $80,325 $154,628,025
Number of Paying Back Loans 43 186,271
Amount of Ended Loans $133,375 $1,851,013,910
Number of Ended Loans 79 2,491,542
Delinquency Rate 31.81% 12.11%
Amount in Arrears $25,550 $11,277,316
Outstanding Portfolio $73,181 $93,149,537
Number of Loans Delinquent 15 54,545
Default Rate 0.00% 1.82%
Amount of Ended Loans Defaulted $0 $33,742,451
Number of Ended Loans Defaulted 0 88,997
Currency Exchange Loss Rate 11.50% 0.47%
Amount of Currency Exchange Loss $24,580 $12,725,634
Refund Rate 0.00% 0.53%
Amount of Refunded Loans $0 $10,938,345
Number of Refunded Loans 0 9,670

Loan Characteristics On Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Loans to Women Borrowers 80.47% 78.48%
Average Loan Size $879 $393
Average Individual Loan Size $1,065 $586
Average Group Loan Size $3,392 $1,910
Average number of borrowers per group 4.4 8.3
Average GDP per capita (PPP) in local country $3,500 $5,593
Average Loan Size / GDP per capita (PPP) 25.13% 7.02%
Average Time to Fund a Loan 17.54 days 9.12 days
Average Dollars Raised Per Day Per Loan $50.15 $43.09
  Average Loan Term 7.69 months 11.5 months

Journaling Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Total Journals 0 1,221,186
  Journaling Rate 0.00% 41.91%
  Average Number of Comments Per Journal 0.00 0.02
  Average Number of Recommendations Per Journal 0.00 0.55

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 N/A 26.44% PY
  Profitability (return on assets) 0.34% N/A -1.28%
  Average Loan Size (% of per capita income) N/A N/A 0.00%

Country Fast Facts

Lending Partner Staff

Godfred Adu Gyamfi
Frank Osei Boadu