{"id":5671,"date":"2026-01-29T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/29\/eu-launches-second-phase-mala-financial-program-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:00:46","slug":"eu-launches-second-phase-mala-financial-program-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/29\/eu-launches-second-phase-mala-financial-program-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Launches Second Phase of &#8216;Mala&#8217; Financial Program to Boost Microfinance in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union, in collaboration with the Afghanistan Capital Growth Fund (ACGF), has launched the second phase of the &#8216;Mala&#8217; financial program, allocating 15 million euros to improve access to financial resources and strengthen the microfinance system.<\/p>\n<p>According to released information, this phase is designed with a focus on strengthening the microfinance sector to enable small and medium-sized enterprises, especially women-led companies and agriculture-related activities, to access the capital needed to expand their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union emphasized that sustainable access to financial services plays a key role in local economic growth and job creation, and enhancing microfinance can help reduce the existing barriers faced by these enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Mala&#8217; program is among initiatives aimed at promoting financial inclusion and facilitating the growth of small economic activities across various regions of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU and Afghanistan Capital Growth Fund launch the second phase of &#8216;Mala&#8217; with \u20ac15M to enhance microfinance and support small businesses in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}