Vitas Group Member

Vitas Group is a for-profit holding company that operates a network of financial services companies, predominantly in the Middle East. We are a unique group of companies with more than twenty years of proven track record of successfully lending to micro, small, and medium enterprises and the only such investment vehicle for impact investors in the region. Since 2004, Vitas companies have disbursed more than $3 billion to over 1 million customers with an annual default rate below two percent. Vitas Group was founded by Global Communities, a global development non-profit organization, and shares its mission of improving the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable people. Vitas operates in Jordan, Lebanon, Romania, Palestine, and Iraq, with its first franchisee company in Egypt that launched in early 2019. We pride ourselves on investing in local professional leadership teams who have deep sectoral expertise, rich knowledge of the market, and over 15 years’ experience with Global Communities and Vitas. Their dedication and passion sets the example for our nearly 1,500 local staff around the world, who are on the ground every day showing what it means to finance a better world.