OXUS is a global group of microfinance institutions created in 2005 at the initiative of ACTED, a leading French international NGO. OXUS currently runs 3 affiliated MFIs in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. OXUS Development Network (ODN), the services company set up by OXUS, runs the group and provides technical assistance and investment services to the OXUS MFIs and OXUS Holding. ODN is based in Paris, France. Created in 2007 as a financial holding company, OXUS Holding holds the equity shares of OXUS institutions and receives the funds raised for the group.