With sponsorship from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a government agency that provides international economic and humanitarian assistance, Southern Sudan recently held what was billed as its first microfinance conference. The aim of the conference, which was held in the regional capital of Juba, was to provide a forum for stakeholders to exchange views about the status of microfinance in Southern Sudan and to develop a strategy to improve microfinance in the region. Continue Reading »
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Southern Sudan Holds Microfinance Conference with Sponsorship from United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Transparent Pricing Initiative in Malawi on August 31, 2010, in Blantyre, Malawi, Hosted by Microfinance Transparency
Event Name: Transparent Pricing Initiative in Malawi
Event Date: August 31, 2010 Continue Reading »
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Red Centroamericana de Microfinanzas (REDCAMIF) Hosts the Fifth Central American Microfinance Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica, August 25 to August 27, 2010
Event Name: V Central American Microfinance Conference ‘Crisis: Lessons Learned and New Strategies’ Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microcredit Summit Campaign Issues Call for Institutional Action Plans (IAPs) to be Presented at 2011 Global Microcredit Summit
The Microcredit Summit Campaign, a project initiated in 1997 by the RESULTS Educational Fund, a US-based advocacy organization that aims to alleviate hunger and poverty, is requesting that each of its member institutions submit an Institutional Action Plan (IAP). Continue Reading »
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Beyond Microcredit: A Wholistic Approach to Poverty Eradication, Davao City, Philippines, July 29 to July 30, 2010
Event Name: Beyond Microcredit: A Wholistic Approach to Poverty Eradication
Event Date: July 29 to July 30, 2010
Event Location: Davao City, Philippines, Apo View Hotel
Event Description:
This is the second conference in a three-part series organized by the Microfinance Council of the Philippines (MCPI) that aims to generate dialogue and new ideas on more effective ways to address poverty. The conference, which is organized in partnership with the Mindanao Microfinance Council (MMC) – a network of 32 microfinance institutions (MFIs) from the island of Mindano in the Philippines – will pick up where the first conference left off. Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Social Capital Markets 2010 (SOCAP10): At the Intersection of Money and Meaning on October 4 – October 6, 2010 in San Francisco, California, USA
Event Name: Social Capital Markets 2010 (SOCAP10): At the Intersection of Money and Meaning
Event Date: October 4 – October 6, 2010
Event Location: Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, California, USA Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: MicroInsurance Congress 2010, London, UK, October 12-14, 2010
Event Name: MicroInsurance Congress 2010, Strategies to Launch & Sustain a Commercially Viable, Low Margin/High Volume, Socially Responsible Product Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) Annual Meeting Attended by 200 Microfinance Specialists from 50 Countries
The Social Performance Task Force (SPTF), a “global forum of microfinance experts,” held its annual meeting in Bern, Switzerland, from June 29 to July 3, 2010. Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) Extending Application Deadline for $122,000 European Microfinance Award
The European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), a microfinance network comprised of approximately 120 organizations and individuals, has extended the deadline for applying to its European Microfinance Award 2010 event that MicroCapital announced on June 16, 2010, from July 15, 2010 to September 1, 2010.
The award, which includes a premium of EUR 100,000 (USD 122,000) will be presented by the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 30, 2010, during the European Microfinance Week. Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) and Grameen Foundation Virtual Conference: Getting Past the Technology Hurdles at Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)
Event Name: CGAP and Grameen Foundation Virtual Conference: Getting Past the Technology Hurdles at MFIs Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Take Action! Impact Investing Conference, Boston, USA, September 15-17, 2010 and San Francisco, USA, March 14-16, 2011
Event Name: Take Action! Impact Investing Conference Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: The 2010 Asia Microfinance Forum in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from October 12 – October 15, 2010
Event Name: The 2010 Asia Microfinance Forum
Event Date: October 12 – October 15, 2010
Event Location: Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Triple Bottom Line Investments (TBLI) Conference Europe 2010 on November 11-12, 2010, in London
Event Name: Triple Bottom Line Investments (TBLI) Conference Europe 2010
Event Date: November 11- November 12, 2010
Event Location: Grange St. Paul’s Hotel, London, United Kingdom Continue Reading »
MICROFINANCE EVENT: XIII FOROMIC 2010: Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise, October 6 to 8, 2010, Montevideo, Uruguay, Sponsored by the Multilateral Investment Fund, Organized by the Inter-American Development Bank
Event Name: XIII FOROMIC 2010: Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise
Event Date: October 6 to 8, 2010
Event Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
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MICROCAPITAL EVENT: MFTransparency’s “Kenya Data Launch Webinar” on June 29, 2010
Event Name: Microfinance Transparency’s Kenya Data Launch Webinar
Event Date: June 29, 2010 at 10:00am–11:30am EDT (5:00pm–6:30pm Nairobi, 4:00pm–5:30pm CEST, 7:30pm–9:00pm Delhi).
Event Location: The internet Continue Reading »
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Global Microfinance Investment Summit to be hosted by C5 in London, UK, October 6-7, 2010
Event Name: C5’s Fourth Annual Microfinance Investment Summit Continue Reading »
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: International Association of Money Transfer Network (IAMTN) Hosts Second Money Transfers Conference in Singapore September 21, 2010
Event Name: International Association of Money Transfer Networks (IAMTN) Second Money Transfers Singapore Conference
Event Date: September 21, 2010
Event Location: Mandarin Oriental Singapore Hotel, Singapore
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MICROCAPITAL EVENT: 2010 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest is Open for Entries
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) announces that its 2010 microfinance photography contest is open for entries. This year’s contest focus is how microfinance touches the world, and the contest organizers are interested in photographs which reflect how microfinance has impacted the clients it serves or the world. Continue Reading »







