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 »

Event Name: Transparent Pricing Initiative in Malawi

Event Date: August 31, 2010 Continue Reading »

Event Name: V Central American Microfinance Conference ‘Crisis: Lessons Learned and New Strategies’ Continue Reading »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Event Name: MicroInsurance Congress 2010, Strategies to Launch & Sustain a Commercially Viable, Low Margin/High Volume, Socially Responsible Product Continue Reading »

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 »

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 »

Event Name: CGAP and Grameen Foundation Virtual Conference: Getting Past the Technology Hurdles at MFIs Continue Reading »

Event Name: Take Action! Impact Investing Conference Continue Reading »

Event Name: The 2010 Asia Microfinance Forum

Event Date: October 12 – October 15, 2010

Event Location: Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka Continue Reading »

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 »

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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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 »

Event Name: C5’s Fourth Annual Microfinance Investment Summit Continue Reading »

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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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 »