MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: African Microfinance Transparency Forum (AMT) Calls for Applications to Host Organization as it Relocates from Luxembourg

African Microfinance Transparency Forum (AMT), a Luxembourg-based nonprofit that seeks to promote transparency and efficiency among African microfinance institutions (MFIs), is set to relocate its operations to the African continent in 2011. AMT is inviting organizations based in Africa to apply to host and manage the AMT Secretariat.

The Call for Tender is available for download at: http://www.amt-forum.org/en/home.html. Applications are due June 10, 2011.

By: Alexandra Pattee, Research Associate

About African Microfinance Transparency Forum (AMT): African Microfinance Transparency Forum (AMT) is a Luxembourg-based nonprofit that seeks to promote transparency and efficiency among African microfinance institutions (MFIs). AMT was founded as a pilot program in 2000 by ADA asbl, a Luxembourg-based nonprofit, with the aim of engaging nine MFIs and four rating agencies in testing the methods to conduct performance evaluations of African MFIs. Based on the results of the pilot program, the “African MFI Performance Evaluation Forum” was set up in 2003 as a discussion platform for MFIs and rating agencies active in Africa. The forum has since formally institutionalized into the African Microfinance Transparency Forum (AMT) and was registered as a legal entity in South Africa in 2008.

Sources and Resources:

[1] African Microfinance Transparency Forum (AMT), “Call for Tender!”, http://www.amt-forum.org/en/home.html

Microfinance Event, October 8, 2010, “African Microfinance Transparency (AMT) 2010 Investors Fair in Douala, Cameroon, November 18 and 19”, https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-event-african-microfinance-transparency-amt-2010-investors-fair-in-douala-cameroon-november-18-and-19/

MicroCapital Universe Profile: African Microfinance Transparency Forum (AMT), https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=African+Microfinance+Transparency+Forum+%28AMT%29

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