MICROFINANCE EVENT: Financial Inclusion Advocacy Centre, GHAMFIN Present International Investors Conference for Microfinance Institutions in the West-African Sub-region, NEW DATES September 6 – 8, 2016, Accra, Ghana

Event Name: International Investors Conference for Microfinance Institutions in the West-African Sub-region

Event Dates: September 6 – September 8, 2016 – NEW DATES

Event Location: Accra, Ghana

Summary of event: This conference will provide the opportunity for microfinance and “social” investors to meet savings and loans banks, rural banks, microfinance institutions, apex bodies and policymakers operating in the African sub-region.

Cost: USD 500 per delegate, no cost for fund managers. Deadline for registration is July 8, 2016

Background on organizers

Financial Inclusion Advocacy Centre (UK)
The Financial Inclusion Advocacy Centre (FIAC) is an international microfinance think tank whose focus is to build the strength and outreach of the microfinance industry. FIAC has three activities: ratings and appraisals microfinance investment vehicles (MFIs), technical assistance, and research and innovations for MFIs typically in sub-Saharan Africa. Founded in early 2015 by microfinance experts, it currently specialises in Ghana and other parts of Africa. Its head office is in Kent, United Kingdom, with one other branch office in Accra, Ghana. FIAC currently has 25 staff who are assisted by three expatriate microfinance experts from Europe and America that provide technical input, strategic planning, operations, public relations and finance support. No financial information has been reported for FIAC.

Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN)
GHAMFIN was founded in 1988 and consists of approximately 80 regulated and non-regulated microfinance institutions. GHAMFIN’s mission is to “coordinate and support the activities of microfinance institutions with a view to promoting the development of an efficient and sustainable microfinance industry in Ghana”. No financial information is available.

Event website: http://www.microfinancegateway.org/sites/default/files/event_files/investors_conference_2016_1.pdf

For additional information, you may email godfrey[at]financialinclusionadvocacy.org or telephone +44 (0)1474 330 730.

By Imke Herholdt, Research Associate

Additional Sources and Resources
[1] http://www.microfinancegateway.org/sites/default/files/event_files/investors_conference_2016_1.pdf
[2]  Financial Inclusion Advocacy Centre (UK)
[3] Ghana Micro-finance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN)
[4] MicroCapital Microfinance Universe Profile: Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN)
[5] Direct contact with Financial Inclusion Advocacy Centre

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