MICROFINANCE EVENT: The African Microfinance Transparency to Host 5th Annual Investor’s Fair, Tunisia, October 11-12, 2012

Event name: Fifth Annual Investor’s Fair

Event date: October 11-12, 2012

Event location: Ramada Plaza Hotel, Tunis, Tunisia

Cost:                                                                                 

Members of African Microfinance Transparency (AMT): EUR 150 (USD 194) for the first person from an organization and EUR 100 (USD 129) for any additional person from the same organization.  

Non-member microfinance institutions (MFIs): EUR 200 (USD 259) for first person from an organization and EUR 150 (USD 194) per extra person from the same organization.

Investors and other organizations: EUR 500 (USD 647) for one person and EUR 200 (USD 259) for each additional person.

AMT members are also invited to a training on “How to implement successful Financing Tools and Strategies for MFIs” at a cost of EUR 150 (USD 194) for the first person from an organization and EUR 120 (USD 155) for the second attendee from the same organization (maximum of 2 people per organization). 

Summary of Event: This event is intended to allow representatives of African microfinance institutions (MFIs) to network with potential investors. This year, unrated MFIs are allowed to attend the conference if willing to participate in an “Awareness Raising Workshop”. During the conference, investors and MFI representatives will have the opportunity to interact through 25-minute “speed-dating sessions,” and workshops covering microinsurance products, risk management, growth management and financial performance. Event sessions will also stress the importance of financial transparency among investors and MFIs.

Background on Organizer: AMT was founded as a pilot program in 2000 by Appui au Developpement Autonome (ADA), a Luxembourg-based nonprofit, with the aim of engaging a group of nine microfinance institutions (MFIs) and four rating agencies in testing methods for conducting 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. AMT aims to promote the importance of providing transparent and standardized financial information for MFI rating purposes for its 58 members.  

Event Website: http://www.amt-forum.org/en/the-2012-investors-fair.html

For additional information, email at info[at]amt-forum.org or call +352 45 68 68 1

By Sarah Benali, Research Associate

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Sources and Additional Resources

[1] African Microfinance Transparency: 5th annual Investor’s Fair http://www.amt-forum.org/en/the-2012-investors-fair.html

MicroCapital.org Story, September 14, 2011: “MICROFINANCE EVENT: African Microfinance Transparency (AMT) 2011 Investor’s Fair in Accra, Ghana, October 13-14”,                            https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-african-microfinance-transparency-amt-2011-investor%E2%80%99s-fair-in-accra-ghana-october-13-%E2%80%93-14-2/

MicroCapital.org Story, September 18, 2012: “MICROFINANCE BRIEF: responsibility Invests $5m in Chase Bank Kenya, $1.25m in KWFT of Kenya, $1.2m in FINCA Microfinance Holdings of USA”, https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-responsability-invests-5m-in-chase-bank-kenya-1-25m-in-kwft-of-kenya-1-2m-in-finca-microfinance-holdings-of-usa/ 

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

MicroCapital Universe Profile: Appui au Developpement Autonome (ADA)https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Appui+au+D%C3%A9veloppement+Autonome+%28ADA%29

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