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MICROFINANCE EVENT: International Investors Forum for Financial Service Providers; March 9-10, 2020; Accra, Ghana; March 12-13, 2020; Lagos, Nigeria

These two events will bring together representatives of microfinance banks, NGOs, insurers and financial technology firms (fintechs) to meet with domestic and international investors. Speakers will include practitioners, researchers and government representatives. The goal is to

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SPECIAL REPORT: European Microfinance Week to Run November 18 – 20, 2020; Including $110k European Microfinance Award for Innovation in Savings; Applications to Open in March

The European Microfinance PlatformEuropean Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) will hold the next European Microfinance Week from November 18 through November 20, 2020, in Luxembourg. The first day of the event will include training opportunities as well as meetings of

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Mondato Summit Africa; Maputo, Mozambique – POSTPONED

Please note that the start of this event was rescheduled from March 31, 2020, to September 23, 2020, and then to a date to be determined in 2021.

The seventh annual Mondato Summit Africa will center on the theme “Beyond Access: Generating Value Through Digital Inclusion.” The organizer chose Mozambique as the venue due to the fast growth of the country’s financial technology sector. Participants will attend

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: FINCA Impact Finance International Women’s Day Panel; March 4, 2020; Washington, DC, USA

Even as worldwide access to financial services expands, women remain underrepresented among elected officeholders. This panel discussion will center on how access to finance can increase the political empowerment of women. The panelists include

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Responsible Investment Forum; March 4 – 5, 2020; New York, New York, USA

The fourth edition of the Responsible Investment Forum again brings together private equity firms and investors to discuss integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their work. The event is intended to increase the awareness and

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Second International Interest-free Banking & Takaful Forum; February 18-20, 2020; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

On February 18, this event includes speakers on investment opportunities and other potential benefits of Islamic finance, which employs mechanisms such as the sharing of both profit and loss

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Sustainable Finance Forum: Eastern Europe, Caucasus & Central Asia; March 11-12, 2020; Kyiv, Ukraine

The goal of the Sustainable Finance Forum is to catalyze investments for “sustainable” development in the region by bringing together banks, microfinance institutions, project sponsors and investors that are committed to creating a

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Sanabel Conference: “Client Centricity: The Road to Greater Financial Inclusion;” POSTPONED; Hurghada, Egypt

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEW DATES HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED. The event had been scheduled for March 10 – 11, 2020.

Themed “Client Centricity: The Road to Greater Financial Inclusion,” the 15th Sanabel conference will showcase the experiences of financial service providers (FSPs) as they strive to focus more on client needs. While the complete agenda has not yet been released, the session tracks include: (1) Human-Centered Design:

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Sankalp Africa Summit; February 27 – 28, 2020; Nairobi, Kenya

The aim for the seventh Sankalp Africa Summit is to “discuss, define, and drive forward the critical levers of entrepreneurial success for the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030 in Africa.” The summit will focus on challenges,

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Africa Trade and Investment Convention; March 26-27, 2021; Amsterdam, the Netherlands – NEW DATES

Previously scheduled to take place in April 2020, this event offers a B2B Matchmaking Forum, country-specific meetings, and sessions on topics such as: financing agriculture, value chains, magnifying the potential of youth and women, “The Role of the Diaspora,”

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance Summit: “Empower Tech Innovations & Mobile Digital Channels”; February 6 – 7, 2020; Rome, Italy

With the theme to “empower tech innovations and mobile digital channels,” this summit will enable participants to explore the impact of insurance technology (insurtech) innovations, “cloud tech-innovations [that] automate…credit scoring and loan application processes” and other efforts toward “improving customer experience in [the] microfinance sector.”

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Asia Financial Institutions Forum (AFIFORUM); January 22 – 23, 2020; Bangkok, Thailand

The second Asia Financial Institutions Forum (AFIFORUM) aims to connect stakeholders in Asia’s financial industry to “catalyze debt raising, equity investments and technical assistance programs” to support “a resilient financial system that combines financial inclusion and private sector growth with sustainable development.”

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Livelihoods India Summit; December 12 – 13, 2019; New Delhi, India

Targeting “issues that impede and afflict the livelihoods of the poor,” the ninth Livelihoods India Summit will address topics such as “inclusive value chains, technology infusion for livelihoods enhancement, women[’s] enterprises, [and the impact of] climate change…”. No detailed agenda has been released.

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: FINNOSUMMIT, Connecting Fintech Leaders Across LatAm; December 3 – 4, 2019; Miami, Florida, USA

FINNOSUMMIT, whose name refers to the concept of a “Fintech and Insurtech Innovator Summit,” brings together those interested in new ideas in financial technology (fintech) and insurance technology (insurtech) in Latin America. The session topics include: Forging the Future of Money with Fintechs: Visa’s Vision for the Next Five Years of Payments Innovation; Blockchain as Payments Infrastructure;