Event Name: Sankalp Africa Summit 2017: Spurring the Entrepreneurship Economy
Event Date: February 23 – February 24, 2017
Event Location: Kenya School of Government, Lower Kabete, Nairobi City, Kenya
Event Name: Sankalp Africa Summit 2017: Spurring the Entrepreneurship Economy
Event Date: February 23 – February 24, 2017
Event Location: Kenya School of Government, Lower Kabete, Nairobi City, Kenya
The European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), a network of European microfinance stakeholders working in developing countries, recently announced that three finalists for the 7th European Microfinance Award have been selected from 30 applicants: (1) Fundación Génesis Empresarial of Guatemala; (2) Kashf Foundation of Pakistan; and (3) Opportunity Bank of Uganda.
Event Name: Regional Workshop and Field Trip in Johannesburg: How to optimise distribution in the low-cost insurance environment?
Event Date: September 27 – September 28, 2016
Event Location: The Country Club, Napier Road, Auckland Park, Johannesburg
“The 2016 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project Report Advancing Equitable Financial Ecosystems;” by John D. Villasenor, Darrell M. West and Robin J. Lewis; published by the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution; August 2016; 146 pages;
Event Name: Toronto International Microfinance Summit 2016, Muhammad Yunus and Social Business: What is the Opportunity for Indigenous & Underrepresented Communities?
Event Date: September 29, 2016
Event Location: Royal Canadian Military Institute, 426 University Avenue, Toronto, Canada
MicroSave, a for-profit consulting company based in India, recently launched ePaathshala, an educational program for both staff and clients of financial institutions.
The Australian government; the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Bank, a publicly traded commercial bank; and the Pacific Financial Inclusion Program (PFIP), a Fiji-based initiative of the United Nations that attempts to extend financial services to unbanked Pacific Islanders, recently started a program with a budget of SBD 5 million (USD 650,000) to connect rural coconut oil producers, laborers, buyers and transport operators in the Solomon Islands with digital financial services.
Event Name: European Microfinance Week 2016
Event Date: November 16 – November 18, 2016
Event Location: Neimënster, 28 Rue Münster, L-2160 Luxembourg
Event Name: Seed Africa Symposium: From Innovation to Imitation – Replicating Successful Business Models for Green Growth and Sustainable Development
Event Date: September 28-29, 2016
Event Location: Safari Park Hotel, Thika Road, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Event Name: Global Symposium on Innovative Financial Inclusion: “Harnessing Innovation for Inclusive Finance”
Event Date: September 21 – September 22, 2016
Event Location: Sasana Kijang, Number 2, Jalan Dato’ Onn, 50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Event Name: Global SME Finance Forum 2016
Event Date: September 19-21, 2016
Event Location: Shangri La – China World Hotel, 1 Jianguomenwai Avenue, Beijing, 100004, China
The National Microfinance Bank (NMB), a microfinance institution (MFI) 51-percent owned by the government of Tanzania, recently announced the launch of two new programs: AgriBiashara, to support agricultural value chains, and Wajibu, a set of youth savings accounts formed through a partnership with Women’s World Banking, a US-based nonprofit that aims to increase access to financial services for low-income women.
Event Name: Progress and Future Direction of Financial Inclusion
Event Dates: October 17, 2016
Event Location: European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, London, United Kingdom
Cost: This event is free of charge.
Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), a Dutch development bank, recently announced that Jürgen Rigterink will take over as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as of October 2016, pending approval by the Dutch central bank.
The Philippine government recently issued an executive order institutionalizing a Financial Inclusion Steering Committee (FISC) to oversee implementation of the country’s National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI), which was launched in July 2015 to “raise awareness, appreciation and understanding of financial inclusion and enable coordination among various stakeholders.”
Event Name: Sa-Dhan National Conference 2016: “Financial Inclusion on Path to Sustainable Development Goals”
Event Date: September 14-15, 2016
Event Location: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India 110003
“A Change in Behavior: Innovations in Financial Capability”; published by the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion; April 2016; 47 pages; available at http://www.centerforfinancialinclusion.org/fi2020/roadmap-to-inclusion/innovations-in-financial-capability
This document describes research aimed at identifying effective interventions for building the financial capability of microfinance customers, specifically as administered by three groups: financial service providers, governments and social service providers.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), a 67-member development finance institution headquartered in the Philippines, recently issued a credit facility of USD 50 million to CFPA Microfinance Management Company Limited, an investment vehicle of the NGO China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA), to support rural microfinance in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).