Meeting

The Asia -Africa financial inclusion summit is a thought leadership event on financial inclusion. The two-day program will bring together practitioners and leading experts on financial inclusion. The summit will cover the following themes: Financial inclusion, the changing landscape. Financial inclusion: The next generation. Harnessing change to accelerate financial inclusion.        Digital financial services in the […]

Join global practitioners, donors, funders, and other thought leaders for a one-day learning event exploring non-traditional finance to deliver sustainable and scalable agricultural innovations for smallholder farmers. NTF4Ag: Emerging Lessons and New Frontiers will be a highly interactive platform for attendees to connect and learn from each other’s experiences in designing, testing, and scaling non-traditional […]

Today, families, small businesses, and communities around the world struggle to rebound from adverse shocks. While insurance can be a powerful financial tool for weathering these rainy days, its reach has been limited.  Innovative insurtech models are finding new ways to make insurance affordable, accessible and appropriate for customers in emerging markets. In South Africa, […]

As part of the series of events for NpM’s Geodata for Inclusive Finance and Food (G4IFF) workstream, this session will present insights from the three winners of the NpM Innovator’s Challenge: Agri-wallet, Apollo Agriculture and VanderSat. The companies will present their efforts in integrating geodata information with financial services for smallholder famers in Kenya. An open discussion will […]

Financial Inclusion in its simplest form is the ability to access appropriate financial services in the formal financial system. However, it is not just about a bank branch or correspondent on the corner. It is about clients using sustainable, responsible financial products that add value to their daily lives.  In other words, there is the […]

Mondato Summit Africa 2019 is the sixth annual digital finance & commerce (DFC) thought leadership and executive retreat hosted by Mondato, a boutique advisory firm specializing in DFC. The conference is an intimate gathering of 100-125 executives from the financial services, telecom, retail, investment and tech industries, the focus is on finding innovative and scalable […]

Join advocate and author, Dr. Mara Catherine Harvey, on her quest to bestow financial confidence at an early age and to empower the next generation. As women are currently underserved as investorsand are also the most critical group to invest in, this is an important movement that affects the future prosperity of all people, in every country around […]

Participants will have an opportunity to share investment lessons in social performance and impact management, discuss recent strategies for digital transformation, and share the latest developments in impact investing tools for financial inclusion and the larger impact space, which are critical to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The meeting will also include deep-dive sessions […]

The Network Forum is a curated global community for the custody, settlement and post-trade industry.  Its key aim is to provide a structured networking environment for this tight-knit industry group, in which key issues are discussed, developments are communicated and best practice shared. This Meeting promises yet again to be the key gathering point for […]

2019 is an important year for ADA as they celebrate their 25th anniversary and organize the fourth edition of the SAM, African Microfinance Week, in October in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, which will focus on the real impact of inclusive finance.   Thus this year’s 46th Midi de la Microfinance et de l’inclusion financière will be linked with these two important events. Discussions […]

The Making Finance Work for Africa Secretariat (MFW4A) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) organized in the second half of 2018 two regional Financial Sector Dialogues, in collaboration with the Africa Economic Research Consortium (AERC). The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Financial Sector Dialogue took place on 27 and 28 September 2018 in Abidjan, […]

The African Investment Day (DE) is the first event exclusively panelled by experts from the continent and  dedicated to open and develop strong trade and investment ties, open doors into francophone Africa and a proactive approach by the panellists to further promote Africa and its investment opportunities. This platform will create an avenue for investment […]

European Microfinance Week is a key industry event hosting high level and in-depth discussions by all sectors of the financial inclusion community working worldwide. Welcoming 500 professionals from dozens of countries each year, it’s a unique meeting point and an excellent forum for networking. The unparalleled three-day event attracts leading experts, opinion-leaders and policy-makers to its […]

During this one-day event, more than 125 leaders from the financial services, consumer products, and technology industries, investors, philanthropists and government will examine key issues in financial inclusion and advance innovations for low-income women through a variety of panel discussions and workshops. Discussion Topics:  Priorities for women’s financial inclusion. Investing with a gender lens. Financing women in the […]

Foromic, the leading event in Latin America and the Caribbean focused on issues related to financial inclusion and enterprise development, returns for its 21st edition to Barranquilla’s Puerta de Oro Center. Different activities will delve into how innovation, driven by emerging technologies and disruptive business models, is transforming the concept of inclusion in financial services, […]

MFW4A and AfDB will convene with governmental authorities of the region, in addition to donors, multilateral and regional financial institutions, and private sector representatives for a dialogue on accelerating the financial sector development in the Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya from 25 to 26 October 2018. The objective of this high-level meeting is […]

The objectives of this event are to enable various stakeholders join in a common platform for discussion on various programs, policies, approaches, methods, key challenges, progress and prospect about financial inclusion and digital payment system in Jharkhand and to develop new methods and approaches including leveraging new technology for financial inclusion. Conference Themes: Status of […]

Mobile for Development is a dedicated global team within the GSMA, which brings together its mobile operator members, tech innovators, the development community and governments, to prove the power of mobile in emerging markets. Mobile for Development identifies opportunities and delivers innovations with socio-economic impact in financial services, health, agriculture, digital identity, energy, water, sanitation, […]

Join the SPTF, CGAP, Dvara (formerly known as IFMR Finance Foundation) and LeapFrog Investments for a Customer Centricity Learning Event and SPTF Annual Meeting. This goal of this year’s learning event “Customer Centricity: Enabling Financial Choices and Positive Outcomes for Low-Income Customers” is to influence financial service providers, investors, and policymakers to adopt a business model that is based on understanding and serving […]

The term “de-risking” has been used to describe the practice of financial institutions exiting products and terminating or restricting relationships with clients, including in groups, who are perceived as presenting a “high-risk” of an undesirable outcome. Rather than attempting to manage associated risks and/or mitigate economic challenges, some financial institutions have opted in favor of […]

The Microfinance CEO Working Group (MCWG) cordially invites you to join an intimate cocktail reception with the CEOs and their Digital Financial Services staff to discuss digital technology and the innovations that are shaping the industry. The event will take place at 6:00 – 8:30pm. Event Venue: DLA Piper, 1251 6th Ave, New York, NY The […]

What is the yield gap, and how does it link to smallholder farmers and poverty? Although new tools, fertilizers, and hybrid seeds are available to increase crop yields, a gap still remains between farmer practice and potential. Smallholder farmers face many challenges adopting to new technologies, so the yield gap grows wider and the path […]

Climate change brings significant impacts for farmers and food companies alike.  How can the two work together to build more resilient supply chains?  Join the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, WBCSD, and Department for International Development for a strategic dialogue in London, October 19, 2015.   The Topic:  The event will highlight concrete examples […]

FARM Foundation is organizing side-event during the 42nd Commity on World Food Security (CFS 42). The event will take place on 13 October, 2015, from 8:30-9:30 at the FAO Headquarter, (Philippines Room, C277). Agriculture insurance can assist in reducing poverty and making a difference in food security. This tool is projected to be even more important […]

The Africa-Israel Agricultural Trade Mission will be held from the 30th of November to 3rd of December 2014 in Israel with the aim to share Israel’s world renown expertise in developing successful agricultural and livestock sectors. In turn, the mission will focus on establishing agri-centric business partnerships between Israel and Africa.  Participants will be taken on field visits to […]

The African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA), The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Rural Development Department (ARD) of the World Bank jointly organised an expert meeting in Johannesburg from 1-3 April on risk management in lending to the agricultural value chain. The main objective of the meeting was to identify […]