Events

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the symposium on Policy and Regulatory Environment for the Development of China’s Inclusive Rural Digital Finance Services: Practice, Experience and Prospects that is being jointly organized by FAO with the Chinese Academy of Financial Inclusion (CAFI) in the framework of the CABFIN partnership. The symposium will be composed of […]

This year marks the start of the Decade of Action to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite immense challenges in 2020, we cannot lose sight of these long-term global goals. That’s why this year’s Inclusive Business Forum will focus on concrete actions that create and accelerate inclusive and sustainable business initiatives with developing markets – as […]

About the conference The last fifteen years have seen the insurance sector in emerging markets enjoy steady growth in client outreach and premium volumes. New technologies are boosting market coverage. The global middle class is predicted to number nearly five billion people within two decades — but many of these individuals will still lack a […]

The European Microfinance Day was launched in 2015 as a tool to highlight the impact of the microfinance sector in Europe from a social and an economic perspective. The main objectives of the European Microfinance Day are: To raise awareness among European citizens on the existence of microfinance and on its value to fight unemployment […]

Are you a financial technology (FinTech) or regulatory technology (RegTech) innovator? Does your product use cutting-edge technology to help low-income groups in developing and emerging countries? If so, then AFI wants YOU to be part of its second FinTech showcase, which will take place as a virtual event from 26 – 28 October 2020. Recognizing the […]

Since its formation, the SME Finance Forum has been on top of all of the major trends in this field. We predicted the importance of partnership when all around us were emphasizing fintech-bank competition. We declared that competitiveness in financing now had to include additional non-financial support for improving SMEs themselves – a reversal of […]

The Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development (GFRID) will focus on opportunities and challenges in the African remittance market, and the impact these flows can have on the sustainable development of migrants’ communities of origin. The three-day forum will also explore how innovation and technology in the market can lower remittance transfer cost and promote greater financial […]

Mondato Summit Africa offers a venue for industry leaders to learn from experts and peers in an intimate setting. Mondato lends its expertise with specialized content and adroit facilitation to encourage substantive conversations and collaborative problem solving. The intensity and interactivity of the proceedings foster the formation of natural, foundational relationships between participants. Held in […]

According to expert reports, agriculture sector in Africa is the least productive in the world. Small-scale and subsistence farmers, pastoralists, and fishermen produce most of the food consumed in this region, yet they continue to face a number of challenges. Lack of capital for investment contributes significantly to the lowering of small scale farmers’ productivity […]