Events

About the Insurance Development Forum (IDF)  The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) was launched in 2015 during the United Nations COP21 Paris Climate Summit as a public-private partnership bringing together the insurance industry, multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations and public sector institutions in support of the growth and development of insurance and its related risk management capabilities […]

This year’s Summit will bring together, in-person again, financial service providers, investors, donors, policymakers, and fintech players to explore themes such as gender lens investing, deepening digital engagement, and the importance of leadership & diversity. In addition, Women’s World Banking is hosting its Fourth Fintech Innovation Challenge, designed to identify innovations that target unbanked and […]

Microfinance is considered as a tool to alleviate poverty in Africa, as it contributes a big percentage on access to finance for many African lives. This is the only way to reach low income people and those who live in rural area. A digital approach will serve to reduce cost and will provide an effective […]

The current post-pandemic economic environment has significantly changed  the microfinance sector: MFIs’ operations, portfolio, and liquidity, as well as ways of cooperation and information exchange with the other microfinance stakeholders. Many financial markets see the changing value of the local currencies, prices for goods and services, and costs of hedging, and decreasing opportunities of attracting the new investments. In addition, a slowdown […]

One billion women are not actively engaged with formal financial services. ¾ of those women have no access at all. In some countries, it will take over 100 years before we see gender equality in access if we don’t intervene. Over 300 leaders in financial services, investor, philanthropy, policy and technology communities will come together […]

The 5th East African Banking & Microfinance Forum hosted by Trade and Development Bank (TDB), in collaboration with the European Investment Bank (EIB) will take place from 8-9 December 2022 at Villa Rosa Kempinski, Nairobi, Kenya as well as on-line. This two-day hybrid in-person and virtual forum will seek to discuss how the region, the continent and the global […]

An in-person and online event alongside the 7th World Congress on Rural and Agricultural Finance! On-site venue: Headquarters of the Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultura (FIRA) in Morelia, Mexico. As the world struggles to address the worst food crisis in generations, agri-SMEs that play key roles across agricultural value chains are facing unprecedented […]

A call for session proposals has been sent to all e-MFP members to help shape the EMW2022 programme. Further information will be available in the coming months. Mark your calendar now & join top professionals from the financial inclusion sector.

*APPLICATION DEADLINE 27 October 2022 Introduction to the course ApexFinCoop is a training and strategic planning programme that aims to empower financial cooperative apex organizations and support institutions to advance the scale and effectiveness of financial cooperatives in a specific country or region. ApexFinCoop is designed to support financial cooperative apex organizations in developing and […]