Event Name: Second Annual Microinsurance Conference: Strategies for exploiting the potential of insurance offerings to low-income consumers in Africa
Event Date: February 20 – February 22, 2012
Event Location: The Hyatt Regency, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa
Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea Company Limited (AMK), a deposit-taking microfinance institution (MFI) in Cambodia, has been awarded the second Giordano Dell’Amore Microfinance Best Practices International Award 2011 by the Italian foundation Fondazione Giordano Dell’Amore [1].
Event Name: Client Protection Certification Program
Event Dates:
• Spanish: October 25, 2011, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm eastern US time
• English: October 26, 2011, 10:00 am – 11:30 am eastern US time
• French: October 28, 2011, 9:00 am – 11:30 am eastern US time
Event Location: Online
Event Name: 3rd Indonesia Microfinance Conference: Responsible Microfinance to Achieve Greater Financial Inclusion in Indonesia
Event Date: November 30 – December 1, 2011
Event Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Event Name: Microlinks After Hours Seminar #57: Overview of Microfinance Markets and Investment Opportunities in Russia and China
Event Date: November 3, 2011, 9:00am – 10:30am
Event Location: Online or at QED Group LLC, 1250 Eye Street NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Event Name: Scalable Business Models for Islamic Microfinance: Prepare infrastructure, attract commercial funding & diversify product development
Event Date: January 31 – February 1, 2012
Event Location: Sheraton Istanbul Maslak Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
Event Name: Sound Expansion of Mobile Financial Services: A Risk Matrix Approach for Developing Enabling Environments
Event Date: October 21, 2011, 9:00am – 10:30am
Event Location: Online or at QED Group LLC, 1250 Eye Street NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Event Name: ‘Financial Services for the Poor’ Professional Training Program
Event Date: February 3 – February 17, 2012
Event Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Three providers of institutional, performance and social ratings of microfinance institutions (MFIs), MicroFinanza Rating of Italy, US-based MicroRate and French Planet Rating, recently signed the Microfinance Rating Agency Code of Conduct.
Event Name: What Are the Key Barriers to Effective Group Lending?
Event Date: October 10 – October 14, 2011
Event Location: Online
The Rotarian Action Group for Microcredit (RAGM), the vehicle through which US-based service organization Rotary International conducts its microcredit activities, has recently announced that Dr Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Bangladeshi microfinance institution Grameen Bank, will be addressing the Rotary International Convention to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 6 to May 9, 2012.
Event Name: Technology Innovation for Banks in Growth Economies
Event Date: November 29 – November 30, 2011
Event Location: Kingsway Hall Hotel, 66 Great West Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
Event Name: The Challenges of Designing Shariah Compliant Microfinance Conference
Event Date: 6.30 pm, October 21, 2011
Event Location: Deutsche Bank Auditorium, New York, United States
Event Name: “St. Louis Microfinance: Gateway to Opportunities” Conference
Event Date: October 13, 2011
Event Location: University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL), JC Penney Conference Center, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Event Name: African Microfinance Pricing Transparency Leadership Forum
Event Date: October 5 – October 7, 2011
Event Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Event Name: Microfinance: Is There Really a Crisis?
Event Date: 9 AM, Eastern US time, October 4, 2011
Event Location: Webinar
Event Name: Second International Conference on Inclusive Islamic Financial Sector Development: Enhancing Financial Services for Regional Micro-enterprises
Event Date: October 9 – October 11, 2011
Event Location: Sudan Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences (SABFS), Khartoum, Sudan
Event Name: Inclusive Financial Services Stakeholders Conference
Event Date: October 3 – October 4, 2011
Event Location: Erbil, Iraq