The Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), an affiliate of the US-based nonprofit Accion that aims to promote universal financial access, is seeking board members and chief executives of organizations that work toward financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa to enroll in its six-month Africa Board Fellowship. The curriculum of this program is intended to help participants adopt best practices in areas such as “leadership, governance and risk management”[1]. It will also include topics related to sustainable growth management, technology trends, risk management, succession planning, industry crises, conflict resolution, new regulations, client protection and social performance.
Fellows will be assigned weekly assignments that may be submitted remotely. Participants will also attend two three-day “in-person seminars”[1] at the beginning and end of the education program. The remote component of the program will be aided by “peer learning seminars,” a “virtual forum” and “program advising”[1].
Applications may be submitted through February 29, 2016, and the program is scheduled to start on May 12, 2016, with the first in-person session at the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa.
The application is available at http://www.centerforfinancialinclusion.org/programs-a-projects/abf/apply.
For additional information, you may contact the program managers via a contact form at http://www.centerforfinancialinclusion.org/programs-a-projects/abf/contact-a-get-involved or you may contact the organizers by telephone at +1 202 393 5113.
As of June 2015, Accion, in association with its partner MFIs, has an active loan portfolio of USD 7.1 billion that serves approximately 4.6 million borrowers.
By Alíz Crowley, Research Associate
About the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion
The Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion (CFI) was established in 2008 within US-based nonprofit Accion to promote universal financial access. The center works to bring together relevant parties to perform research, produce publications and develop campaigns to further its goal of increasing financial inclusion. The mission of Accion is to alleviate poverty by providing financial products such as microenterprise loans and business training. As of June 2015, Accion, in association with its partner MFIs, has an active loan portfolio of USD 7.1 billion that serves approximately 4.6 million borrowers.
Sources and Additional Resources
[1] Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion, Africa Board Fellowship
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