MICROCAPITAL STORY: Upcoming Events: 3rd African Microfinance Conference: New Options for Rural and Urban Africa

AUGUST 20-23, 2007, KAMPALA, UGANDA

The event is sponsored by the Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda (AMFIU). The conference targets practitioners, policy makers, donors, researchers, consultants, academics as well as any parties interested in microfinance and in providing banking services to the poor. The conference will take place at the Speke Resort, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda from Monday 20 to Thursday 23 August 2007.

The following will be the main topics of the conference: segmentation; management of risk for clients; management of risk for financial institutions; value chain financing; cutting the edge/innovations in formal, semi-formal and informal institutions; and the role of public sector support (see event details at microfinancegateway.org).

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