Themed “Inclusive and Sustainable Finance: How to Reconcile the Challenges of Socio-economic Inclusion and the Transition to a Resilient and Ecological Economy,” this sixth edition of SAM (Semaine Africaine de la Microfinance, French for African Microfinance Week) includes two days each of conference sessions, an Investor Fair and an “Innovator’s Village,” along with a gala dinner and about 20 associated events on topics such as “agricultural finance, digital finance, microinsurance and social performance.”
The conference portion of the week includes sessions titled: (1) Carbon Markets and Environmental Service Payments: New Opportunities for Local Communities; (2) Beyond Taxonomies: the Role of Regulators in Boosting Inclusive and Sustainable Finance; (3) Migration and Climate Refugees: Inclusive Finance as a Vector for Peace and Stability; (4) Placing Climate Issues at the Heart of Finance: New Business Models for Financial Institutions; and (5) Transparency and Impact: Measuring the Real Effect of Sustainable Inclusive Finance to Avoid Greenwashing.
Since the last SAM in 2021, the Investor Fair has been extended from one day to two days and will include small and medium-sized enterprises as well as investors and microfinance institutions (MFIs), all of which will have opportunities to meet one-on-one with multiple potential partners.
Background on Organizer: Established in 1994, ADA is an NGO in Luxembourg that supports inclusive finance institutions in their efforts to help the 2.5 billion adults outside of the conventional financial system to reach their goals. The NGO reports a 12-month budget of approximately EUR 15 million (USD 16 million) as of 2023.
ADA co-organizes SAM every two years with the support of Luxembourg’s Ministry for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs. The other co-organizers of SAM 2023 are the Togolese Republic; Microfinance African Institutions Network (MAIN), which has members in 25 countries and Africa and Europe; and Togo’s Ministère Chargé de l’Inclusion Financière et de l’Organisation du Secteur Informel.
Cost: The registration fee is EUR 500 (USD 550) until September 15 and EUR 600 (USD 660) thereafter.
For further information, you may email info[at]ada-microfinance.lu or call +352 45 68 68 1.
By Renata Samadova, Research Associate
Sources and Additional Resources
SAM homepage
https://sam.africa
Luxembourg’s Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs homepage
https://cooperation.gouvernement.lu/
Republic of Togo homepage
https://www.republiquetogolaise.com/
Togo’s Ministère Chargé de l’Inclusion Financière et de l’Organisation du Secteur Informel profile on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/IFSITGpr
MAIN homepage
https://www.mainnetwork.org
ADA homepage
https://ada-microfinance.org
MicroCapital coverage of each SAM since 2015
https://www.microcapital.org/category/semaine-africaine-de-la-microfinance-sam/
This post is part of a sponsored series on SAM, which was held in Tanzania in 2013, Senegal in 2015, Ethiopia in 2017, Burkina Faso in 2019 and Rwanda in 2021. MicroCapital has been contracted to promote and document each SAM since 2015.
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