Organised by the UK-based NGO Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) and its Spanish National Advisory Board (SpainNAB), this year’s Global Impact Summit will focus on three topic areas: (1) Mobilising Capital for People and Planet Where It Is Most Needed; (2) Achieving Full Transparency in Measuring Impacts – Impact Transparency 2025; and (3) Building Impact Economies. The speakers are to include
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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Cracking the Nut: Reducing Risk in Rural and Agricultural Investment; June 12-13, 2023; Washington, DC, USA
This tenth iteration of “Cracking the Nut” will explore opportunities to finance agricultural supply chains to meet the needs of people working in the informal agriculture segment in low- and middle-income countries. The conference will focus on reducing the risk of investing in agricultural and
MICROFINANCE EVENT: AFSIC – Investing in Africa; October 10-11, 2022; London, UK
The Africa Financial Services Investment Conference (AFSIC) is an annual event that covers country-specific investment opportunities as well as the following broader themes: “Banking, Agriculture, Sustainable Growth, Infrastructure, Education, Informed Investing, Power and Fintech [Financial Technology]”. While the agenda for this year has not been released, last year’s sessions included: Investing in Greener and Affordable Housing in Africa, Investment Returns in Africa’s Education Sector, Pan African Healthcare Governance, Analysis of
MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Network (EMN) Annual Conference; October 14-15, 2021; Brussels, Belgium
The 18th European Microfinance Network (EMN) Annual Conference is themed “inclusive finance for an inclusive future.” The agenda includes topics such as the digitization of financial services, creating resilient business models and “microfinance as a pioneer in impact investing.” The second day of the event coincides with
MICROFINANCE EVENT: FinovateFall; September 13-15, 2021; New York, New York, USA
FinovateFall is one of a series of conferences focusing on financial technology (fintech). The event includes demonstrations of new fintech products, networking opportunities and approximately 120 speakers. Although the agenda for this year has yet to be announced, the 2020 agenda included sessions such as Keynote presentations by Pablos Holman, inventor at the Intellectual Ventures Lab; Sarika Sangwan, Global Head of strategy and marketing at Pinterest; and a panel discussion of post-Covid innovation. Details regarding an option to participate virtually are under development.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Uniglobal Asia Pacific Microfinance Forum; October 22-23, 2019; Singapore
The second annual iteration of this conference will focus on the influence of financial technology (fintech) on the barriers to entry, efficiency and costs of microfinance institutions (MFIs), including how to implement and optimize various technologies. Sessions will cover skills such as
MICROFINANCE EVENT: IAMTN (International Association of Money Transfer Networks) Global Summit; October 2-3, 2019; London, UK
Event Summary: This summit offers those in the cross-border payments industry opportunities to discuss topics such as distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence, regulations and new products while also providing
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Mondato Summit Africa 2019; April 9, 2019; Johannesburg, South Africa
The 2019 Mondato Summit Africa, which will be held at Summer Place in Johannesburg, is themed “Scaling Digital Finance & Commerce (DFC) Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Discussions are slated to cover the evolution of the digital economy, the transformation of telecommunication companies, investment opportunities and policy considerations.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Third European Research Conference on Microfinance, June 10-12, 2013, University of Agder, Gimlemoen, Kristiansand, Norway
Event Name: Third European Research Conference on Microfinance
Event Date: June 10-12, 2013
Event Location: Kristiansand, Norway