Industry Events

9th Annual Responsible Finance Forum

The Responsible Finance Forum will host the Ninth Annual Responsible Finance Forum: Investing in Responsible Finance and Innovation for Africa’s Digital Economies on Oct. 2 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The event will highlight Africa’s developing digital landscape, analyze challenges the country faces, and investments into responsible digital financial services.

SME Finance and Development in the Age of Digitalization

The Association of National Development Finance Institutions (ADFIMI) will host a SME Finance and Development forum focused on digitization on Sept. 11-12. The event will be held at the Marmara Taksim Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. Senior officials from World Bank/IFC, IDB, OECD, East African Development Bank and CEOs from fifteen different countries will be present to offer insight during the event. The forum will include themes centered around:

Business Insider Scottish SME Conference

The Scottish Business Insider is launching the 2nd Annual SME Conference on Nov. 7. The conference will take place at the Studio in Glasgow and will feature insight from successful business leaders and companies. SMEs can expect topics focused on:

  • How to grow your business
  • Technology
  • Challenges to growth
  • PR & Marketing

There will also be an exhibition that will give delegates an opportunity to engage with market leading suppliers and service providers who will discuss and demonstrate products and services.

SME Assembly in Austria

The SME Assembly will take place in Austria during the European SME Week, Nov. 19-21. Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to network and gain valuable tools to enhance their business during the week.
 
Entry into the main event, SME Assembly is by invitation only. Interested registrants for the event are encouraged to email smeassemble@lowerurope.eu.
 

Africa Fintech Summit 2018

The Africa Fintech Summit will bring over 300 leaders in the financial service industry together, September 26-27 to share insight on the future of Fintech for Africa. Westlion, a business facilitation firm and host of this year’s summit will feature topics such as: lending, payments, big data, crypto, blockchain, InsureTech, robo-advice, bank-FinTech collaboration, the Bank’s corporate VCs and more. Expert panel discussions, interactive workshops and one-on-one meeting and networking opportunities are also noted on the agenda.

Africa Singapore Business Forum 2018

The Africa Singapore Business Forum (ASBF) is the premier platform for business exchange and fostering trade between Africa and Asia.

Organised by Enterprise Singapore, the forum has brought together over 2,000 business and government leaders from 30 countries to explore partnerships and growth opportunities between these two dynamic regions.

ASBF 2018 will address critical issues and identify opportunities in key sectors, including infrastructure, real estate, manufacturing, digital technology, and oil and gas.

Specialized Training Workshop on Islamic Micro & Agriculture Finance

AlHuda Center of Islamic Banking and Economics (CIBE) is a pioneer organization started its efforts to promote Islamic Banking and Finance eleven years ago. In these working years, AlHuda CIBE is acknowledged all around the world due to its excellent services and its team of dedicated professionals who are equipped to continue thriving.

This workshop will feature:

Webinar: Digitally Transform Customer Engagement in Financial Services

Digital innovators are rewriting the rules of business. Tomorrow’s leaders will be those who radically improve the experience they create for customers. To transform customer engagement and experience, banks and financial services organizations need to create comprehensive, transaction-oriented digital experiences in their customer engagement strategy.

This webinar will cover: