The 13th International Microinsurance Conference will take place in Peru from 7 – 9 November 2017. Approximately 400 participants and experts from around the world will discuss and identify ways of accelerating growth and economic viability in microinsurance. Around 80 speakers will share their knowledge in 27 sessions. The conference will be hosted by APESEG, the Munich Re Foundation and the Microinsurance Network.
The SEEP Network is delighted to host the Global Savings Groups Conference 2018, in collaboration with Conference partners. SG2018 will take place in Rwanda, on May 22-24, and will offer a platform for attendees to connect, engage and learn from each other about the challenges and opportunities they face in supporting Savings Groups – including VSLAs, SHGs, indigenous savings groups, and other forms of community-based microfinance – worldwide.
Data Analytics and Digital Financial Services Handbook is a practical guide on how to leverage data for developing products, managing operations and using data-driven credit scoring models. It is a handbook for banks, mobile network operators, MFIs and payment service providers on how to implement a systematic, data-driven approach in their DFS operations. It follows the popular releases of the previous handbooks in the series: Risk Management and Digital Financial Services and Alternative Delivery Channels and Technology.
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The debut HKTDC SmartBiz Expo is a one-stop platform tailored for enterprises, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to explore trends in business transformation and upgrade through innovation, creativity, application of technology and design, and market opportunities.
The SmartBiz Expo will be composed of 6 thematic solution-based zones showcasing innovative business solutions and ideas, and latest technology and creativity that could be applied to business to achieve business growth.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to catalysing entrepreneurship, will hosts its 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum – the most diverse annual gathering of African entrepreneurs and SMEs – will take place on October 13-14 in Lagos, Nigeria.
The day-long event taking place on November 30, at the Studio in Glasgow, will focus on what is a vital part of the Scottish Business community.
The conference will bring together SMEs from across Scotland and give them the opportunity to engage with business leaders and companies who can offer an insight into successful growth and diversity.
Business leaders and successful entrepreneurs will discuss the key issues of importance, such as:
The aim of this initiative is to raise awareness at European level of the existence and added-value of the microfinance sector in its fight against social exclusion and unemployment.
For this third edition of the European Microfinance Day, EMN and MFC will ask their members to organise local-level activities to spread the meaning and function of microfinance. The members have the possibility to organise the day in such a way that it best serves the development of the microfinance sector in their respective areas of activity.
The era of Open Banking is well underway, triggering a dramatic shift in paradigms and marking a milestone from which banks and their customers will never return.
Join member Strands' webinar on October 10 and learn more about this transparent and conversational type of banking. They will be discussing the following:
What is Open Banking?
Global Islamic Microfinance Forum (GIMF) is an annual apex gathering of Islamic Microfinance, Microfinance, Rural Finance, funder/ donor agencies, multilateral organizations and other allied sectors of Microfinance to address the poverty problems and their solutions through Islamic Microfinance.
Small and medium-sized enterprises contribute significantly to the European economy and are often called its backbone. SMEs play a major role in jobs creation and they generate a substantial added value to the economy. Despite their success and growth there are many challenges that SMEs face in today's fast-paced and ever-changing business world. Access to funding is often cited as one of the most frequent business barriers owners of SMEs encounter.
The workshop to be held on 10 October at the ESBG office in Brussels will focus on the SME financing in Europe topic.
