3 – 5 October 2018
Microfinance Center (MFC) and the European Microfinance Network (EMN) will hold its joint conference on the 3-5 October 2018 in Bilbao, Spain.
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Starting from 5 February
The free online course « Commercialization of Social Enterprises: Stemming the Tide of Mission Drift » is developped by the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Commercialization of social enterprises: Stemming the tide of mission drift
Find out how to avoid mission drift when transitioning a social enterprise or microfinance venture into a for-profit organisation.
The free online course (MOOC) offers […]
8 February
Panel Debate with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel will share his experience of the benefits and challenges of leading through diversity with senior representatives of the asset management industry on practices and examples.
Joining the panel will be:
Rachel Lord, Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa of BlackRock
Denise Voss, Chair of […]
5 February
Blockchain, the underlying technology behind Bitcoin, has steadily caught the headlines since 2015.
After this session, you will be able to understand:
1/ What is the Blockchain?
2/ How does it actually work?
3/ Why it is a groundbreaking technology?
4/ What are the potential applications?
The training has been designed for people with no prior knowledge on the subject.
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15 February 2018
Save the date to join Economist editors and 200 financiers, institutional investors, policymakers, academics, impact investors and philanthropists at the second iteration of Investing for Impact: Risk, return and the future of the world. Thursday, February 15th, 2018, New York City.
The discussion at this year’s conference will cover the ways in which the […]
20 March 2018
The InsurTech revolution is upon us, but what exactly is being done to harness the untapped opportunities spurred by innovation? Meeting this challenge of a quickly evolving space requires a rethink on the part of regulators and supervisors, to ensure a balance is struck between facilitating innovation, while increasing the inclusivity of the […]
The EMN-MFC webinar will present the results of the research aimed at exploring the role of microfinance in providing financial services to start-up enterprises.
The study was jointly implemented by the European Microfinance (EMN) and the Microfinance Centre (MFC) in 11 countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and the UK) within the Framework […]
23 – 24 March
The African Development Conference (ADC) has over the years explored creative and collaborative approaches to opportunities and challenges in Africa, while emphasizing the enduring and dynamic concept of ‘Pan-Africanism.’ This year, the theme is : “Our Time Our Vision: Wielding Africa’s Potential for Sustainable Growth” and it aims to illuminate contemporary approaches […]
22 March
The day will consist of a series of presentations and panel discussions on a range of global Digital Money topics from academics, policy makers and the rising stars from the FinTech world. It will give you the opportunity to interact with leading players in the industry.
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21 – 22 March
Hosted by the Association of Microfinance Institutions in Rwanda (AMIR), the International Conference on Responsible and Inclusive Finance will bring together leading practitioners, financial inclusion experts, government representatives and others dedicated to promoting the international responsible and inclusive finance agenda by providing learning opportunities for a range of actors about experiences within […]
