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Harness market forces to catalyse poverty alleviation

As commercial microfinance continues to evolve, with the goal of poverty alleviation intact, it is vital that Micro-Finance Institution (MFI) managers and investors seize new opportunities that this market now offers.

If you would like to understand key commercial imperatives, developments and innovations that are re-shaping current industry features and associated opportunities, then the Micro-Finance trends summit 2010 is where you need to be in October.

This must attend event is set to be an eye-opener for MFI Executives and Senior Managers who would like to respond effectively to the business imperatives that are driving this rapidly changing market. Strategic keys you will gain in order to transform your MFI include:

·         A knack for harnessing the market forces in order to bank the poor sustainability and catalyse poverty alleviation

·         Become an effective change agent for your MFI by implementing management systems that will assist you to achieve financial self- sufficiency by covering your costs, earning returns and scaling up effectively.

·         Position your MFI for the capital markets in order to attract capital for growth.

·         Making your micro lending operations more profitable to achieve operational self-sufficiency.

 

Your key learning outcomes, insights & takeaways include:

·         Institutional transformation: the key to Micro-Finance upscale

·         Growth strategies for players in African micro-finance

·         Strategies for handling the medium to long-term future for your MFI

·         Bridging the gap between capital markets and MFI

·         Positioning your MFI for capital markets

·         Understanding what the current ratings across MFI’s mean and what the main factors driving the ratings are.

·         Retail Banks in Micro-Finance: what is the cutting edge?

·         Beyond credit: innovation solutions for new financing

·         Successes in inclusion of people affected with HIV and AIDS

·         Tap into the micro insurance market with Inseta’s support

·         Microcredit and Crop Agriculture: new technologies and innovations to address New technologies and innovations to address food insecurity among the poor.

TO REQUEST A BROCHURE PLEASE CONTACT: Sasha Pillay, Marketing Manager (T) 011 326 0331/ (F) 011 326 0331/ (E)sashap@amabhubesi.com