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bi-monthly newsletter - issue 40
Afghanistan Microfinance Sector participated in Inclusive Finance India Summit – 2019
Afghanistan Microfinance Association (AMA) through financial support of Afghanistan
Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA), sponsored participation of
delegates from Afghanistan microfinance sector, and government authorities to the 16th Inclusive
Finance India Summit which was organized by ACCESS Development Services in Delhi, India
during December 4-5, 2019.
Around 1,000 participants including high-level representatives of the Indian Government, donors,
practitioners, researchers, service providers and the wider microfinance community across South
Asia and internationally, participated in the Summit.
The summit continued to bring together a diversity of stakeholders to share experiences,
celebrate accomplishments, and propose recommendations for improving both policy and
practices toward making financial inclusion meaningful for clients.
The Summit through its seven plenary and six technical sessions across the two days delved into
various policy and operational issues with views and experiences of over 70 speakers.
Technology in advancing financial inclusion continued to be the main focus of the Summit. Few
sessions have been held to address in providing a platform to a new Fintech companies to
showcase their solutions and discussed issues around offering more appropriate, need-based
credit products to microfinance clients. The summit also provided the delegates an opportunity
to participate in live polls, providing feedbacks and positing questions.
AMA Organized two Microfinance Stakeholders Roundtables
As a new creativity, to achieve better outcomes, AMA organized two separate roundtables in
Balkh and Herat provinces. The purpose of these roundtables was to raise the awareness of the
local government authorities to discuss DFIs issues/challenges and attract their support.These
roundtables provided opportunity for Microfinance Sector to discuss their issues directly with the
government authorities and get their support.
The roundtables took place during November 2019, where 130 participants participated in these
roundtables and received detailed information about the microfinance sector, and MFIs
challenges. During the gathering, participants parted in groups and discussed about loan
disbursement process, marketing, security, recruitment of employees and collection of Loans.
As a result the roundtables increased awareness on microfinance among the Governmental
Authorities, Community Leaders, Attorney and Municipality. MFIs talked about their specific
issues and the government authorities promised to fully support the microfinance sector in the
mentioned provinces.
The participants thanked DFIs for operating in Balkh and Herat provinces and as well thanked
MISFA for supporting the sector and appreciated AMA for organizing awareness-raising events.
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