MicroCapital: On microfinance, mobile money, SMEs and other forms of impact Investing

A seat next to Kwashie Agbitor (pictured below) was one of the most highly sought-after spots at SAM 2023 in Togo in October. Mr Agbitor has 20 years of experience in Africa and Asia, improving b...

https://www.microcapital.org/special-report-positioning-mfis-to-access-climate-finance-an-interview-with-kwashie-agbitor-of-accion/

This annual gathering promotes trade between Africa and Europe, North America and Asia. The agenda will include country-specific meetings and discussions of investment opportunities for the Afric...

https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-invest-in-africa-summit-april-16-17-2024-the-hague-the-netherlands/

This annual gathering is intended to promote data innovations that “are making a measurable difference millions of lives” through humanitarian relief, development projects and conservation ef...

https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-ict4d-conference-march-19-20-2024-accra-ghana/

The multilateral Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently raised AZN 14.5 million (USD 8.5 million) from UK-based Record Currency Management and Germany-based Capitulum Asset Management to fund incl...

https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-adb-issues-8-5m-bond-to-fund-on-lending-to-women-agricultural-msmes-in-azerbaijan/

Singapore-based Grab recently added the payment solution of Vietnam’s MoMo to its “super-app” so that Grab customers in Vietnam have an additional option for making cashless payments for se...

https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-grab-adds-momo-as-mobile-payment-option-for-ride-sharing-deliveries-digital-financial-services-in-vietnam/

Visa, a US-based payments company, and Oxfam America, an anti-poverty NGO, announced during the recent COP28 meetings in the UAE that they plan to scale Oxfam’s Building Resilient, Adaptive and...

https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-visa-oxfam-to-expand-b-ready-to-provide-pre-disaster-cash-assistance-in-colombia-kenya-puerto-rico/

Lipa Later, a Kenyan financial technology (fintech) firm integrating e-commerce, digital financial services and merchant services in four African countries, recently paid KES 250 million (USD 1.6...

https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-lipa-later-acquires-fellow-e-commerce-dfs-merchant-services-platform-sky-garden-of-kenya-for-1-6m/

This annual gathering focuses on “sustainable” development in Africa, including as can be promoted via entrepreneurship and impact investing. Attendees will engage on themes such as renewable...

https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-sankalp-africa-summit-2024-february-28-2024-february-29-2024122023-nairobi-kenya/

Opportunity EduFinance, an affiliate of the US-based NGO Opportunity International, recently brought on seven new financial services provider (FSP) partners, with whom it plans to invest in affor...

https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-opportunity-edufinance-partners-with-7-fsps-to-invest-in-education-in-africa-india/

The UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Central Bank of Iraq have partnered with the Iraqi Company for Bank Guarantees and three commercial banks over the past two years to pro...

https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-3k-displaced-persons-returnees-hosts-access-loans-guarantees-business-training-in-iraq/