Leading Microfinance Leaders to address Microcredit Summit in Nairobi

Saturday, January 30, 2010, 10:38
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Microfinance Focus, Jan 30, 2010: Microfinance leaders from 35 countries have already registered for the Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit to be held April 7-10, 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit will be the largest microfinance gathering ever held in Africa and the Middle East. Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima of The Netherlands, one of the keynote speakers, will join Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, BRAC Chair Fazle Abed, CARE CEO Helene Gayle, and Kenya’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta at the Summit in Nairobi. Last September, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Princess Máxima as Special Advocate on Inclusive Finance for Development.

The Summit program, which will showcase microfinance innovations, has just added three new workshops: “Mobile Banking: What is the Cutting Edge?”, “Obtaining Funds from New Financial Instruments and Mechanisms for both the Fully Commercial and Emerging Microfinance Institution,” and “Process of Designing and Implementing a National Strategy for Financial Inclusion: Challenges and Lessons Learned.”

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Note: The Early Bird Registration deadline has been extended to February 10, 2010. For additional details on the Summit, and to register, please visit: www.regionalmicrocreditsummit2010.org.

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2 Comments on “Leading Microfinance Leaders to address Microcredit Summit in Nairobi”

Athanase wrote on 11 February, 2010, 17:06
please, can you extend deadline for registration, we are still willing to register.
omar Nzomo wrote on 23 March, 2010, 15:57
What an honour for Africa and Kenya in particular to host the summit.