AFRACA Background

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AFRACA Background

• Membership (Banks, MFIs, MF Networks, research
  institutions, government ministries)
• Mission
• Improve the rural finance environment through
  the promotion of appropriate policy framework
  and to support member institutions to provide
  sustainable quality financial services to the
  rural population

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AFRACA FORUMS

• Agribanks forum
• Central Banks Forum
• Sub regional workshops
• Microfinance forum

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Why MFF

• The Microfinance forum was created specifically
  to enable
• Members of AFRACA other stakeholders involved
  or interested in microfinance services to come
  together and exchange experiences and learn new
  approaches to offering financial services.
• Result Replication, modification of strategies
  improved service delivery
• AFRACA to realize its objectives as such its
  mission

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5th AFRACA Microfinance Forum

• Theme
• Optimizing financial service delivery to the
  rural areas
• Why this theme?
• Majority of the African population still does not
  have access to financial services
• Microfinance has high potential for poverty
  reduction

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Objectives of the 5th Microfinance forum

• Improve knowledge and understanding of
  microfinance as an industry
• Share experiences on how microfinance service
  delivery could be enhanced to better serve rural
  populations in Africa
• Showcase innovations and cutting edge
  technologies in microfinance
• Avail an opportunity to participants to network,
  establish new contacts and extend knowledge
  exchange and expertise

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• Merci