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Bank of the Poor in Sudan

Arab Gulf Programme for the support of the United Nations Development "AGFUND" began the executive steps to establish a sixth microfinance bank in the system "AGFUND" to combat poverty called Bank of the Poor in Sudan like Grameen bank in bangladesh by the microfinance guru Muhammad Yunus

The team of  "AGFUND" discuss, chaired by Executive Director Nasser Bakr Al-Qahtani with the Sudanese side complete the contributions of the private sector in the Sudanese capital of the bank of the poor after it obtained the approval of the Central Bank of Sudan.
AGFUND

AGFUND has received the approval of a number of prominent Sudanese businessmen to contribute to the bank's capital.
The delegation will attend AGFUND in the Forum's seventh Islamic Development Bank to be held in Khartoum on Islamic finance and provides Qahtani and a paper on the successful experiences of AGFUND in the area of ​​job creation and social and economic impact of this experience, the most important obstacles to job creation is represented in (funding, training and rehabilitation, and the labor market ) will also speak about the role of microfinance and micro in the provision of employment opportunities.

Will address Qahtani Horizons initiative Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, microfinance, which led to the establishment of 5 banks for the poor in the Arab region and Africa, (the National Bank to finance small projects in Jordan, Al-Amal Microfinance in Yemen, the Bank of creativity in Bahrain, Bank of creativity in Syria, the Bank of partnership and innovation in Sierra Leone. The pump "AGFUND" in the role of banks, 130 million, benefiting far more than a million in the poor.

The practice of AGFUND to establish banks for the poor on the principle of social investment, and therefore the profits went to the capital increase, and the disposal of the partners, and moreover they are Members of the Board of Directors of the private sector, and shareholders.

Believes that the AGFUND Bank for the Poor in Sudan carries a lot of the features of the success and development and expansion of Sudan because of the countries that created a legislative structure to promote microfinance.

It should be noted that Sudan has launched an initiative to support young people to do small projects to improve their social situation and fight against poverty.

African Conference Microfinance in Ghana

Ghana will host African Conference Microfinance in October 2010, with the development of effective access to finance for small businesses in the continent, and the conference will be held under the theme "Access to financial services - Reaching the Excluded".
Participants will discuss issues such as the promotion of access to finance through technical means and the protection of clients of microfinance, microinsurance, and innovative ways to mobilize savings and interest rates.

The conference brings together officials of African governments., Development partners and representatives of funding institutions on the continent
The conference is organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance of Ghana in collaboration with local financing institutions and NGOs, finance companies and rural banks and cooperative.

The African Network for Microfinance "AFMIN" regional organization for the sub-Saharan Africa including networks at the State level and was founded for the development of efficient financial services. And permanent financing for the poor in Africa.

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Africa Microfinance Network "AFMIN"


The Africa Microfinance Network "AFMIN" is an association of microfinance networks in Africa resulting from an initiative led by African microfinance practitioners to create and strengthen country-level microfinance networks for the purpose of establishing shared performance standards, institutional capacity and policy change.

AFMIN was formally launched in November 2000 and has established its Secretariat in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), where AFMIN is legally recognized as an international Non-Governmental Organisation pursuant to Ivorian laws.

Because of the political unrest in Côte d’Ivoire, AFMIN temporarily relocated its office to Cotonou in Benin and represented in 21 countries.

AFMIN seeks to provide effective, sustainable financial services to Africa’s low income population by supporting national networks/MFIs and helping them achieve their mission and objectives to alleviate Poverty in africa, and helping to improve the microfinance environment in the region and globally.

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The Financial Crisis and Microfinance

Microfinance Industry

The success of microcredit throughout the world is undeniable and the high repayment rates of poor entrepreneurs who benefit are well known. A number of corollaries have developed: microsavings, microinsurance and micropayments. Today there are more than 10,000 microfinance institutions (MFIs), which carry out transactions totaling over 40 billion euros from 150 million poor, mostly women. Of these 10,000 facilities, about 2% have the necessary scale to be profitable. These 2% provide the bulk of funding for the sector.

The financial crisis that we have known for two years she affects this table and she slows the prospects of microfinance? Today, there are two main effects of the financial crisis on microfinance. On one hand, the rate of non-repayment of microemprunteurs increased, as shown by the Moroccan example (although country star microfinance still two years ago ...). On the other hand, growth in the number of loans for microfinance is still largely informal and feeds mainly on activities that are not related to the global economy, excluding agriculture and commercial activities related to tourism.



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PlaNet Finance Launched a project for renewable energy

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PlaNet Finance and its partners are launching with the support of the European Union and the SGP's Fund for World Environment UNDP Morocco, FREEME project to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in Morocco and Egypt through microfinance.

The program FREEME (Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Morocco and Egypt) aims to support the development, access and sustainable use of renewable energy and energy efficiency services through the Microfinance in the two countries.

The project should benefit FREEME 4800 people in both countries and raise awareness about 2,400 microentrepreneurs and low income households.


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Microfinance in Morocco: a promising market for NICT providers

ALAMANA The most impotant Microfinance Institutions in Morocco
The Moroccan Microfinance industry is important and becoming increasingly sophisticated; nevertheless, the demand for financial and non-financial services is far from being entirely met. Leading actors seek new solutions and technologies to: cut their costs, improve the quality of their services, and be more competitive.

• With 1.24 million clients, the microfinance sector in Morocco is the most developed one in the MENA region. Leading Moroccan microcredit institutions are ranked among the top 20 biggest microfinance institutions in the world. Nevertheless, the microfinance sector has a great growth potential in this region: currently, only 25% of the demand is met.

• The Moroccan microfinance industry is at a turning point: several leading microcredit institutions are considering their conversion into regulated financial institutions.

Moroccan microcredit institutions and banks are profitable and well-structured, as well as interested in adopting new solutions and processes so as to be more competitive. Innovative technology is a key factor in their strategy for service-differentiation.

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