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2013 Annual Conference and General Assembly
from 16/10/2013 to 19/10/2013
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN) and The Association of Ethiopian MicroFinance Institution (AEMFI) will organize the 12th Annual Conference and General...
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Advocacy and policy change
i. AFMIN participated to key international and regional meetings to create awareness about the AFMIN consensus statement on sound policy for microfinance. The meetings which AFMIN participated includes:- AMAF/WWB Meeting on Diagnostic of Microfinance Industry in Africa (Nairobi, June 2009)
- 2009 Social Performance Task Force Meeting (Madrid, June 2009
- 2008 Global Network Summit(Arlington, December 2008)
- Microcredits for development: Asia and Africa (Madrid, June 2008)
- 2008 Technology Forum: Access to Finance (Yaoundé, July 2008)
- 2007 Global network Summit (Washington, December 2007)
- Steering Committee of UNCDF (Antananarivo, March 2007)
- 2007 AMAF Forum (Casablanca, March 2007)
- Participation To Halifax Microcredit Summit (November 2006)
- Participation to UNCDF conference on Building Inclusive Financial Sector in Africa (2006)
- The Meeting of the Ministries of Finance from the African countries affiliated to the Franc zone (UEMOA, CEMAC and Comoros)
- The Middle East and Africa Microcredit Summit
- The international Conference of Paris
- The French Speaking Meeting in Tunis
- The UN Expert Group Meeting in New York
- The Blue Book meeting in Geneva
AFMIN conducted in collaboration with WWB an inventory of policy framework in the diferent countries with view to enforce effective national policies and strategies for microfinance. This includes:- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
- Malawi
- Tanzania
- South Africa
AFMIN organised with support from WWB and network members two policy workshops on:- Reviewing the "PARMEC law" to better respond to the needs and expectation of the industry in UEMOA zone and
- Building Effective National Policy and Strategies in East and South Africa
FAITS SAILLANTS
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Mission and Vision
AFMIN’s mission is to contribute to the development and provision of effective and sustainable financial services to the low income population of Africa, by supporting Country level Networks and their member MFIs to achieve their missions and objectives, and helping to improve the microfinance environment in Africa and globally. AFMIN’s vision is to work together with microfinance...
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organizational structure
AFMIN governing bodies are : The General Assembly; The Board of Directors; And the Executive Secretariat; The General Assembly The General Assembly is AFMIN’s supreme governing body. It consists of the leaders of the 22 country-level networks represented by their Board Chairs and Executive Directors from each of the 22 country-level networks: an appointed network member and the...
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Board of Directors
The AFMIN Board of Directors is a body of seven individuals elected from among the members of the General Assembly; Board member do not represent their networks on the Board. The later reports to the genral Assembly and is responsible for developing guidelines for the long-term strategic direction of...
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Management team
The Executive Secretariat, together with the Board of Directors, constitute the network support organization for AFMIN. AFMIN secretariat staff consists of one Executive Director, one programme officer, one accountant, one Program Officer and one Administrative Assistant. This is expected to be the limit of full-time permanent staff for the AFMIN secretariat. In addition, AFMIN recruits...
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