ADA at the European Microfinance Week

ADA at the European Microfinance Week

28 November 2024 News
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ADA shared its expertise on a broad range of topics at the European Microfinance Week organised by e-MFP in Luxembourg from 13 to 15 November.


Panel contributions

 

ADA’ Executive Director, Laura Foschi, participated in the opening plenary on empowering global change: how inclusive finance will accelerate the path to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She positioned the inclusive finance sector as a prime channel for achieving impact with sustainable finance: by channelling financial flows through inclusive finance organisations in developing countries, it is possible to generate a positive environmental and social impact and contribute to SDGs.



Axel de Ville, Head of Strategy and Innovation, shared ADA’s experience of and approach to working with young entrepreneurs in Africa and Central America on a panel on Young entrepreneurs as a priority for impactful inclusive finance youth. 

Nausica Fiorelli, Investment Officer, also spoke on a panel on the Biodiversity frontier in financial Inclusion, climate & green finance regulation, funding & investing. Based on her experience of providing microfinance institutions in developing countries with investments and technical assistance, Nausica explained that biodiversity loss mitigation is challenging for small institutions as they lack the knowledge and the resources to understand the long-term impact of their actions on biodiversity.

Other activities

Christina Ehlert, Head of Programmes – Agriculture and Forestry Value Chains, co-hosted a workshop with Rabobank to explore the potential of geospatial data for inclusive agriculture and nature finance. Participants discussed the opportunities for using increasingly available satellite data to meet the rising demand in the inclusive finance sector for assessing environmental and agricultural risks and impacts and for meeting regulatory and market data requirements.

Throughout the week, ADA also supported the Catapult Africa startup bootcamp organised by the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology:

  • Bénédicte Godefroid, Director of Programmes was a jury member of the fintech pitch and gave a presentation on financial inclusion
  • Cristelle Vanina Nguemouhe, FIT Coordinator, presented ADA’s Financial Innovation Tool (FIT)
  • Sophie Hartman, Head of Programmes – Youth Entrepreneurship, and Nadia Ouriemchi, Programme Officer – Youth Entrepreneurship, acted as startup mentors.