Organized by FAPSFD of WAEMU and UNCDF, in partnership with ADA

On June 29th from 2pm to 4pm GMT, we invite you to the first of a series of webinars on "Microfinance and COVID-19 in the WAEMU".
During this session, industry professionals will share their analysis on the impact of the crisis and their vision for its resilience in the WAEMU. The session was organized by the Federation of Professional Associations of Decentralized Financial Systems (FAPSFD) and UNCDF, in partnership with ADA, e-MFP, SEEP, CGAP and the FinDev Portal.

UNCDF in its mandate to support development finance joined FAPSFD in organizing this series of webinars in order to facilitate and share information, analysis, available data on the impact of the crisis on the microfinance sector in the region.

We hereby invite you to join us in this first webinar, entitled "Microfinance and COVID-19 in the WAEMU, the voice of professionals of Decentralized Financial Systems", with the objectives of : 

• share evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the microfinance sector in the WAEMU;
• encourage participants to exchange on how to contain the effects of the crisis on the microfinance sector; 
• discuss and exchange on options for resilience but also for the recovery of the post-COVID-19 sector.

The meeting will be in French with simultaneous translation into English.