MFI client awareness comic on Coronavirus

By MicroSave Consulting

What are the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic on SMEs in Senegal?

Discover the testimony of Karim Sy, founder of Jokkolabs, the first network of hubs in Africa, and president of Digital Africa. A great entrepreneur and innovator, Karim SY founded the network of Jokkolabs hubs which has been supporting start-ups and young entrepreneurs in Africa since 2010.

Karim is also president of Digital Africa, a platform dedicated to the development of innovative entrepreneurship in Africa.

Find out more about the lockdown in Senegal and how Jokkolabs and other actors in the sector are mobilizing to support SMEs.

New signatories of the pledge to protect MFIs and their clients from the economic effects of the COVID-19

June 2020. A group of microfinance lenders and key players of the inclusive finance sector published in May a set of principles to better support the microfinance sector during the Covid-19. Since its publication, six new organizations have signed the Common pledge, for a total of 26 signatories.

One million or one hundred million casualties? The impact of the covid-19 crisis on the least developed and developing countries

In a recent working paper available for download here we have analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Least Developed and Developing Countries. We find that the overall impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the least developed and developing countries is massive, with a potentially very high number of casualties: we float an entirely arbitrary figure of 100 million.

Guidance note on the extension of deadlines for banks and MFIs in the WAMU region

In order to ensure the continuity of the activities of financial institutions in facing Covid-19, BCEAO and ADA are publishing a guidance note on the extension of deadlines for banks and MFIs in the WAMU region.

Several tools have already been released to ensure the continuity of the activities of financial institutions to face Covid-19.

The key role of business incubators and accelerators in Latin America

How do the region's incubators and accelerators do to remotely support enterprises facing the Covid-19?

Measures to facilitate work in MFIs

In daily contact with MFIs, ADA has identified some measures to facilitate the work for the employees and clients of the MFIs.

An international coalition to protect microfinance institutions and their clients in the COVID-19 crisis

An international coalition to protect microfinance institutions and their clients in the COVID-19 crisis

REDCAMIF: "Supporting networks and institutions"

Iván Gutiérrez, Executive Director of REDCAMIF, and Andrea Rosales, Head of Communication and Training, talk about their crisis management.

Voices from the ground: Central Asia

New interview on the situation in the world by the LMDF fund