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“We like to say Financial health instead of financial inclusion since just financial inclusion also has its limits” said Sarah Willis, Director of Metlife Foundation, who along with Yasmin Bin Humam from CGAP, kicked off the Finequity event held in Istanbul, Turkey on 29th May, 2019. Finequity, is a global community which serves as a platform for learning and exchange on a range of issues related to women’s financial inclusion.

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After his participation in the Lima Fintech Forum 2019, our Senior Associate Consultant Raul Gomez Velasquez, will be in the Dominican Republic on May 14-15 to facilitate a Digital Finance Awareness Seminar for Senior Management and Board of Directors of various local MFIs.
The seminar is made possible thanks to the “Fund for Responsible and Inclusive Finance in Central America and the Caribbean” (FFRI-CAC),

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We are very happy to announce that Amarante Consulting will be present at the third edition of the Lima Fintech Forum 2019. Our Senior Associate Consultant, Mr. Raul Gomez Velasquez, will be representing us at the Forum. We hope to continue promoting digital transformation and its relevance for the financial inclusion of lower income and un(der)banked populations.

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Es un placer poder confirmar que Amarante Consulting estará presente en la tercera edición del Lima Fintech Forum 2019 a través de nuestro Senior Associate Consultant en SFDs Mg. 

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In Central America, there is still a dearth of knowledge and experience on how to increase financial access in an environment where the private sector largely accounts for the provision of financial services. Innovation and adoption of new technologies reduces the cost of providing access to financial services, especially those related to transactions and payments.

As part of Amarante’s collaboration with Ada and Redcamif in Central America,

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The Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) partners with Amarante Consulting to provide ‘Training on Digital Financial Services’ to MFIs through:

– Capacity building of MFIs

– Digital readiness assessment of MFIs to define what needs to be done to start going digital

SPTF is engaging in this initiative in Central America and the Caribbean (RIFF-CAC) region in collaboration with REDCAMIF and in Sub-Saharan Africa/Middle East and North Africa (RIFF-SSA/MENA) in collaboration with Smart Campaign

Networks and Microfinance Institutions can request introductory training for their members and can also apply for co-funded Digital Readiness Assessment studies.

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La question du financement est capitale dans le développement des jeunes entreprises de l’innovation numérique. Mais quels leviers les pouvoirs publics peuvent-ils actionner pour soutenir efficacement les startups ? Qu’en est-il du positionnement du secteur privé ? Mandatés par l’Etat gabonais dans la cadre du projet e-Gabon, avec l’appui de la Banque Mondiale,

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The question of access to finance is crucial in the development of start-ups, especially those working in the field of digital innovation. But what levers can governments operate to effectively support them? What about the role of the private sector? Mandated by the Gabonese government as part of the e-Gabon project, supported by the World Bank,

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On Wednesday 23rd of January, Amarante co-facilitated a session organized by GIZ, in order to share insights and impact created as a result of their 2 year partnership with a Jordanian start-up, Dinarak. Under the umbrella of its Digi#ances program, GIZ selected Dinarak as a private sector partner in order to achieve development objectives such as offering access to financial services,

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On Tuesday, January 15th, Amarante Consulting held a kick-off meeting with members of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and GoMedical for the launch of a new project in Benin.

GoMedical is a first-of-its-kind medical application developed in Benin by the company Open SI catering to the population’s medical needs. CEO, Gilles KOUNOU, realized that people had to wait for hours in long queues to get an appointment with a doctor and hence,

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The European Microfinance Annual Conference, organised by the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), took place between the 14th and the 16th of November 2018. This year, the event witnessed knowledge sharing and discussion around technology, partnerships, trends and how institutions – both big and small – can cope with this fast changing context which is forcing changes to how the microfinance profession is traditionally carried out.

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