The African Microfinance Week (SAM) 2019 | ADA Microfinance | 21 October 2019 | International Conference Centre, Avenue Pascal Zagré, Ouaga 2000, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

The African Microfinance Week (referred to as 'the SAM', based on the French acronym) is a major conference dedicated to the development of financial inclusion in Africa that takes place every two years

The main ambition of the SAM is to provide a unified African platform for exchange on the microfinance issues facing the African continent by bringing together all the professionals of the sector – investors, MFIs, researchers, banks, networks, innovators, governments and others.

Themes of the SAM 2019:
Through a range of plenary events and breakout sessions, SAM 2019 will address the following themes, among others:
• Agricultural Finance
• Macro-Level Alignment with SDGs
• Digital Finance and Fintech
• Cash Transfers
• Small & Medium Enterprise Development and Youth Employment
• Gender Inequality

2019 Keynote Speakers

Jayadeep Akkireddy
Senior Manager, Learning & Innovation, IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative

Mohamed Babekir Elgali
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences University of Gezira

Eddy Balemba Kanyurhi
Associate professor in the Faculty of Economics and Management, Catholic University of Bukavu

Elizabeth Berthe
Deputy Director, MicroSave Helix Network

Charissa Bosma
Senior Associate, FMO, Dutch Development Bank

Linda Busienei
Operations Manager, Agri-Wallet

Tristan Caballero-Montes
Student at the Warocqué School of Business and Economics, University of Mons (UMONS)

Eric Campos
Managing Director, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation

Marius Ogoukonle Chabi
Country Director for IPA (Innovations for Poverty Action) Francophone West Africa, Burkina Faso

Mathieu Ciowela
Director, UNDP Central African Republic Office

Gerhard Coetzee
Lead, Customer Value, CGAP

Anne Contreras-Muller
Of Counsel, Arendt

François Coupienne
Digital Economy & Innovtion Program Manager, UNCDF

Sié Albert Dah
Head of Agricultural Operations, Advans

Aurelia Dakpogan
Program Officer Inclusive finance, AGRA

Jean-Marc Debricon
General Manager of Alterfin and member of the Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance (CSAF)

Arnaud De Lavalette
Senior Project Manager, ADA

Boubacar Diallo
Specialist in financial inclusion for the Africa region, Smart Campaign (Accion)

Marie Pascaline Diasso
Economist, Réseau des Caisses Populaires du Burkina (RCPB)

Olivier Edelman
Head of Microfinance Unit - Intermediated finance for MSMEs Division, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Thomas T. Essel
Secretary General, African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA)

Laura Foschi
Executive Director, ADA

Bénédicte Godefroid
Head of Unit Capacity Building & Sector Support, ADA

Amelia Greenberg
Deputy Director, Social Performance Task Force (SPTF), USA

Robby Greenfield
Manager Global Social Impact Lead, ConsenSys

Yann Groeger
Regional Manager Africa, BlueOrchard

Julien Guth
Managing Partner, Kap Fund

Emilio Hernandez
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP

François Kaboré
Head of Client Relations and Network, Banque Agricole Du Faso

Adrian Kamenitzer
Head of the Equity, New Products and Special Transactions Department, EIB (European Investment Bank), Luxembourg

Machal Karim
Development Impact Executive, CDC

Amin Karimu
Lecturer, University of Ghana Business (UGBS)

Harounan Kazianga
The Carson Priority Professor of economics, Oklahoma State University

Jean-Luc Konan
Founder and CEO, COFINA Group (Compagnie Financière Africaine)

Antonique Koning
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP

Brian A. Kuwik
Chief Regional Officer for Africa, Acción

Paul Kweheria
Financial Services Team Leader for NUTEC FS, Mercy Corps

Paulette Lenert
Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs

Christian Loupéda
Senior Director Financial Inclusion, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation

Safiatou Malet-Coulibaly
Country Manager, SOS Faim

Yéréfolo Mallé
West Africa Regional Representative, Trickle Up

Patrick Mbouombouo Mfossa
Member, international association of French-speaking researchers in microfinance (AICFM)

Mona McCord
Director Agriculture Innovations, Grameen Foundation

Sabine Mensah
Technical Specialist, UNCDF for the inclusive finance program YouthStart

Xavier Michon
Deputy Executive Secretary, UNCDF

Howard Miller
Rural Finance and Inclusive Fintech Expert

Aiaze Mitha
Digital Ambassador, UNCDF

Denis Moniotte
Co-Founder, Rubyx

Vanessa Moungar
Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society, African Development Bank

Zibusiso Moyo
PhD in Finance, University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

Rachael Spiwe Mushosho
Deputy Director in Bank Supervision Division, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

Jules Theoneste Ndahayo
Chairperson, Association of Microfinance Institutions in Rwanda (AMIR)

Abdelaziz Ouedraogo
Director General for the Promotion of the Rural Economy, Ministry of Agriculture and Hydro-agricultural Development

Méliane Ouedraogo
Business Development Manager, YUP by Société Générale

Dominique Owekisa
Young Entrepreneurs Project Manager, ADA

Massimo Pera
Agribusiness Economist, FAO

Natalia Realpe Carrillo
Director of the startup HEDERA

Myka Reinsch
Consultant, ADA

Karen Rieckmann
Program Director, myAgro

Corinne Riquet-Bamba
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP

Roberto Ridolfi
Assistant Director-General, Programme Support and Technical Cooperation Department, FAO

Giorgi Samadashvili
Chief Business Development Officer, Advans Ghana Savings & Loans

Alimata Sawadogo
Representative Country of SOS-Faim Luxembourg and SOS-Faim Belgium

Jean-Michel Severino
President of "Investisseurs & Partenaires" (I&P)

Hedwig Siewertsen
Head Inclusive Finance, AGRA (Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa)

Pierre-Marie Simon
Digital finance program manager - financial inclusion expert, Baobab Group

Anup Singh
Associate Partner and Regional Head, Anglophone Africa, MicroSave Consulting (MSC)

Moumine Sissao
National Coordinator, ProFeJeC Project developed by UNDP (Projet Femmes-Jeunes Entreprenants et Citoyenneté)

Madji Sock
Co-founder, WIC Capital

Blaine Stephens
Chief Operating Officer, MIX

Emmanuel Tassembedo
Orange Money Director, Burkina Faso

Ousmane Thiongane
General Manager, Union des Institutions Mutualistes Communautaires d’Epargne et de Crédit (U-IMCEC)

Gera Voorrips
Senior advisor Africa, Triple Jump Advisory Services, Netherlands

Elizabeth Wanjiru Karinga
Finance Manager, Bimas Kenya Ltd

Kamal Yakub
Chief Executive Officer, Trotro Tractor Limited

Felix Yao
Coordinator of the Financial Education Programme of the Ministry of National Education

Dirk Andreas Zetzsche
ADA Chair in Financial Law-Inclusive Finance, University of Luxembourg

Dan Zook
Executive Director, ISF Advisors, Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab, USA

2019 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSOR:
• UNCDF

SILVER SPONSORS:
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• HPS
• SIDI
• Coris Group

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation
• BNP Paribas
• Microfact
• Arendt
• African Development Bank
• Alterfin
• UNDP
• ProFeJec
• RCPB
• FAARF
• MicroAID
• FINACOM

GALA DINNER SPONSOR:
• Oikocredit

INVESTOR'S FAIR SPONSORS:
• Crowd Credit
• Triple Jump
• BIO

INVESTOR'S VILLAGE SPONSORS:
• CAGECFI
• Satis