Islamic Microfinance Summit

Raising awareness, ensuring compliant and targeted product development to aid poverty alleviation

26th & 27th of September 2016

Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Summary

Although Islamic microfinance with innovative product lines and systems has huge demand and acceptance across the world, international donor agencies are reluctant to provide funding to the Islamic microfinance industry. without adequate funding sources, this can diminish and weaken the sector’s potential for growth.

Yet Islamic microfinance has a lot of potential. It can be thoroughly developed with the support of international Islamic development institutions and NGOs, local governments through uniformity in regulatory frameworks and procedures.

Another challenging issue is client awareness (in addition to regulatory framework) which is one of the essential requirements to successfully Islamic microfinance in any country. The Islamic Microfinance Summit in Dubai covers a very versatile range of topics, which makes this conference appealing to IMFIs and banks, as well as private investors and development organizations. Speakers include the largest private and public investors in microfinance, Islamic banks and developing organizations from all over the world.

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Agenda

DAY 1

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE

What are the global trends in Islamic Microfinance – How is the market developing?
An insight into innovative features of Islamic microfinance
IRADA Microfinance Company and the new technique in Microfinance

INVESTMENT AND FUNDING LANDSCAPE

Strategies for successful Islamic retail MFI funding
Technology, innovation and Waqf-based microfinance schemes
The Challenge of institutional diversity, regulation, and supervision in islamic microfinance
Challenges and opportunities in the Islamic Finance industry
Financing SMEs to fuel faster development
Women Empowerment under Islamic Microfinance – A case study

DAY 2

CLIENT - CENTRIC APPROACHES AND EFFECTIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES

Financial Inclusion: progress, challenges and a view of the future Islamic microfinance
Bringing Islamic Microfinance to the Digital World
Real Estate Crowdfunding of Social Impact Development
Islamic Microfinance at the ‘Front-line’
Role of technology in Islamic Microfinance