TONDERAI SAHARO
The Zimbabwe Association of Microfinance Institutions (ZAMFI) has lined up a number of activities for 2024 as it conitnues to put measures that strengthen capacity building amongst its members.
ZAMFI is the sole association of microfinance institutions in Zimbabwe, which was formed in 1999 as a trust and has held AGMs every year without failure.
This year’s AGM has been slated for June 20 at a venue yet to be confirmed according to its calendar of events in possession of The Midweek.
The association seeks to provide a vehicle for structured learning and to coordinate efforts in addressing institutional and policy hurdles to the sustainable development of microfinance industry in Zimbabwe.
In January ZAMFI held a Strategy workshop for chief executive officers which was followed by the Building Growth Oriented, Sustainable & Resilient Systematically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs) held in February.
In March the association successfully hosted two conferences, the loan loss provisioning and Global Money Week workshops.
This month they will hold a Webinar on Market and Foreign Exchange Risk Management which will be followed by a Digital Finance & Marketing in July and in September members will benefit from a Credit Risk Management workshop.
Apart from conducting these important workshops ZAMFI lined up Microfinance Schools which began with the just ended Women Leadership Conference held on 04 April and will be followed by the CEO School penciled for 18 – 19 July and lastly, they will hold the Summer /Technical School from 17 and 18 October in Masvingo.
