Day 3 at Africa Microfinance Week 2025 Highlights Inclusive Finance in Action
Day 3 at Africa Microfinance Week 2025 (SAM 2025) was rich with knowledge, collaboration, and action. The sessions brought together leaders and innovators in inclusive finance to explore how solutions can be designed to truly work for people at the margins.
Key Discussions
Participants engaged in dynamic discussions covering:
✅ How financial and non-financial services must work hand in hand
✅ Using client voices to shape impactful products
✅ Unlocking opportunities for migrants, gig workers, millennials, and climate-affected farmers
✅ Turning data into evidence to influence systems and change minds
✅ Balancing commercial performance with meaningful results, and seeing that tension as a positive
Meaningful connections were made, reflecting a strong commitment to improving the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations.
Key Insight: The State of Inclusive Green Finance
The sessions highlighted the power of policy, partnerships, digitization, and capacity building in scaling impact:
✅ 36 policy changes already in place
🌍 58 developing countries engaged
🏛️ 69 institutions across 63 countries represented
🎓 448 regulators trained to create enabling environments
📚 22 knowledge products shared for learning
💡 14 implementation grants and 12 technical support projects driving innovation on the ground
Plenary Highlight
“Adapting Without Drifting – Reclaiming the Client Focus in Inclusive Finance”
Speakers: Laura Foschi, Curtis Musembi, David Mukaru, Raliat Sunmonu, and David Berno
Key takeaways included:
🔹 Listen first, co-design later — even for digital solutions
🔹 Building algorithms carefully matters for inclusion
🔹 Regulation should protect, not marginalize
🔹 Use data to build evidence and advocate for change
🔹 Collaboration and alignment are essential for solving complex problems
🔹 Focus on impact opportunities rather than challenges
Looking Ahead
Fortune Credit looks forward to connecting with innovators building digital tools for inclusion and investment partners ready to catalyze impact at the Investors Fair and Innovators Village during Days 4 and 5 of SAM 2025.
At Fortune Credit, we succeed because of our inclusive DNA: women-led, youth-driven, and climate-smart.
Asante Sana to everyone driving these important conversations.
Fortune Credit Team