Gabriela Erice García

Gabriela Erice García
European Microfinance Platform.

Gabriela Erice García works as Senior Microfinance Officer at the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), where she is responsible for managing the European Microfinance Award and coordinating the European Microfinance Week programme. Gabriela joined e-MFP in 2013; prior to the Platform, she worked at Bancamia, a Colombian MFI, the European Parliament in Brussels and the Office for Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in Belgium. She has a Master in International Business Management and in Microfinance and Development.

Articles by Gabriela Erice García

Guest Articles

Wednesday
March 16
2022

Joana Afonso / Gabriela Erice García / Sam Mendelson / Daniel Rozas

Financial Inclusion that Works for Women: The European Microfinance Award 2022

Lending to women clients has been at the center of microfinance since its modern inception. And as Joana Afonso, Gabriela Erice, Sam Mendelson and Daniel Rozas at the European Microfinance Platform point out, there has undoubtedly been progress in promoting women’s financial inclusion. But they argue that a myopic focus on outreach too often undermines the sector's understanding of the specific barriers women face. They discuss how the 2022 European Microfinance Award's focus on “Financial Inclusion that Works for Women" aims to encourage more effective gender strategies.

Categories
Entrepreneurship, Finance

Tags
business development, financial inclusion, financial services, gender equality, gender gap, microfinance, Women, women entrepreneurs
Tuesday
June 21
2016

Daniel Rozas / Gabriela Erice García

Opportunity International and MyBucks: The Future of Digital Microfinance?

Back in November 2015, to little fanfare, microfinance pioneer Opportunity International agreed to sell six banks serving sub-Saharan Africa to the MyBucks Group, a Luxembourg-based fintech company. By all accounts, this should have been bigger news, as it touches upon many of the topics and trends that are reshaping the microfinance sector, from the role of fintech to the question of responsible exits. Daniel Rozas and Gabriela Erice García explore the very real opportunities and challenges generated by this deal.

Categories
Uncategorized

Tags
banking, financial inclusion, financial products, financial services, fintech, microcredit, microfinance, mobile banking, mobile finance, social impact

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