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Last year, 760 attendees called in online and attended in person for IF25.

In 2026, we’re excited to welcome you once more to one of the world’s leading gatherings in financial inclusion!

Formerly known as European Microfinance Week (EMW), the event has over two decades evolved to become a core international event, gathering experts from around the world and mapping out the future of the industry.

The IF26 agenda will feature topics from previous years (gender finance and green and climate finance), sector trends identified in e-MFP’s Financial Inclusion Compass 2026 (changing funding landscape and emerging technologies like AI) and the theme of this year’s Luxembourg Award for Inclusive Finance, youth-inclusive finance.

What’s next?

Sponsorship:

Explore the sponsorship packages available here and find out how you can best showcase your association while becoming part a core part of IF26.

Would you like to support IF26? Reach out to Maria (molle@e-mfp.eu).

Registration

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Afrovest is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that connects global capital with African innovation. As an annual nonprofit summit, it convenes foreign investors, visionary entrepreneurs, political leaders, and industry experts to spotlight investment-ready businesses across the continent. Attendees engage directly with top founders and discover high-impact ventures that are driving sustainable development and economic growth in Africa. Through curated programming, Afrovest delivers exclusive market insights, facilitates lasting partnerships, and fosters a powerful investment ecosystem.

The Africa Fintech Summit was founded in 2017 with the mission of bringing the issues, trends, and changemakers impacting Africa’s financial technology ecosystem together. AFTS is the largest bi-annual gathering of financial technology stakeholders on the African continent.

The Africa Fintech Summit was founded in 2017 with the mission of bringing the issues, trends, and changemakers impacting Africa’s financial technology ecosystem together. AFTS is the largest bi-annual gathering of financial technology stakeholders on the African continent.

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Our mission is to accelerate access to financial services for small and medium-sized businesses worldwide by fostering knowledge exchange, driving policy reform, building meaningful connections, and championing innovation. As the leading SME finance network globally, we steer industry innovations, support replication of best practices, steer policy advocacy, and foster global knowledge transfer.

The SME Finance Forum brings together the institutions driving innovation, inclusion, and growth for small businesses across the globe.

AI AND THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

How can AI help connect capital with climate and nature solutions?
Many promising climate and nature projects are struggling to access capital, while investors are having trouble finding and funding them. Can responsible AI technologies help bridge this gap?

At the 9th GLF Investment Case Symposium, join leaders from across finance, business, technology, government and grassroots initiatives to explore how AI, information and partnerships can make sustainable investment faster, smarter and more effective.

We’re gathering alongside COP31 – and opening the doors for you to join online or in person – to ignite new investment strategies that benefit communities, nature and investors alike.

Tickets are now available but spots are limited.