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For 17 years, the Sustainable Innovation Forum has brought business into the heart of the COP. At COP31 in Türkiye, its role is clearer than ever:engaging corporate leaders and investors and connecting them with the policymakers and subnational leaders who shape the conditions for delivery on the ground.

Taking place on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 November in the Climate Action Innovation Zone at the Sueno Hotels Deluxe Belek Convention & Meeting Center in Antalya, Türkiye. The Sustainable Innovation Forum opens the arc of high-level engagement at COP31, ahead of the COP Presidency’s World Leaders Summit and COP31 Business Summit. Its programme is structured around the six thematic axes of the Global Climate Action Agenda, within which the COP31 Presidency’s 10 Priority Themes sit and is designed to showcase success, facilitate collaboration and accelerate delivery pathways. Sessions will demonstrate proof of progress, projects underway, capital deployed, measurable results – and identify where expertise, technology, investment and operational capacity are needed to scale implementation. The mainstage plenary will be complemented by track stages and deep dive roundtables, creating space for every mode of engagement. From headline interviews and high-level panels to focused, practitioner-led discussions where partnerships take shape.

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?

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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).

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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.