3rd Annual World Islamic Retail Banking Conference 18 – 20 October 2011, Shangrila, Dubai URL: http://wirb2011.com/home/ Islamic retail banking has great potential, especially in the Middle East. Islamic Finance is currently at the crossroad and needs to decide whether to continue with imitating conventional banks or will begin to improve and create... 

8 to 10 November 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil From 8 to 10 November 2011, the 7th International Microinsurance Conference will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.This event is hosted by the Munich Re Foundation and the Microinsurance Network supported by CnSeg, SUSEP, FIDES, IDB, GIZ/BMZ and Georgia State University’s Center for the Economic... 

Microfinance in Africa is transforming – quickly.  Shifting regulation, mounting competition, new technologies and higher expectations from investors will all be affecting your organization. Are you comfortable with these changes?  Do you feel like you are on track?  Are you getting all the funding you need? I wouldl like to introduce myself... 

October 4 – October 6, 2011 Arusha Tanzania You Will Want To Be There! http://www.arushasavingsgroupssummit.org/ Registration is OPEN! The Arusha Savings Groups Summit (ASGS) will be the first global event for practitioners of savings group methodologies.  It will be held at the Arusha International Conference Center (AICC) in Arusha Tanzania. ... 

http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/smdp/Tanzania-main.html REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN October 10-21, 2011 Arusha, Tanzania Immediately after the Arusha Savings Groups Summit  http://www.arushasavingsgroupssummit.org/ -          Four courses specifically tailored to Savings Groups practitioners -          Facilitated by some of the... 

From GhanaWeb The european uinon in partnership with Oxfam Novib and International Network for Alternative Financial Institutions (INAFI) have team up project to foster the linkage between migration and development in Africa. According to David Foka, president of the federation des Associations Africaines du Grand-Duche luxembourg the project will... 

“Leveraging Opportunities in Africa’s Consumer Business” 26 – 27 July 2011 – Johannesburg, South Africa http://www.fleminggulf.com/finance/africa/retail-banking-africa-2011 Africa is determined as land full of opportunities and new ventures for growth that leaves a space for retail and commercial banks to capture market that harnesses over... 

Press Release Delegates from 12 countries and 800 participants will attend this event (Lahore) AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking & Economics (CIBE) and AKHUWAT are organizing International Conference on Islamic Microfinance on June 13, 2011 at Faisal Auditorium Islamabad wherein delegates from 12 countries will grace the occasion and 800 participants... 

// Inter-American development Bank Announcement Participants are invited to send agenda proposals and nominations for awards for microenterprise development Costa Rica will host the XIV Inter-American Microenterprise Forum (Foromic 2011), the most important annual microfinance and microenterprise development event in Latin America and the Caribbean. Foromic... 

// Aitec Press Release The first decade of the new millennium has probably been the most traumatic ever for the international banking industry. Added to that, the African region’s mobile banking boom opens up a wide range of new security threats for the industry. And from a commercial point of view, the banks are under siege – on the one...