{"id":3807,"date":"2024-12-10T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advans.lasuiteandco.fr\/?post_type=insights&p=3807"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:20:09","slug":"african-financial-summit-afis-2024","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/insights\/african-financial-summit-afis-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"African Financial Summit \u2013 AFIS 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Driving Impact through Innovation: Steven Duchatelle<\/a> at AFRICA FINANCIAL SUMMIT<\/a><\/h2>\n

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AFIS \u2013 10 December 2024, Casablanca, Maroc<\/h3>\n

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As international microfinance institutions<\/strong> continue to rethink their role in expanding inclusive financial services, micro finance in Africa<\/strong> is entering a new phase driven by data, digital innovation, and collaboration. At the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS 2024) in Casablanca, industry leaders gathered to explore how microcredit can further strengthen impact and sustainability across underserved communities.<\/p>\n

Our Group CEO had the privilege of participating in a strategic roundtable discussion at the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS 2024) in Casablanca. For the first time, with the support of the IFC – International Finance Corporation<\/a>, AFIS organised a session dedicated to microfinance, an important milestone for the sector.<\/p>\n

The closed-door session, titled \u201cData-driven Microfinance: What More Can Institutions and Banks Do to Elevate Impact?\u201d<\/em>, brought together high-level stakeholders, including executives from leading financial institutions, to discuss key challenges and opportunities:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd39 Transitioning from people-intensive distribution models to digital and data-driven approaches
\n\ud83d\udd39 Leveraging AI and machine learning to lower interest rates and\u00a0 improve credit scoring
\n\ud83d\udd39 Using microcredit as a foundation to expand access to micro-savings and micro-insurance<\/p>\n

Moderated by Othman Omary<\/a>, Managing Director & Partner at BCG Casablanca, this collaborative discussion explored how African regulators, financial institutions, and microfinance actors can evolve to better serve low-income communities while ensuring sustainable impact.<\/p>\n

By actively contributing to these strategic exchanges, Advans reinforces its role among leading MFIs in Africa<\/strong>, committed to advancing micro financing through responsible innovation. By combining technology, data, and a strong client-centric approach, Advans international continues to support sustainable financial inclusion and to shape the future of microfinance international<\/strong> with measurable, long-term impact. Let\u2019s keep pushing the boundaries of innovation and impact!<\/p>\n

To go further, read about Advans’ participation at the European Microfinance Week 2024 : Climate Strategies to build the Resilience of African MSME<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3940,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"insights_types":[113],"insights_tags":[163],"class_list":["post-3807","insights","type-insights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","insights_types-event","insights_tags-evenement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insights\/3807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insights\/3807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"insights_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insights_types?post=3807"},{"taxonomy":"insights_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advansinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insights_tags?post=3807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}