Microfinance – a cure all solution to poverty? Another way to gain profit from the poor? A tool for development? What exactly is Microfinance? To answer some of these questions and introduce what Microfinance is, Mi-fi has organized the first Mi-fi Day.
Our overall question is: Does Microfinance help build and / or develop local capacities where they are needed most?
Date: Tuesday, 19th April 2016
Time: 11:30 – 13:00(arrival from 11:00)
Location: University of Zürich, Main Building, Rämistrasse 71
Event Outline
11:30 Fair in the main building of the UZH
13:00 “Microfinance and Poverty – An introduction to Microfinance” (More Info)
14:15 Workshops and Presentations:
- Symbiotics – Investors Side (More Info)
- Oikocredit – Impact Measurement (More Info)
- Swisscontact – Practical Project on Microleasing (More Info)
16:00 Podium Discussion (More Info)
17:30 Networking Apèro and Closing at the Fair
Please note that for the 3 parallel presentations starting at 1415 there are limited spaces – SIGN-UP