“Past Imperfect; Future Tense”: Online European Microfinance Week 2020 Begins, for a Financial Inclusion Sector with Much to Discuss

The online European Microfinance Week (#EMW2020) conference, hosted by the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) opened today, prefacing three days of virtual debate and discussion on the critical challenges and opportunities facing the financial inclusion sector.

#EMW2020 may be fully online – with new streams, session formats and networking models on a new dedicated platform – but it retains many of its core characteristics as a member-driven conference, supported by the Luxembourg government. Among one of the most important annual events in the financial inclusion sector, EMW brings together all branches of the industry, including e-MFP’s own members, to discuss trends, innovations, challenges and opportunities in inclusive finance in developing countries.