The investment will help promote greater market competitiveness by bolstering competition in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) financing market through a capital market solution.

Through this new facility the fintech lender will be able to channel the funds via its range of tailored financing solutions across SME segments across all its five markets.

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The talks will center on how India will incorporate financial inclusion and digital economy into its G20 agenda.

Both products offer combined insurance cover against heavy wind and rainfall and are designed to offer immediate financial support after extreme weather events.

According to the release, the partnership was inked at the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, and is among the first to involve an African fintech company.

The funds will allow Banco D-Miro to continue the expansion of its microcredit lending activities in Ecuador.

An 11-member committee, headed by Grameen Bank Chairman Prof Dr A K M Saiful Majid, has been formed to look into the cost of the MFI's services and to determine if there is any scope to reduce the charges.

FIW 2022 will be held on 17-20 October, under the theme "Inclusive Growth in a Digital Era." The call for proposals for 5 – 60 minute sessions will close on 19 August.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations deepened its work for attracting and de-risking private-sector investments in agri-food systems, targeting public and private agricultural value chains actors as well as private investors, and piloting its interventions in six African countries.