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The Mastercard Foundation hosts Symposium on Financial Inclusion, Nov 1-9 in Accra
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Attendees will hear from an impressive lineup of keynote speakers, including:
● Opening Keynote Address: Juliet Anammah, Chief Executive Officer, Jumia Nigeria
● Keynote Address II: Dr. Ernest Addison, Governor, Bank of Ghana
In addition to hearing from more than 30 other speakers at the Symposium, the Foundation will also award its 2017 Clients at the Centre Prize. This is a US$150,000 award that recognizes an organization most focused on client centricity to enable poor people in developing countries access to formal financial products and services. Finalists competing for the grand prize will present their business models to an audience of approximately 400 industry professionals, who will be tasked with voting for the winner.
The Mastercard Foundation first awarded the Clients at the Centre Prize in 2015 to the Swedish mobile microinsurance firm BIMA. Last year, the Prize was presented to the South African international remittance company, Hello Paisa. Each year draws nearly 100 applicants from companies around the globe. The three 2017 finalists are:
● Jumo,; a large-scale, low-cost financial services marketplace that uses behavioral data from mobile usage to create financial identities for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises;
● ftCash, one of India’s fastest growing financial technology ventures which aims to empower micro-merchants and small businesses with the power of digital payments and loans; and
● Destacame, a free online platform that empowers users by giving them control over their data to build their financial capabilities and to access financial products.
To learn more, visit the Mastercard Foundation’s Symposium on Financial Inclusion website. Follow the conversation with the Foundation on Twitter @MastercardFdn and via the event hashtag, #SOFI2017. ]]>