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Add to Calendar 2022-01-11 19:00:00 2022-01-11 19:00:00 SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - Sixth Session - Investors The “SME Finance Virtual Marketplace” is an online match-making platform that promotes partnership and collaboration between members of the SME Finance Forum, especially financial institutions, fintech companies and development finance institutions/ investors.  The virtual Marketplace is powered by GlobalLinker, an AI powered ‘Digital Ecosystem’ offering SMEs a range of services to build digital presence including e-commerce.  How does the Marketplace operate? To participate in the marketplace session, each member of the SME Finance Forum must have 1) an institutional profile (company profile) and personal profiles (individuals representing the companies) set up on the marketplace. Institutional profile shall also include products/services being offered by the members. With institutional profile and personal profile, representatives of member institutions will be able to explore different offerings by other members such as investment products, advisory services, technology solutions...etc. The virtual platform will enable members to reach out to one another to discuss potential collaboration and partnership at their own convenience.     Sixth Marketplace Session This sixth marketplace session, scheduled on Wednesday, January 12th from 8 am - 9:00 EST, will feature a series of investors who will present their products/services. Following the presentations, participants will have the opportunities to reach out directly to the presenting fintech to make inquiries or explore partnership opportunities based on their interests.    FINCA Impact Finance (FIF) Elizabeth Davrishashvili is the Global Lead of Customer Products and Solutions at FINCA Impact Finance (FIF) with a network of 19 microfinance banks and institutions that offer innovative, responsible and impactful financial services to low-income clients. Elizabeth brings 11-years of experience in Strategic Marketing, Data-driven Sales, Product and Process Design as well as Project Management, working at Bank of Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia), Citi Bank (London, UK) and Liberty Bank (Tbilisi, Georgia). Her major focus at FIF is to enhance the Retail and MSME segments with affordable and efficient products and services. Today, in the digital era, reaching the client is not as challenging, however, digitalization by itself brings some boundaries, therefore Elizabeth’s biggest role is to provide digital product-driven Customer Journeys with flexible, fast and easy financial services. Ms Davrishashvili holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Management from University College London (UCL) and Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Caucasus University (CU) alongside with 1-year exchange program with Riga Technical University (RTU).    REGMIFA, the Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa Luz Leyva is the Portfolio Manager of REGMIFA, the Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa, a finance blended fund that is managed by Symbiotics. The Fund invests in financial intermediaries offering financial services to micro, small and medium enterprises and/or providing access to primary goods of low and middle-income households. The Fund has a loan portfolio of USD 150 million covering 21 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her experience includes currency risk management and hedging in the impact investing industry and management of client relationships in international settings. She is an Economist who holds a Master of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at the University of Columbia in New York and she is also a CFA® charterholder.       Lendable Chris Wehbé is the Chief Executive Officer of Lendable. Previously, he was a Partner of Arrowgrass Capital Partners where he served as Head of Relative Value globally for the multi-strategy firm, overseeing the  Convertible Arbitrage, Volatility Arbitrage, and Capital Structure Arbitrage strategies. He also served as Chief Investment Officer for the firm’s tail-hedging product the Arrowgrass Vega Fund. Prior to joining Arrowgrass, Chris was part of the European Convertible Bond trading team at Lehman Brothers. Chris has completed the CFA program and holds both an MPhil Economics from the University of Oxford, and an M.Sc in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management from Bocconi University, Milan.      Verdant Capital    Edmund Higenbottam is the Managing Director at Verdant Capital, Edmund is an investment banker with extensive experience across London, Johannesburg, Lagos and Dubai. Prior to Verdant Capital, Edmund worked at global investment banks including Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. Edmund started his career in 2001 and has worked in Africa since 2008. Edmund has a degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge.         IsDB  Ghassen Khelifi is currently an Investment Specialist at the Islamic Development Bank, IsDB (A Multilateral Development Bank serving 57 Member Countries) involved in the design and implementation of Economic Empowerment projects targeting MSMEs mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA regions through the structuring of Lines of Finance/Funds/Equity investments in Financial Institutions. Ghassen holds a Bachelor’s in Finance (B.B.A) from HEC Montreal (Canada) and a Master’s in Finance and Investments Management (MSc) from the University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom) and is fluent in English, French and Arabic.       G5 Capital Chloe Zang is the Head of UK at G5 Capital, corporate venture capital of Jiangong Real Estate Group. Before G5, she was the Managing Partner of a Silicon Valley-based angel investment firm and the co-founder of its shanghai based accelerator. Previously, Chloe was the partner at Dark Horse Group (SZ300688), china's largest incubator and entrepreneurship education platform, responsible for global strategy and business growth. She gained MBA at Imperial College London and her first master's degree in financial journalism in London then worked for BBC for 2 years. Chloe started her career in consulting in China. G5 Capital is the corporate venture capital and innovation arm of Jiangong Real Estate Group, a top-tier commercial real estate company headquartered in Hangzhou, China. G5 invests in both micro VCs and startups across silicon valley, China, Australia, and the UK. G5 UK will be focusing on Scaleup startups from Angel to A, in Property Tech/Smart City/Smart Building/IoT/AI/Robots/Fintech.          Relive the previous session here>     For more information, please contact us at smefinanceforum@ifc.org   By registering to this event, you agree to the SME Finance Forum/IFC Event Privacy Notice.   **   Core Features & Capabilities of the SME Finance Marketplace Access the Marketplace Platform: As representatives from member institutions, you can access the Marketplace via your personal LinkedIn or Google accounts or simply by signing up via your work email address here> smeff-marketplace.globallinker.com/ Onboarding: Once the personal account is created, you will be guided through an onboarding process to set up the company profile. Overview: Company Name, selecting head office from Google Maps, selecting member type, uploading logo.  Company Profile: to have a rich company profile, it’s recommended that you provide a brief description about the company. It’d be helpful to indicate what your company offers or what it’s looking for from potential partner institutions. It’s advisable to add digital addresses like website, company’s LinkedIn profile or FB business page links if available.  Marketplace Offerings/Listings: Creating service listings across 8 categories, adding a brochure, video links, cover image etc., if available.  Individual User Profile: as representatives of your institution, you shall have your personal profiles on the marketplace platform to enhance networking opportunities. It’s important to add  your designation, job role/designation, time zone to schedule meetings, digital addresses like personal LinkedIn profile, profile photo etc. *Company profile set up is a one-time exercise and any colleague joining from the same company thereafter can simply select the company name and all the details will be prepopulated.  Marketplace: All listings on the marketplace are classified under 8 categories. You can choose to view all listings, or a particular category based on your interests/needs. You could send enquiries directly to companies that you’re interested in or schedule meetings with the key contacts/representatives of the company Enquiries: Interested members can send enquiries directly to the company by clicking on the "Send Enquiry" button on the listing and the enquiry is sent via direct message and an email notification.  Member Directory: You can browse through the member directory to learn about their work or products/services they offer. You can filter members by their types, review offerings & requirements, visit company profiles, user profiles or listings pages to know more about the company.  Schedule meetings: You can send request for meetings on the platform by selecting the participants you wish to invite. You can upload attachments if helpful.  Messages: Members can send instant messages to other members on the platform to network or explore opportunities. If a specific member is online, their profiles will be carrying a green "Online" tag.  Invite Colleagues: you could invite your colleagues to create their profiles so to expand your company’s presence on the marketplace.  While creating their profiles, they have to simply select the company they belong to and all the details set up by you will be pre-filled. If you have any questions or to learn more, read the User Manual in this link.   Feel free to let us know should you have any questions or need any assistance to smefinanceforum@ifc.org.         Online SME FINANCE FORUM ronyg@panapps.co America/New_York public
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SME FINANCE FORUM
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Add to Calendar 2021-12-28 19:00:00 2021-12-28 19:00:00 Monthly Webinars Each month the SME Finance Forum organizes webinars for its members. Members can tune in to the webinars via WebEx or Zoom. The webinars are designed to be interactive and we encourage members to ask questions and engage in a discussion with the speakers. Join us in 2021, as we host a select program with curated content and industry experts from leading banks or innovative fintechs to talk about their approach to small business finance. This year, we will cover the following key topic areas: Risk management, Digital transformation, Women entrepreneurs finance Agrifinance, Embedded finance, Credit guarantee and COVID-19 mitigation     2022 January 26th: Open Webinar: COVID-19 and New Cyber Risk February 2nd: Open Webinar: Business Support Services for Women-Led MSME April 13th: Open Webinar: The Future of Finance for Women SMEs 2021 February 10th: Open Webinar - India Stack 2.0 - Revolutionizing Credit and Market Access for 60 million MSMEs March 31th: Member Only Webinar - Insurance for SME Resilience and Recovery  April 8th: Open Webinar - Gender Lens Investing in Financial Intermediaries April 15th: Open Webinar - How Do We Prepare Women-led MSMEs for Success Post COVID-19? April 28th: Open Webinar - Unlocking Digitalization Opportunities for Banks and SMEs May 5th: Open Webinar -  Making AI-based Finance Work for Women June 9th: Open Webinar - Directed Lending Practices across the DFI community June 16th: Open Webinar - Supply Chain Finance for Women-SMEs June 23th: Member Only Webinar - Innovations and Technology Disrupting SME Insurance July 7th: Open Webinar - Fundraising for SMEs and Startups: DeFi vs. CeFi September 1st: Open Webinar - Making Digital Financial Services Work for Women – A Focus on Digital Adoption  September 30th: Member Only Webinar - Sneak Preview of the World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery If you are interested in learning more about the webinars please contact Jessica Alfaro at jalfaro2@ifc.org     *Open Webinar recordings may be accessed on our Vimeo Channel in this link. ** Past webinar recordings are available to SME Finance Forum members on our Vimeo Private Channel (password-protected)   Previous webinars 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Online SME FINANCE FORUM ronyg@panapps.co America/New_York public
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Add to Calendar 2021-12-07 19:00:00 2021-12-07 19:00:00 2021 SME Finance Forum Members’ Meeting Registration for the 2021 Members' Meeting of SME Finance Forum is now open. This years' Members' Meeting will be held on December 8th, from 8:00 to 10:00 AM EDT.   Check the updated Agenda here> Members register below>       The SME Finance Forum Team     Online SME FINANCE FORUM ronyg@panapps.co America/New_York public
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Add to Calendar 2021-12-07 19:00:00 2021-12-07 19:00:00 2021 SME Finance Forum Members’ Meeting Registration for the 2021 Members' Meeting of SME Finance Forum will be opening soon. This years' Members' Meeting will be held on December 8th, from 8:00 to 10:00 AM EDT. Kindly save the date and register on Member Portal.   The SME Finance Forum Team Online SME FINANCE FORUM ronyg@panapps.co America/New_York public
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Add to Calendar 2021-12-06 19:00:00 2021-12-06 19:00:00 Marketplace Sessions The “SME Finance Virtual Marketplace” is an online match-making platform that promotes partnership and collaboration between members of the SME Finance Forum, especially financial institutions, fintech companies and development finance institutions/ investors. The virtual Marketplace is powered by GlobalLinker, an AI powered ‘Digital Ecosystem’ offering SMEs a range of services to build digital presence including e-commerce.  How does the Marketplace operate? To participate in the marketplace session, each member of the SME Finance Forum must have 1) an institutional profile (company profile) and personal profiles (individuals representing the companies) set up on the marketplace. Institutional profile shall also include products/services being offered by the members. With institutional profile and personal profile, representatives of member institutions will be able to explore different offerings by other members such as investment products, advisory services, technology solutions...etc. The virtual platform will enable members to reach out to one another to discuss potential collaboration and partnership at their own convenience.     Marketplace Sessions The marketplace sessions are scheduled monthly and feature a series of institutions (DFIs, fintechs, investors, etc.) who present their products/services. Following the presentations, participants have opportunities to reach out directly to the presenting institutions to make inquiries or explore partnership opportunities based on their interests.    Click below on each session to learn more. 2022 Sixth Session with Investors - Summary | Video Seventh Session with Fintechs -Summary To be posted | Video Eight Session with Investors and Fintech -Summary To be posted | Video Ninth Session with Fintech -Summary To be posted | Video   2021 First Session with DFIs - Summary | Video Second Session with Fintechs - Summary | Video Third Session with Fintechs - Summary | Video Fourth Session with Fintechs - Summary | Video Fifth Session with Fintechs - Summary | Video   Online SME FINANCE FORUM ronyg@panapps.co America/New_York public
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SME FINANCE FORUM
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Add to Calendar 2021-11-10 19:00:00 2021-11-10 19:00:00 SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - Fifth Session - Fintechs   The “SME Finance Virtual Marketplace” is an online match-making platform that promotes partnership and collaboration between members of the SME Finance Forum, especially financial institutions, fintech companies and development finance institutions/ investors.  The virtual Marketplace is powered by GlobalLinker, an AI powered ‘Digital Ecosystem’ offering SMEs a range of services to build digital presence including e-commerce.  How does the Marketplace operate? To participate in the marketplace session, each member of the SME Finance Forum must have 1) an institutional profile (company profile) and personal profiles (individuals representing the companies) set up on the marketplace. Institutional profile shall also include products/services being offered by the members. With institutional profile and personal profile, representatives of member institutions will be able to explore different offerings by other members such as investment products, advisory services, technology solutions...etc. The virtual platform will enable members to reach out to one another to discuss potential collaboration and partnership at their own convenience.     Fifth Marketplace Session This fifth marketplace session, scheduled on Thursday, November 11th from 8 am - 9:00 EDT, will feature a series of fintechs who will present their products/services. Following the presentations, participants will have the opportunities to reach out directly to the presenting fintech to make inquiries or explore partnership opportunities based on their interests.  Meet the Fintech Presenters   lnddo Adham Azzam is the Co-Founder and COO of LNDDO Digital Lending Limited. Adham Azzam is a highly experienced and personable leader who boasts over 20 years’ experience in financing and investment. Fluent in Arabic, French, German, and English, his career has seen him work across Europe and the MENA region. Prior to launching LNDDO with his partner Ashraf Ghazaly, he spent a number of successful years working as a Senior Investment Officer at the International Finance Cooperation (IFC) in Egypt. This saw him advise governments across the region on structuring and implementing PPP projects, and soon after he also launched his own renewable energy company, EgySolar. Meanwhile, he started his illustrious career by spending 15 years’ working across various prosperous European corporations, and he holds degrees in Engineering from the respected French educational institution INSA, and an MBA from INSEAD business school. Described by his colleagues as a team player who brings strong leadership and analytic skills, plus creativity, natural enthusiasm and energy, he is now pouring all his passion and knowledge into helping SMEs across the region grow and prosper with the support of LNDDO’s digital lending solutions.      Inbonis Alberto García is a Research and Operations Analyst at Inbonis Rating. He has a strong formation in international economics, with experience both in the academic world (researcher at the University of Sevilla) and the business environment (economic analyst at the Spanish Embassy in the United States). He holds a double degree in Law and Economics from the University of Sevilla and a Master’s in International Business Administration from ICEX-CECO School of Business.       Marco Jacob Shoihet is Co-Founder and CEO of Marco - the first tech-enabled trade finance platform designed to provide working capital to SME exporters across LatAm. Since founding Marco in 2020 Jacob has raised in excess of $100MM in funding across debt/equity and grown Marco to 30 full-time employees across offices in Miami, New York, and Montevideo. Year-to-day Marco has processed over $50MM of GMV across thousands of trade receivables. Prior to Marco Jacob had over 9 years of Enterprise Sales, Strategic Business Development, and Management experience. He was one of the first 40 employees at Yelp’s New York Office and was a Sales & BD leader at public companies Yelp, Groupon, and tech unicorn Taboola. Jacob has executed strategic enterprise partnerships with companies such as CBS Interactive, The Atlantic, The Economist, News Corp, The Enthusiast Network, Time Inc/Meredith, Index Exchange, Outbrain and others. Led North America/Latin America publisher sales team driving ~$80MM in revenue for Series C computer vision AI technology company GumGum. Jacob holds a Hon. B.Mus in Classical Music Performance from the University of Toronto.   Talino Labs Winston Damarillo is the Founder and CEO of Talino Venture Labs, a global venture studio of inclusive fintech that bridges the financial inclusion gap for underserved, underrepresented groups around the world. He is also the CEO of Talino’s portfolio startups that include BayaniPay, a cross-border financial platform for global professionals; Saphron, an award-winning startup that makes insurance radically accessible to drive financial inclusion; Asenso, another award-winning startup that accelerates economic recovery for small business in the United States; NeoTech, a pioneering SME lending platform for the Middle East; and UNAWA, a pioneering and award-winning regulatory tech (regtech) startup unlocking ease of doing business in the Philippines. He is also the Executive Chairman of Amihan Global Strategies, a leader in digital transformation in Southeast Asia, as well as Founder of DEVCON Philippines, the largest community of tech professionals in the Philippines. Winston is a Silicon Valley veteran with three successful startup exits, a venture capitalist, and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum (WEF), and a member of the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC).      Ycash Muammar Saleh is the General Manager Assistant for Operation  at National Cash Transfer. He holds a Bachelor  degree holder , bilingual,  worked in microfinance bank one of his positions was Senior projects manager to manage nationwide projects related to vulnerable people assistants (poor people – IDPS) in all the Yemeni regions including the very remote rural areas, duties including participating in proposals writing , developing the implementation plan , recruiting the required staff in all the regions , training the staff ,coordinating the relations with the partners, following up the activities achievement  level monitoring the performance and ensuring the quality and the criteria awareness , resolving the problems and facilitate the challenges, providing the required advices, and recommendations, reporting and led the steering committees, representing the entity in the official arrangements, motivating the team,  time controlling, prompt responding to the partner inquiries and requests, managing the data flow among the teams (office and field teams) .       Ysys Fares Al Najjar is a business development expert, holds bachelor degree in English Language and Literature, pre-master business development courses, and the publisher of Chaos Oriented Management academic paper. Fares have over 13 years experiences business development, project management, humanitarian responses management, programs development and quality. Business Development Director at YSys and head of business development committee YCASH Group. Previous War Child UK Programs Manager, and Save the Children Advisor of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning. Progressio Organization short terms expert and development advisor of Capacities building and good governance. International expert in the humanitarian responses management (including Iraq and Syria responses). With High level expertise and long experiences in businesses development, start-up MSMEs, community development, partnerships and international relationships, Fares is currently the Business Development Director at YSys for FinTech and Smart Humanitarian Solutions, and a founder of YSys. In the current position, I drive more on the sustainable financial growth of YSys by boosting sales and building strong relationships with clients and partners. I lead the development of strategies, exploration of partnerships, products development, assessment of investment opportunities. and researches and studies.  Relive the event here>     Relive the previous session here>   For more information, please contact us at smefinanceforum@ifc.org   By registering to this event, you agree to the SME Finance Forum/IFC Event Privacy Notice.   **   Core Features & Capabilities of the SME Finance Marketplace Access the Marketplace Platform: As representatives from member institutions, you can access the Marketplace via your personal LinkedIn or Google accounts or simply by signing up via your work email address here> smeff-marketplace.globallinker.com/ Onboarding: Once the personal account is created, you will be guided through an onboarding process to set up the company profile. Overview: Company Name, selecting head office from Google Maps, selecting member type, uploading logo.  Company Profile: to have a rich company profile, it’s recommended that you provide a brief description about the company. It’d be helpful to indicate what your company offers or what it’s looking for from potential partner institutions. It’s advisable to add digital addresses like website, company’s LinkedIn profile or FB business page links if available.  Marketplace Offerings/Listings: Creating service listings across 8 categories, adding a brochure, video links, cover image etc., if available.  Individual User Profile: as representatives of your institution, you shall have your personal profiles on the marketplace platform to enhance networking opportunities. It’s important to add  your designation, job role/designation, time zone to schedule meetings, digital addresses like personal LinkedIn profile, profile photo etc. *Company profile set up is a one-time exercise and any colleague joining from the same company thereafter can simply select the company name and all the details will be prepopulated.  Marketplace: All listings on the marketplace are classified under 8 categories. You can choose to view all listings, or a particular category based on your interests/needs. You could send enquiries directly to companies that you’re interested in or schedule meetings with the key contacts/representatives of the company Enquiries: Interested members can send enquiries directly to the company by clicking on the "Send Enquiry" button on the listing and the enquiry is sent via direct message and an email notification.  Member Directory: You can browse through the member directory to learn about their work or products/services they offer. You can filter members by their types, review offerings & requirements, visit company profiles, user profiles or listings pages to know more about the company.  Schedule meetings: You can send request for meetings on the platform by selecting the participants you wish to invite. You can upload attachments if helpful.  Messages: Members can send instant messages to other members on the platform to network or explore opportunities. If a specific member is online, their profiles will be carrying a green "Online" tag.  Invite Colleagues: you could invite your colleagues to create their profiles so to expand your company’s presence on the marketplace.  While creating their profiles, they have to simply select the company they belong to and all the details set up by you will be pre-filled. If you have any questions or to learn more, read the User Manual in this link.   Feel free to let us know should you have any questions or need any assistance to smefinanceforum@ifc.org.   Online SME FINANCE FORUM ronyg@panapps.co America/New_York public