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15 Nov 2024
Rural Finance Initiative Limited (RUFI) Wins the 2024 European Microfinance Award for Empowering Refugees Through Financial Inclusion
This year’s award honours the Ugandan NGO, RUFI, which helps forcibly displaced people rebuild their lives, restore their livelihoods, and protect their dignity in their host communities.
14 Nov 2024
EMW2024 Opens Amidst “Pressing Challenges”, With Focus on Accelerating Progress Towards SDGs and Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced People
EMW2024 opens with a plenary entitled ‘Empowering Global Change: How Inclusive Finance Will Accelerate the Path to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals’.
26 Sept 2024
Al Majmoua (Lebanon), FATEN (OPT), and RUFI (Uganda) announced as Finalists for EMA2024 on 'Advancing Financial Inclusion for Refugees & FDPs'
On the 16th and 17th September 2024, the Selection Committee for the European Microfinance Award 2024 (EMA2024) on ‘Advancing Financial Inclusion for Refugees & Forcibly Displaced People (FDPs)’ selected the three finalists who will go on to compete for the €100,000 prize: Al Majmoua from Lebanon, FATEN from the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and RUFI from Uganda.
19 Sept 2024
GOGLA and e-MFP Forge Strategic Partnership to Drive Financial Inclusion and Off-Grid Solar Expansion
Leaders in the off-grid solar industry and financial inclusion sectors across the Global South are joining forces to expand access to financial services, promote the productive use of off-grid solar energy solutions and help clients grow their livelihoods