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Congratulations to the team at Early Dawn Microfinance Company Ltd., who recently celebrated ten years of service to micro and small businesses across Myanmar. Dawn’s Board Chair Hein Swinkels presented Dawn’s CEO Khin Thida a well-deserved award for her dedication to Dawn’s mission of advancing financial inclusion and economic opportunity for Myanmar’s microentrepreneurs. Accion’s Alex Liang Qian and Dawn’s first CEO and former Accionista Gonzalo González A. attended the event in Yangon. From all your friends at Accion, congratulations on reaching this milestone. We’ve been proud to support your work for Myanmar’s communities — and we look forward to another ten years of impact!??

Smallholder farmers, particularly women, are less likely to have access to affordable financial services. Tailored financial solutions enable farmers to invest in productive assets, like water tanks and biodigesters, that enhance their climate resilience, productivity, and livelihoods. With support from the Gates Foundation, Accion led efforts to demonstrate innovative green asset financing models for smallholder dairy farmers, especially women, in India and Kenya. Explore our findings on green asset financing in the dairy farming ecosystem in India and Kenya: https://lnkd.in/e4VS5UP6 Vishal Ajmera Lisha Crasto Archana Kejriwal Arnelit Philip Mani Devika Misra Ascar Sudi #SmallholderFarmers #GreenFinance #Sustainability #WomenFarmers

"Small businesses have long been ignored by the major players in Ethiopia’s financial services sector. Many micro and small businesses run non-digital, manual operations that give financial institutions little visibility, making it riskier and more expensive for providers to offer their services. Digital tools and solutions can address many of these challenges, however, small businesses will still require a lot of handholding and capacity-building to use these tools." Our Raliat Sunmonu spoke to Capitalethiopia about working with Dashen Bank, in partnership with Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, to bring financial solutions to small business owners in Ethiopia.

At 2X Global's member-exclusive global event this week, experts are sharing practical insights on why and how to introduce investment strategies that include and economically empower women. On Thursday, our Liza Guzmán will join 2X Global's Edna Karanja and Pro Mujer's Tomás González Bergez in a gender lens investing deep dive to explore how to leverage technology and access new markets to reach women and women-led businesses. ?? Session B: 20 March, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm CET / 9:00 am - 12:00 pm EST Contact [email protected] to learn more. #GenderLensInvesting #InvestmentOpportunities

In Brazil, millions of small-scale restaurants source their produce from smallholder farmers who grow 77% of the country’s food. But high dependence on informal supply chains and lack of formal records make access to financial services difficult for these small business owners. Accion, with support from Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, has partnered with Frubana to help 200,000 micro and small business owners in the food service industry access credit to invest in their businesses and build financial resilience. Together, we will leverage alternative data sources, such as restaurant images and customer interactions, to overcome the limitations of conventional credit scoring models and make credit accessible to previously unserved segments of the food service industry in Brazil. #DigitalTransformation #FinancialResilience #SmallBusiness

Happening today: Don't miss this conversation on addressing digital adoption barriers for women in rural India. Join the webinar: https://lnkd.in/e3ZaQ-sB

Inclusive fintech is constantly evolving, with innovations emerging each year. From tools for climate resilience to AI in fintech, Accion Venture Lab explores 6 trends that highlight the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Tomorrow, join us to discuss how we can help women in rural India to embrace digital tools by addressing adoption barriers: https://lnkd.in/e3ZaQ-sB We'll explore how microfinance institutions can better serve low-income women, strategies for ensuring digital repayments adoption, and tactics to overcome challenges, with insights from: ??Romit Sen, Senior Vice President, HSBC India ??Dr. Saibal Paul Paul, Deputy Director, Sa-Dhan Association ??Karunesh Nigam, MD & CEO, Swabhimaan Microfinance ??Rajat Arora,?Principal Investment Officer & Head of Asia Women's World Banking Asset Management ??Vinay Singh, Consultant, Microfinance? ??Avishkar Ghogre, Senior Lead Credit POD, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI) ??Archana Kejriwal, Senior Manager, Accion Advisory (moderator)

Attending Fintech Americas Miami 2025? On March 18, our Jose Wolff will take the stage to share Accion’s work to achieve financial inclusion in this digital era. Register to join and hear more from leaders in banking, fintech, and insurance innovation: https://lnkd.in/dYTc69Pm.

Inspired by his upbringing near Lake Victoria, Clinton Obura launched his company Samaking to improve Kenya's fish value chain by connecting fish farmers to retail and B2B customers. As a business owner, Clinton needs simple, effective tools to manage his growing customer base and convert inquiries into customers. He found SUKHIBA, an AI-powered conversational commerce and CRM platform built on WhatsApp. With SUKHIBA's frictionless solutions, driven entrepreneurs like Clinton can take their businesses to the next level. See how SUKHIBA, an Accion Venture Lab portfolio company, supports entrepreneurs: https://lnkd.in/e9MHyszm #AI #entrepreneurs #techinAfrica Jasiel Martin-Odoom