Microfinance Academy is an organization expert in the assistance of the microfinance and microbusiness sector in Africa through studies, training, assistance, technical advice, etc. Microfinance Academy is a chartered partner with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP- World Bank). The latter has been supporting the institution through a programme to strengthen the capacity of its trainers for nearly fifteen years.
The organization mainly works with:
- Microfinance institutions and their networks
- Regulators
- Donors
- Consulting firms
- Conventional commercial banks
- The ministries in charge of microfinance and microbusiness.
Microfinance Academy aims to:
- To increase the skills of microfinance and microbusiness players in Africa.
- Supporting microfinance institutions on the path to innovation and action research.
- Provide microfinance institutions and microbusiness with information on the donors who support the microfinance and microbusiness sector around the world.
- Gathering and disseminating information on management practices to microfinance institutions and microbusiness