Aimed at anyone interested in microfinance and inclusive fintech, with content tilted towards financing of MFIs. Brought to you by Financial Due Diligence Associates (https://www.linkedin.com/company/fdda/), a multilingual consulting partnership founded by Guy Rodwell and Zinaida Vasilenko, specialised in holistic, relevant and concise analysis of financially inclusive companies. FDDA also helps asset managers in accessing French institutions through an alliance with Oxondo, a leading Paris-based third party marketer. You can reach FDDA by contacting Guy Rodwell on LinkedIn, or by emailing us at info@fdda-consulting.com.
Jarri Jung from Triple Jump on the role of subordinated debt in MFI financing
Jarri Jung is Director, Financial Institutions at Triple Jump. In this episode, he discusses the outlook for the microfinance sector and talks about the opportunities and challenges of lending subordinated debt. Key insights: The health crisis has passed but higher interest rates and the inflation environment have replaced Covid as the main concern facing the industry.Although subdebt is not equity, #MFIs using it acts as a catalyst to growth because they can leverage up and take on more debt...
23 Jan 2023
Steven Duchatelle, CEO of Advans Group, on his company's digital transformation
Steven Duchatelle is the CEO of Advans Group, where he has worked for nearly 22 years. In this episode, Steven outlines the risks and opportunities for the microfinance sector in coming quarters, before focusing on Advans’ experience of digital transformation, how it drives efficiency and customer outreach, along with potential obstacles to such transformation and the impact on Advans’ social mission. Steven can be reached via LinkedIn or at Advans' website: (https://www.advansgroup.com/) ...
20 Dec 2022
Michael Kortenbusch from Business and Finance Consulting on Agricultural Value Chain Finance
Michael Kortenbusch is a Senior MSME Lending Expert, Team Leader, and the Managing Director of Business & Finance Consulting (BFC). With 30 years of overall professional experience, of which 24 years in banking and development finance, and 16 years in agriculture lending, he has led, supervised and provided expertise in over 55 projects implemented by BFC, primarily focused on MSME finance and access to finance, agrilending, rural & value chain finance, due diligence, institutional d...
18 Nov 2022
ASA Kenya's Sazzad Hossain on how it uses digital financial services while staying true to its social mission.
Following up from the previous, fascinating episode with Martijn Bollen and Karin Kersten from ASA International, we interview Sazzad Hossein, CEO of ASA Kenya one of the group’s most important subsidiaries, in which he gives a brilliant view of how ASA takes advantage of digital financial services, in the form of M-PESA, while adhering to its core social mission and values. Sazzad can be reached on LinkedIn or via ASA Kenya’s website (https://kenya.asa-international.com/). This podcast is ...
15 Nov 2022
ASA International on COVID, current operating conditions and digital financial services
This week we welcome ASA International. It is one of the world’s largest international microfinance institutions providing small, socially responsible loans, averaging about $166, to 2.4m low-income entrepreneurs, most of whom are women, across 13 countries in Asia and Africa. Listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker “ASAI” it has a market capitalization of about $108m. "ASA" stands for the "Association for Social Advancement". ASA NGO was founded in 1978 in Bangladesh by a microf...
18 Oct 2022
Erik Geurts on the impacts of high inflation, the strong US Dollar and rising interest rates
Erik Geurts, the accomplished financial inclusion consultant, discusses the impact on emerging markets of the strong US dollar, high inflation and tighter interest rates, along with the knock impact on MFIs. He adds in some sensible prescriptions for MFIs, lenders and regulators alike. Based in Lima/Peru, Erik is Deputy Chair of the board of Banco D-MIRO in Ecuador and a financial inclusion consultant for several MIVs and DFIs. Erik can be reached on LinkedIn or at egeurts.consul...
29 Apr 2022
Herjola Spahiu (CEO of NOA Albania) on excellence in MFI fundraising
Herjola Spahiu started her career at Emporiki Bank, Albania, which was acquired by Crédit Agricole Albania, and where she ended up as Head of Retail Banking. She then became CEO of NOA, Albania’s second largest non bank financial institution. She also served as chair of the Albanian Microfinance Association and is a member of the board of directors of the European Microfinance Network. In this episode, Herjola gives valuable advice on best practice for MFIs managing relationships with their f...
1 Apr 2022
Jonas Enrico Luini from TCX on currency hedging for MFIs
Jonas Enrico Luini started his career at Credit Access Grameen, and after roles at various other institutions, for the last five and a half years he has been a vice president at The Currency Exchange Fund (‘TCX’), founded in 2007 by a group of development finance institutions (DFIs), specialised microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) and donors. TCX offers solutions to manage currency risk in developing and frontier markets. These solutions consist of financial instruments – swaps & forw...
20 Feb 2022
Youssef Fawaz (Al Majmoua) on Lebanon's economic crisis
Youssef Fawaz is CEO of the Lebanese Association for Development – Al Majmoua, of which he was a founding Board Member in 1996. He is also one of the founding members of Sanabel, the Microfinance Network of Arab Countries, and served twice as Chairman of the Board in 2008 and in 2015. He is a Member of the Steering Committee of the MicroFinance Network, and a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering at the American University of Beirut. In this episode, Youssef describes the onset and u...
12 Feb 2022
Matteo Marinelli on the Coup in Myanmar
Currently based in Ibiza, Spain, Matteo Marinelli is the former CEO and Board member of Maha Agriculture Microfinance, an agri-focused-fintech-oriented-MFI based in Yangon, Myanmar, owned by Myanma Awba Group, and the International Finance Corporation. He began his career with Grameen Bank, in Dhaka, Bangladesh and after short term consulting assignments in Tanzania, Afghanistan, Serbia and Thailand, moved to Blue Orchard in Geneva. He then joined a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings...
20 Dec 2021
Barbara Wasmus (Wasmus Consulting) on how IFRS9 is affecting MFIs' balance sheets
Based in Amsterdam Barbara Wasmus, is a senior MSME banker with over 15 years of experience. She is a Certified Expert in Risk Management and has a strong affinity with the design and implementation of operational and internal control systems in the context of greenfields, turnarounds, and major technological innovations in banks/MFIs. Barbara held senior executive positions in financial institutions (founding-CEO of ProCredit Bank Angola, deputy-CEO of ProCredit Bank Kosovo) and implemented ...
13 Dec 2021
Sébastien Boyé (Investisseurs et Partenaires) on investing in African SMEs
Based in Paris, Sébastien Boyé is co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Investisseurs & Partenaires - I&P. In this episode, Sébastien discusses COVID19 and its impact on Africa, regional private equity and the resilience of African SMEs, along with opportunities for investment in the sector. You can learn more about I&P at https://www.ietp.com/ and contact Sébastien on LinkedIn. This podcast is brought to you by Financial Due Diligence Associates, a multilingual co...
29 Oct 2021
Viktor Andersson (Trill Impact) on Microfinance Debt Investing out of Scandinavia
Based in Stockholm, Viktor Andersson, is Head of Microfinance at Nordic impact fund manager Trill Impact. In this episode, Viktor looks at the current state of the microfinance industry and breaks down drivers behind microfinance credit investing by Nordic investors. You can learn more about Trill Impact at https://www.trillimpact.com/ and contact Viktor Andersson on LinkedIn. This podcast is brought to you by Financial Due Diligence Associates, a multilingual consulting ...
22 Oct 2021
Sahib Sharma (CreditAccess Grameen) on Indian microfinance
Sahib Sharma is based in Bengaluru and works in the investor relations department at CreditAccess Grameen, and is an Inclusive Finance professional with more than half a decade's experience covering microfinance sector both as a consultant and journalist across Asia including India, Cambodia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. In this episode he discusses the outlook for Indian microfinance. Sahib can be reached on LinkedIn or at sahibsharma028@gmail.com. This podcast is brought to y...
27 Sept 2021
Daniel Rozas on How to Navigate Crises
Based in Brussels, Daniel Rozas is an accomplished microfinance commentator and analyst, the author of multiple reports and books on the sector. In this episode Daniel gives a fascinating view of current conditions in microfinance and then discusses his ground-breaking work "Weathering the Storm II," a guide to how MFIs can reduce their vulnerabilities to crisis ahead of time, and the best ways to navigate their way out of crisis. Daniel's work can be found at http://www.danielr...
14 Sept 2021
Erik Geurts on Corporate Governance in Microfinance
Based in Lima/Peru, Erik is Deputy Chair of the board of Banco D-MIRO in Ecuador and a financial inclusion consultant for several MIVs and DFIs. On our inaugural podcast Erik gives us an excellent view of current developments in the microfinance sector along with insights into the importance of corporate governance for MFIs. A fascinating discussion which we hope you'll enjoy! Erik can be reached on LinkedIn or at egeurts.consulting@gmail.com. This podcast is brought to y...
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