Annual Strathmore Global Institute MSME & Social Enterprise
Conference – Tanzania 2024

Building access to the Finance Ecosystem for MSMEs and Social Enterprises

The theme of this year’s conference is conference is ‘Building access to finance ecosystem for MSMEs and Social enterprises’ focusing on the increasing need for an understanding of the finance ecosystem.

Transforming Social Ministries into Sustainable Social Enterprises

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Date

9th February 2024

Time

8.00 am – 3.30 pm (GMT+3)

Venue

Serena Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Participants will gain valuable insights through the engaging sessions, expert presentations, panel and participant discussions, the interactive conference will provide a platform for MSME owners, social entrepreneurs, industry experts, policymakers, and other stakeholders to explore the opportunities within the financial ecosystems and discuss various options and opportunities to work together.

Overview

Background

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are crucial for the economical evolution of the whole globe. According to the World Bank, MSMEs account for approximately 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates that 65 million enterprises, or 40% of formal MSMEs in developing countries, have an unmet financing need of $5.2 trillion every year, which is equivalent to 1.4 times the current level of the global MSME lending.

Social enterprises, alongside the MSMEs have emerged as key actors in addressing many of the complex issues of the world. Social enterprises focus on creating benefits to society as a whole, rather than generating wealth for the owners of the enterprises. As drivers of positive social change, social enterprises support causes around poverty alleviation, equality, education, health, clean water, sanitation, the environment, and sustainable development, among others. In the same way as MSMEs, social enterprises have a need to understand and to access the finance ecosystem.

Conference Objective

The conference considers this a timely opportunity for both MSME and social enterprise to engage with various stakeholders to discuss a range of innovative access to finance alternatives in order to enable them to continue to develop and flourish.

Registration Form

Registrations closed

Target Participants

The conference target audience will include owners and managers of SME and social enterprises, industry professionals, policymakers, researchers, academia, and other stakeholders interested Building Access to the Finance Ecosystem for MSMEs and Social Enterprises.

Contacts

For more information, write to Venance on sbvpcommunications@strathmore.edu.