Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) participated in the European Microfinance Week (EMW), which was held in Luxembourg on from 14 to 16 November. The EMW is one of the top events in the microfinance calendar. Regional Director for East Asia and Impact Manager Dina Pons spoke at two panel discussions giving insights on how to use the UN SDGs meaningful when developing impact strategies with equity investees. Dina also spoke on an event related to promoting responsible lending practices in Cambodia.

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Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) is pleased to announce the first successful investment of the Fairtrade Access Fund (FAF) in East DR Congo. The FAF invested USD 300.000 in a coffee cooperative. Operating in this region of Congo is particularly challenging because of the unpredictable political situation. In fact, FAF is one of the very few international creditors available in this region.

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Incofin was present at the Ninth Annual Responsible Finance Forum (RFF), co-hosted by the IFC, the Germany Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and Making Finance Work for Africa. At this two-day event held in early October, Incofin became a new Signatory to the “Guidelines for Investing in Responsible Digital Financial Services”, as well as participating on the panel for Signatories to discuss the Guidelines.

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