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 Investment Management (Incofin) Regional Director for East Asia and Impact Manager Dina Pons spoke in a joint panel at The Global Impact Investing Network Forum in Paris on 31 October. The Forum brought together over 1.000 active and inspiring impact investors such as Incofin.
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.
Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) Regional Director for East Asia and Impact Manager Dina Pons was the keynote speaker at the Asian Venture Philanthropy (AVPN) Roundtable held in Beijing on the 17th of August 2018, an event co-sponsored by CVP Investment and Narada Foundation.
It was a successful first half of the year for the Technical Assistance Facility of the Fairtrade Access Fund (FAF TAF), managed by Incofin Investment Management (Incofin IM). On June 27th, the FAF TAF Committee, represented by Fairtrade International and Incofin IM on behalf of the FAF Fund and its donors – KfW and FMO – approved four new projects:
Financial inclusion has increasingly transformed the lives of millions of entrepreneurs in developing countries. However, it is widely accepted that greater access to financial services is not a panacea for eliminating poverty.