The 3rd Annual Microfinance and Savings Groups Conference will be held on 10th and 11th November 2025 at Hotel Africana, Kampala. This annual event organised by Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in partnership with other stakeholders including AMFIU will run under the theme “Sustainable Financial Inclusion for Environmental, Economic, And Social Impact”
This conference builds on the success of the 2nd National Microfinance and Savings Groups Conference held in July 2024, which drew over 800 stakeholders from public and private sectors, development partners, financial institutions, civil society, and academia.
The 3rd National Conference will build on the strong momentum and shared commitments established in the first two convenings (2022 and 2024). The 2025 conference will explore how the sector can adapt and thrive in a complex global and national context, emphasizing strategic alignment with Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP III), the Parish Development Model, the Climate Change Policy, and Vision 2040.
The conference will bring together key actors across Uganda’s financial ecosystem and beyond to re-strategize the future of microfinance and savings groups, with a focus on achieving greater financial inclusion, green economic transformation, and socially equitable outcomes for all Ugandans.
Objectives of the conference
- Advance Sustainable Financial Inclusion: Promote innovative microfinance models and drive policy alignment that integrates environmental sustainability and climate resilience, ensuring financial services contribute to green economic transformation and socially equitable outcomes for all Ugandans.
- Foster Sector Innovation and Collaboration: Showcase technological advancements and data systems for impact measurement, while strengthening cross-sector dialogue and partnerships among all stakeholders to leverage digital transformation and build resilient grassroots mechanisms like Savings Groups.
- Harmonize Policy and Enhance Consumer Protection: Facilitate discussions on harmonizing regulatory frameworks, assessing the impact of government programs, and addressing consumer protection concerns to create a robust and fair microfinance landscape in Uganda.
Conference Sub-themes
Sub-Theme 1: Responsible Financing
- Local and global perspectives of ESG in the microfinance sector.
- Assessing the sector-wide environmental, social impact and governance aspects in the microfinance sector
Sub-Theme 2: Technology, Innovation and Digitalization
- Technology: Leveraging fin-tech and digital platforms for the microfinance sector.
- Data and data systems for client-centric innovations
- Assessing the delivery channels and their appropriateness, Cyber security
- AI and machine learning in the financial sector.
Sub-Theme 3: Policy and Regulation
- Developments in the Microfinance regulatory regimes.
- Progress on the Implementation on government programmes (PDM, Emyooga, youth skilling, GROW)
- Building Resilience through savings groups (The National Savings Strategy) – for women and girls
- Investment vehicles, opportunities and synergies for the microfinance sector.
- Consumer protection (Interest rates, taxes and high transaction rates)
- Social impact for Special Groups (PDWs and Refugees).
Target Participants/Audience
The conference targets 400 participants who will be drawn from different institutions including:
- Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), SACCOs, and VSLAs
- Government Ministries and Agencies (MoFPED, MoGLSD, MoWE, Ministry of ICT, Bank of Uganda)
- Financial institutions engaged in Microfinance
- Development Partners, Donors, NGOs, and Iinternational Oorganizations.
- Fintech companies and mobile network operators
- ESG investors and green finance institutions
- Academia, research institutions, training institutions
- Private sector actors and chambers of commerce
- Civil society organizations, PWD groups, youth, and women’s networks
For further information on how to participate or sponsor the event contact
Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda
Plot 679, Wamala Road, Najjanankumbi,
P. O Box 26056 Kampala – Uganda.
Tel: 0414259176; 0414 677176
Mob: 0772426359
Email: ntalaka@amfiu.org.ug