The Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda (AMFIU) has organized an annual conference scheduled for 20th – 21st June 2013 at Ridar Hotel, Seeta, Mukoono, Uganda.

AMFIU annually organizes an annual pre-AGM conference which is an important activity for the microfinance stakeholders.  The 2 day conference normally precedes the annual general meeting (AGM). For the last 13 years this conference has been a resounding success bringing together over 200 participants to discuss contemporary issues in the microfinance sector.

This year AMFIU has again organized an annual microfinance conference under the ‘Managing Risks in Microfinance: a Critical Challenge for the Sustainability of the Uganda Microfinance Industry’. The theme was selected because the microfinance industry in Uganda is facing several risks which affect the performance of individual MFIs and the sector as a whole. The topic concerns MFIs, the government, donors, investors as well as support organizations.

The Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda (AMFIU) is an umbrella organisation of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Uganda. AMFIU was founded in November 1996, through the collaboration of several organisations with interest in microfinance. The main reasons for its establishment were the felt need for MFIs to have a common voice; to lobby government for favourable policies; to share information and experiences; and to link up and network with both local and international actors.

AMFIU is a member-founded and member-owned institution.  Membership as of September 2012 stands at 133 members. This includes 96 ordinary members (MFIs) and 37 associate members (Other institutions and individuals supporting micro finance activities). Full directory can be downloaded from the members sections.

Ordinary membership comprises any legally constituted organisation, whose activities focus on the direct provision of financial services to the informal, micro or small-scale enterprise sector in Uganda. This includes formal sector banks, credit institutions, Microfinance Deposit-taking Institutions (MDIs), Non deposit taking MFIs and SACCOs. Associate membership comprises institutions that promote micro finance eg other apex insititutions, wholesalers of funds, regional network organisations, capacity building suppliers, such as consultants, private sector development centers (DPCs) etc. There is also a provision for individual associate membership for people carrying out activities directly or indirectly related to micro finance.