ACCESS TO FINANCE

Sanad Organization was leading the Microfinance panel during the event; The CEO of

SANAD Dr.Sameh Al-Muqdadi was talked about the Iraqi microfinance sector that

holds great promise for private sector growth. Often funding enterprises with small

sums of capital, microfinance institutions are critical to ensuring that entrepreneurs

and other micro-businesses have early-stage growth capital. The microfinance sector

can contribute to economic resilience and growth through the expansion of capital

and finance access for entrepreneurs, micro and small enterprises.

Two Microfinance experts have been invited to this panel Mr. Ahmed Alsuraifi the

Chairman of Iraqi Microfinance Network and Dr. Abbas Alsaidi the Managing Director

of Al-Thiqa Microfinance Organization. The panelists will draw out lessons learned

from collective decades of experience working in the sector, with a focus on how to

further develop and strengthen the impact of the microfinance sector in Iraq.