A total of 80 microfinance professionals have participated in two West African workshops designed to provide introductory training on microinsurance for microfinance institutions. The two one-day sessions, in Dakar, Senegal and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, were organised by the MiN, the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility, ADA and PlaNet Guarantee.
The workshops built on the success of a pilot event in Ethiopia in 2017 which demonstrated that MFIs are a great channel for delivering microinsurance products...