In Grace Terrace restaurant, the Azerbaijan Micro-finance Association (AMFA ) held its 12th Annual Award Dinner. According to its set tradition, Award Dinner was organized with aim to boost networking between financial Institutions and stakeholders as well as to celebrate 15 years anniversary of AMFA, provide official recognition to the organizations with best practices in performance on different nomination categories..
Among the guests were well represented government bodies, including Financial Markets Supervision Chamber, Entrepreneurs’ Confederation of Azerbaijan Republic, Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development Agency representatives as well as key figures of financial sector, representatives of Banks Association, Azerbaijan Bank Training Center, Banks and Non-Bank Credit organizations as well as İnternational organizations operating in Azerbaijan like European Union, Islamic Development bank, Savings Banks for International cooperation and Service companies and in total more than 60 people took part at the event.
The opening remarks from AMFA's Chairman, Suleyman Kalashov and AMFA's Executive Director, Jhale Hajiyeva, were followed by speech of the Guest Speakers, Mr. Mammad Musayev, president of Entrepreneurs’ Confederation of Azerbaijan Republic, Mr. Afgan Bakhishov, member of Executive Board at FIMSA Azerbaijan, Mr. Nadir Adilov, deputy chair of Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBIA).
This year AMFA Award Steering Committee was comprised of 5 members: Mr. Nail Valiyev, Senior Economics Officer, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Ziya Alili, Associate Banker, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Elmaddin Hajiyev, head of division, Small and Medium Business Development Agency and Vusala Garayeva. AMFA Award Steering Committee have selected three winners among outstanding nominees.
2019 AMFA Award Program winners are:
1. “Bank Respublika” OSC, as an “Advanced FI in SME Financing of the Year”
2. “AccessBank” CSC as an “Advanced FI in Most Youth friendly MFI of the Year
3. NBCO “Finex Credit “OSC “ Advanced Fİ in Product İnnovation of the Year”