Small businesses and AI: Accelerating innovation and inclusion

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Highly confident, women entrepreneurs still face systemic barriers

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How data and AI can drive change: 4 ways forward

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Unlocking the power of small businesses to drive climate-smart inclusive growth

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Why are we celebrating failure? Innovation can't happen without it — and we should understand how failure leads to greater insights and future success. In this webinar, Accion leads an open and honest discussion on the potential pitfalls and roadblocks to successfully applying data analytics to better serve underserved populations globally. During this session, leaders of Accion Microfinance Bank Nigeria and CÍVICO – all undertaking digital transformation efforts through Accion's global partnership with Mastercard – discuss how their data failures shaped their path to success in digital transformation.

Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing. We catalyze financial service providers to deliver high-quality, affordable solutions at scale for the three billion people who are left out of – or poorly served by – the financial sector.For more than 50 years, Accion has helped tens of millions of people through its work with more than 90 partners in 40 countries.&nbsp;Since their founding in 1961, Accion has worked tirelessly to empower people who are underserved, revolutionizing financial services for people who are left out.

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Accion Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing.

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Learning through failures: Data challenges during digital transformation

Data for good

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Asia Pacific

Middle East & Africa

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Latin American & Caribbean

AI for social impact

Climate change

Digital transformation

Economic development

Financial health

Financial inclusion

Gender equity

Global development

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