Uncovering the opportunities of global and Islamic finance for economic transformation and launch of UNIDO's new programme

The event will deliver an enhanced understanding of Islamic finance as a catalyst for MSME growth and economic transformation, highlighting its ethical, asset-based principles and suitability for inclusive industrial development. It will address Islamic finance's potential, opportunities and challenges in addressing the SME financing gap, in particular across Africa and the Arab region, and its suitability as an additional and largely unmet source of development finance.