This year, the Colombian Association of Microfinance Institutions (Asomicrofinanzas) held its conference in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) under the title \u201cMicro-entrepreneurs, key agents for economic and social development: Innovation and technology at the service of inclusion\u2019. It was the ninth of what has become an annual event, and was inaugurated by the executive president of Bancam\u00eda, Miguel \u00c1ngel Charria, who was invited to give the welcome speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe microfinance industry is becoming more and more important in the lives of millions of Colombians who find themselves excluded because of their economic, social or geographic situations, limiting their access to opportunities.<\/strong> Nearly 3 million microcredits by the members of Asomicrofinazas; with these figures, we can now say that significant progress has been made,\u201d explained the president of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation\u2019s Colombian institution at the event.<\/p>\n\n\t\t