Our events

About the Virtual SME Marketplace  

Each month we are running sessions featuring leading small business lenders and SME growth facilitators who present their MSMEs offerings in a 7-minute pitch to an audience of potential financial institution clients and partners looking for impactful fintech solutions. Through those sessions - run by the SME Finance Forum - we foster collaboration between financial institutions, fintech companies, development finance institutions and investors. 

Since its inception in April 2021, we have featured 150+ companies active in many different markets, attracted +2500 participants and generated many business leads, leading to investments, partnerships, and innovation advancement. 

Companies presenting their products and services

This session will feature insurtech for smallholder farmers which are at the forefront of using technology, data, and partnerships to make insurance more accessible and impactful for smallholder farmers, helping them manage climate risks and improve resilience.

Companies

ADAPTA
ADAPTA Technology develops AI-enabled risk management systems that help banks evaluate agricultural loan risk using integrated climate, water, soil, and ecosystem data. These systems work seamlessly via API or cloud dashboard with existing credit workflows. Built on AWS Bedrock and a RAG framework, ADAPTA streamlines agricultural risk assessment for banks and enables innovation in carbon farming and ecosystem-linked finance. ADAPTA has operations in Africa and Latin America.

IBISA
IBISA is a global climate insurtech operating across Europe, Asia, and Africa, working with leading reinsurers and local insurers to close the protection gap for climate risks. It brings advanced expertise in parametric insurance design, satellite-based weather monitoring, and automated payout systems. IBISA enables fast, objective, and transparent claims through digital tools that track weather events and trigger payments without the need for field assessments. It also leads engagement with insurers and reinsurers to structure sustainable underwriting solutions tailored to local markets and products.

PULA
Pula is a pioneering insurtech company based in Nairobi, Kenya, focused on transforming agricultural insurance for smallholder farmers across Africa and Asia. Founded in 2014, Pula uses technology and parametric insurance to reach previously unbanked and uninsured populations, helping them manage climate risks and improve farming practice.

ONE ACRE FUND
One Acre Fund, through One Acre Shield, delivers inclusive, farmer-first insurance solutions across Africa. They design and scale climate and household products grounded in farmer data, global research, and strong partnerships. Backed by OAF Re, their mission-aligned reinsurance facility, they reduce intermediation costs, accelerate payouts, and raise farmer value. Beyond serving their 5M direct clients, they collaborate with insurers and aggregators to extend protection across the broader market, building trust, resilience, and a more transparent, competitive insurance ecosystem for smallholder farmers.

ACRE Africa
Agriculture and Climate Risk Enterprise (ACRE Africa) is a risk management solutions designer linking stakeholders to localized solutions such as insurance and climate change adaptation strategies to reduce agricultural and climate risks. ACRE Africa leverages cutting-edge Insurtech—AI analytics, digital platforms, and last-mile networks to protect smallholder farmers against climate risks. With over 4 million farmers insured and expanding across 19+ African countries, ACRE delivers scalable, data-driven insurance solutions that unlock credit, strengthen resilience, and power Africa’s agricultural transformation.

Organizer
The SME Finance Forum (SMEFF) is a network of 300+ members and affiliates with a coverage spanning across 190+ countries. The members are primarily financial services providers such as banks, fintechs, non-bank financial institutions, development finance institutions, credit guarantee companies, and microfinance institutions. The affiliates consist of policy advocacy groups, academia, SME and banking associations, training providers, and non-profit organizations. SMEFF was established in 2012 by the G20 and is managed by the International Finance Corporation with a core objective to scale financial services for SMEs. As the leading SME finance network globally, the forum steers industry innovations, supports replication of best practices, recognizes global champions, drives thought leadership, convenes influential stakeholders, and fosters global knowledge transfer.