This educational webinar will explore how microfinance and microlending can provide an alternative way for accredited investors to participate in emerging-market economic activity.
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Why this asset class
Your portfolio probably runs on Wall Street. This runs on roadside markets in Kenya.
Most investors own stocks, bonds, and maybe some real estate. Microlending sits outside all three. Its results depend on whether thousands of borrowers in Kenya repay loans that last about 30 days.
That's a different engine. On September 29 we'll show you how it turns, and let you judge whether it belongs anywhere near your money.
Microloans disbursed per day
Through InNova's Kenyan partner platforms
In microloans funded each month
Across the same platforms
Average loan size
The smallest loan is $5
Figures are approximate, as reported by InNova's Kenyan partner platforms, and updated quarterly. They describe platform lending activity and say nothing about investor returns.
How the money moves
One loop, repeated all month.
InNova raises capital
Accredited participants commit funds under the offering documents.
Capital reaches the microloan pool
Funds go to InNova's partnered lending platforms in Kenya.
Platforms issue microloans
Microenterprises borrow for inventory, equipment, and daily operations.
Borrowers repay, or they don't
Platforms seek to collect principal and interest on roughly 30-day cycles. Repayment is not guaranteed, and some borrowers will default.
Platforms report back
Participants see portfolio activity and any interest distributed to them.
Keep scrolling to follow the cycle.
A sewing machine, a bolt of leather, a month to pay it back.
What we'll cover
Seven questions, answered in one hour.
Bring your skepticism. The last topic gets as much airtime as the first.
- What microfinance isAnd why it looks nothing like your bank's lending desk.
- How microlending supports entrepreneursWhat a $19 loan buys a street vendor or a tailor.
- Why short loans matter in emerging marketsAfrica faces an estimated $120 billion gap in business lending.
- How private capital participatesWhere investors plug into the lending ecosystem.
- Opportunity versus considerationsWhat to weigh before putting money outside the stock market.
- How InNova Global Fund's model worksThe full loop, from your commitment to platform reporting.
- The risks you need to understandDefaults, currency, regulation, and liquidity. No sugarcoating.
Straight talk
Any pitch that skips the risks is one to walk away from.
So we put them on the agenda. Here's what we'll walk through, and you can ask about any of it on the call.
- DefaultsSome borrowers won't repay. Repayment is never guaranteed.
- CurrencyLoans happen in Kenyan shillings. Exchange rates move.
- RegulationLending rules in Kenya can change, and that affects platforms.
- LiquidityPrivate placements are hard to exit early.
- PrincipalYou can lose some or all of the money you put in.
Who should attend
Investors who want to understand the loop before anyone asks for a check.
This session is built for people who meet the SEC's accreditation standard and are curious about an asset class that trades nowhere near the New York Stock Exchange. It's educational. You'll leave knowing enough to decide for yourself.
Pictured: the InNova team on the ground in Kenya, 2026.