Day Three: Financial Inclusion

20th November, 2026

Time	Session
08:30 – 09:00	Morning Coffee & Networking
09:00 – 10:00	Keynote The Missing Seat at the Table — Integrating SACCOs, Cooperatives & Microfinance into Regional Financial Markets
10:00 – 11:00	Panel Harmonising SACCO & Cooperative Regulation Across the EAC
11:00 – 11:30	Networking Break
11:30 – 13:00	Workshop Digitising Cooperative & Microfinance Operations — Closing the Technology Gap
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch & Exhibition Viewing
14:30 – 15:30	Panel Bank–MFI–SACCO Partnerships — Extending Correspondent Banking Access to the Last Mile
15:30 – 16:00	Networking Break
16:00 – 16:45	Panel Financing Growth — DFIs, Impact Investors & the Cooperative Sector
16:45 – 17:15	Networking Break
17:15 – 18:00	Closing Plenary What EAFF Solves That No Other Platform Does — Forum Communiqué
18:00 – 18:15	Closing Remarks & Announcement of Next Forum