Full Membership Criteria:
For MFIs:
- MFIs must have minimum assets of €200,000
- MFIs must have been in existence for at least 3 years
- MFIs must have a minimum of 3000 clients
- MFIs must have had a financial rating within the last 2 years of applying
- MFIs must provide their most recent financial statements and portfolio report (audited or not) when applying for membership
- The MFI must be committed to have a social rating within 2 years
- The MFI must provide its most recent audited financial statement (and most recent unaudited financial statements) and portfolio report when it submits its application
- MFIs must report social performance indictors to the MIX
- Must be willing to sign the member’s code of conduct
- MFIs must not engage in any illegal activity (as prescribed by the laws of the country)
- MFIs must have microfinance as their core business
For Rating Agencies:
- Rating Agencies must subscribe to the code of conduct
- Rating Agencies must have performed ratings in Africa
- Rating must complete compliance report on the adherence to the code of conduct
- Rating agencies must publish the compliance report
Associate membership criteria:
All institutions / individuals:
- Must be an institution or individual
- Must be active in the field of performance evualuation in microfinance or in African microfinance
- Associate members must be institutions or individuals who make significant contributions to the vision and mission of AMT, and represent a value added to the organisation.
NB: Associate members
- Do not have voting rights
- Cannot collectively represents more than 20% of total ordinary members
- Can attend AMT meetings, at their own cost
Application Forms:
If you would like to join AMT and you meet the eligibility criteria listed above, you can fill out the online application form:
Application form:
- For MFIs Please do not forget to send the coordinator a copy of your most recent financial statements as well as the executive summary of your financial rating report.
- For the rating agencies
- For associate members
Alternatively, you can contact the coordinator for further details.
