Communication: the objective is to facilitate and promote exchange of information in the microfinance sector on issues related to financing African small and micro-economic actors

• Training: aims at strengthening the internal capacities of the micro-finance institutions so that they can insure their viability and supply to their clients appropriate products

• Research & Development: This approach calls for documentation of existing know how and the practices, and production of methodological materials and social investor.

Main provides a well structured capacity building programme 
 
• Thematic training workshops
• Training for MFI Executives and Board Members
• Thematic Seminars
• Exchange visits
• University level training in collaboration with African Universities 
 
MAIN provides training on specific technical themes such as :

Development 
• The development of Microfinance in Africa
• Rural development and rural financing
• Microfinance & the development Agenda
• Challenges Facing MFIs as Agents of Development
• Current issues in community Development
• The role of Microfinance in Developing Social Capital.
• Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Microfinance.
• Etc 

Debate
 
•The current debate in Microfinance
•Double Mission of microfinance
• International Aid and Microfinance
•Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation
•Impact Assessment and Social Viability ( Social Impact Measurement)
•Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions
•Microfinance and the NGO Sector
•Transformation NGO – MFI
•Etc 
 
Finances
• Village Banking
• Lending Methodologies
• Accounting Practices for Microfinance Institutions
• Financial planning
• Detection of fraud and International control
• Financial Analysis
• Saving in the Context of Microfinance
• Managing Risk
• Product Diversification
• Etc 

Governance
• Corporate Governance
• Staff training and Motivation
• Legal and Regulatory framework
• Customer Protection
• Etc 
Management 
• Managing MFIs
• Business Development Plan
• Improving the Planning Process
• Organizational Development
• Social Performance Management (SPM)
• Human resource planning abd development
• Etc 
Management Information System (MIS)
• Management Information System
• Data collection
• Data processing
• Production of reports
• Data Distribution and Communication
• Research Methodology
• Etc 

Gender
• Microfinance for Women
• Microfinance and Empowered Women (Gender Consideration )
• Etc