East Africa

The goal of this project is to support the National Bank of Ethiopia and its stakeholders to strengthen and expand the credit information sharing system in Ethiopia, through the facilitation of technical support and activities to integrate Microfinance, Capital Goods Finance Companies and other lender participation to the NBE Credit Bureau, increase consumer awareness and financial literacy on credit reporting, and provide capacity building to stakeholders to ensure uptake of the Credit Bureau services over the long term.

This advisory services project seeks to support CRDB, a leading bank in the Tanzanian banking sector to refine its strategy for the agriculture segment and enhance its capacities through products development, tools and staff capacity building, to increase financing towards the agriculture sector in Tanzania.

The goal of this project is to support the National Bank of Ethiopia and its stakeholders to strengthen and expand the credit information sharing system in Ethiopia, through the facilitation of technical support and activities to integrate Microfinance, Capital Goods Finance Companies and other lender participation to the NBE Credit Bureau, increase consumer awareness and financial literacy on credit reporting, and provide capacity building to stakeholders to ensure uptake of the Credit Bureau services over the long term.

This advisory services project seeks to support CRDB, a leading bank in the Tanzanian banking sector to refine its strategy for the agriculture segment and enhance its capacities through products development, tools and staff capacity building, to increase financing towards the agriculture sector in Tanzania.

The project is supporting the development of secured transactions regime and collateral registry. Key activities will include stakeholders' coordination, capacity building and awareness raising to align the regulatory framework with best practice, ensure delivery of a modern collateral registry system, and facilitate early adoption by lenders.

The project is supporting the development of secured transactions regime and collateral registry. Key activities will include stakeholders' coordination, capacity building and awareness raising to align the regulatory framework with best practice, ensure delivery of a modern collateral registry system, and facilitate early adoption by lenders.

The project is supporting the development of secured transactions regime and collateral registry. Key activities will include stakeholders' coordination, capacity building and awareness raising to align the regulatory framework with best practice, ensure delivery of a modern collateral registry system, and facilitate early adoption by lenders.

The project is supporting the development of secured transactions regime and collateral registry. Key activities will include stakeholders' coordination, capacity building and awareness raising to align the regulatory framework with best practice, ensure delivery of a modern collateral registry system, and facilitate early adoption by lenders.

Through this project, IFC will provide Advisory Services and Technical Assistance (in the capacity of an honest broker) to National Bank of Rwanda, the main client and its stakeholders including lenders in order to improve Rwanda's credit reporting system. More specifically, IFC will work with stakeholders to develop and implement a strategy and roadmap for the establishment of a modern state of the art credit reporting infrastructure that integrates existing credit information systems.

The Somalia Unlocking Sectoral Investments Project (SUSIP) is one of the projects under the broader umbrella program, Somalia Investment Climate Reform Program (SICRP) which aims to support reforms to improve the quality of the business environment and investment climate in Somalia. The SUSIP specifically aims to facilitate growth and investment in prioritized sectors and localities by addressing the key sectoral gaps in policy, regulatory, administrative and institutional frameworks inhibiting private investment in Somalia.