http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/ en info@fsdt.or.tz Copyright 2012 2012-02-01T14:04:04+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/fsdt/email_to_a_friend/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/fsdt/email_to_a_friend/#When:15:56:22Z I am inviting you to the Financial Sector Deepening Trust - FSDT website. Go to: http://www.fsdt.or.tz for more information Send to a friend 2009-04-12T15:56:22+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/fsdt/fsdt_services/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/fsdt/fsdt_services/#When:21:18:50Z Our investments include research and development of financial markets, products and services, training and other capacity-building, strengthening smaller financial institutions to become credible and creditworthy counterparts for larger ones, developing regulatory and supervisory frameworks, and new technology development. Our Work 2009-03-25T21:18:50+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/fsdt/about_fsdt/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/fsdt/about_fsdt/#When:06:01:42Z The overall aim of the Trust is to provide greater access for more people to engage with the financial sector throughout Tanzania. This objective ties in closely with MKUKUTA and the Government's Second Generation Financial Sector Reform Programme. The Trust thus contributes to delivering many of the Government's poverty reduction strategies. About 2009-03-25T06:01:42+00:00 Job and Announcements http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/microfinance_specialist_-_recruitment/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/microfinance_specialist_-_recruitment/#When:08:14:52Z The FSDT intends to appoint a Microfinance Specialist (MFS) who will report to the Technical Director. The MFS will play a crucial role in supporting the Technical Director in identifying and managing the programme’s activities under the Trust in order to achieve the FSDT programme objectives in conformance with the Trust Deed. The MFS is expected to focus principally on microfinance (including rural coverage), policy and regulations, capacity building and financial capability. The contract will be for three years; consideration will be given to an extension subject to performance. 2011-05-24T08:14:52+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/agrifin_survey_-_calls_for_expressions_of_interest/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/agrifin_survey_-_calls_for_expressions_of_interest/#When:13:01:40Z The Financial Sector Deepening Trust of Tanzania (FSDT) wishes to appoint a research company to implement a major study into agriculture finance in Tanzania - AgriFin. AgriFin aims to boost the supply of finance to the agricultural sector and to enhance access to agriculture finance through market-leading innovation and policy change. 2010-12-15T13:01:40+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/appointment_of_trustee/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/appointment_of_trustee/#When:06:52:17Z FSDT intends to appoint a trustee to take overall fiduciary responsibility for the Trust and to oversee the executive team on various aspects. The contract will be for five years from the date of registration of the Trustee by the Administrator General. It is estimated that approximately 80-90 mandays of input per year is required involving no more than two or three persons on a regular basis. Please see attachment for details.FSDT_Trustee_Advert_Sept09.doc 2009-09-30T06:52:17+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/mapping_of_tanzanias_2002_census_enumerator_areas_into_a_geographical_infor/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/mapping_of_tanzanias_2002_census_enumerator_areas_into_a_geographical_infor/#When:07:56:44Z The FSDT is seeking the services of a Tanzanian based consultancy firm to map the 2002 census data of Tanzania. AfricaScope, contracted by FSDT, will build the capacity of the consultancy firm's team to perform this assignment.The successful firm will need to work closely with the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics. A more detailed set of terms of reference and bidding instructions will be sent out to all short-listed bidders. The estimated duration of the contract is ten (10) months. [ Download File here EoI_to_fsdt.or_.tz_.doc ] 2009-07-14T07:56:44+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/position_of_finance_manager/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/position_of_finance_manager/#When:05:42:15Z 2009-06-05T05:42:15+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/reserach_and_development_services_and_related_consultancy_services/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/reserach_and_development_services_and_related_consultancy_services/#When:07:18:01Z The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania has received financing in the amount of US$ 95 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Private Sector Competitiveness Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. 2009-03-26T07:18:01+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/i_sme_finance_specialist_or_ii_agricultural_finance_specialist/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/i_sme_finance_specialist_or_ii_agricultural_finance_specialist/#When:05:13:16Z The Financial Sector Deepening Trust, based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is seeking two highly experienced specialists in SME finance and agricultural finance. The detailed job descriptions are attached to this notice. 2009-03-26T05:13:16+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/project_manager_for_national_small_businesses_survey_in_tanzania/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/jobs/project_manager_for_national_small_businesses_survey_in_tanzania/#When:09:11:09Z The FSDT was incorporated in Tanzania on 1st July 2004. The FSDT's overall aim is to develop a deeper financial system that can provide greater access to finance for more Tanzanians. Among its secondary objectives are to fund: 2008-07-01T09:11:09+00:00 Projects http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/projects/finscope_2009_-_a_survey_of_the_demand_for_financial_services_in_tanzania/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/projects/finscope_2009_-_a_survey_of_the_demand_for_financial_services_in_tanzania/#When:10:57:33Z FinScope 2009 Brochure - a summary of some of the main findings from the 2009 survey. 2011-06-13T10:57:33+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/projects/strategy_and_me_system_for_fsdt_tanzania/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/projects/strategy_and_me_system_for_fsdt_tanzania/#When:22:54:39Z The intent of the donor members of the FSDT (the Governments of Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK) was not simply to harmonise their efforts in financial sector development and deepening in Tanzania, but to give greater clarity and efficiency to their interventions in the financial sector. 2009-03-25T22:54:39+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/projects/61m_credit_scheme_for_poor_farmers/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/projects/61m_credit_scheme_for_poor_farmers/#When:21:43:23Z The Tanzania National Microfinance Bank (NMB) in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra) has unveiled a $6.1 million farm input credit scheme to benefit poor Tanzanian farmers and improve the country's network of rural agro-dealers. 2008-02-19T21:43:23+00:00 Reports and Publications http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/why_we_can_no_longer_afford_to_ignore_financial_cooperatives_in_the_effort_/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/why_we_can_no_longer_afford_to_ignore_financial_cooperatives_in_the_effort_/#When:04:02:31Z By Anne Gaboury and Mariol Quirin of Developpement Internationale Desjardins. Towards the end of the 1990s, the rising interest in microcredit shed new light on the importance of using financial leverage for community development. Suddenly much attention was devoted to the impact, methodologies and strategies set up by microcredit operators who were highlighting the fact that poor clients could use credit as leverage to improve their living conditions. 2008-03-26T04:02:31+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/finscope_2006_survey_and_how_this_influences_fsdt_strategy/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/finscope_2006_survey_and_how_this_influences_fsdt_strategy/#When:02:57:27Z FinScope engages a wide range of stakeholders (Stakeholder Task Force) with the aims of: - Insuring stakeholders' understanding of key issues such as sampling, questionnaire design and project management; - Securing "buy in" to maximise the chances of stakeholders actively using FinScope data and analysis; - Creating knowledge sharing and learning at local level to feed back into subsequent surveys. 2006-11-30T02:57:27+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/finscope_in_tanzania_the_fsdt_tanzania_experience/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/finscope_in_tanzania_the_fsdt_tanzania_experience/#When:02:19:22Z FinScope engages a wide range of stakeholders (Stakeholder Task Force) with the aims of: - Insuring stakeholders' understanding of key issues such as sampling, questionnaire design and project management; - Securing "buy in" to maximise the chances of stakeholders actively using FinScope data and analysis; - Creating knowledge sharing and learning at local level to feed back into subsequent surveys. 2006-03-28T02:19:22+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/the_national_strategy_for_growth_and_reduction_of_poverty_-_mkukuta_2005/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/the_national_strategy_for_growth_and_reduction_of_poverty_-_mkukuta_2005/#When:04:24:00Z The National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP) is a second national agenda framework for putting the focus on poverty reduction high on the country’s development agenda. The NSGRP is informed by the aspirations of Tanzania’s Development Vision (Vision 2025) for high and shared growth, high quality livelihood, peace, stability and unity, good governance high quality education and international competitiveness. It is committed to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as internationally agreed targets for reducing poverty, hunger, diseases, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2025. 2005-06-30T04:24:00+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/community-based_microfinance_models_in_east_africa/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/reports/community-based_microfinance_models_in_east_africa/#When:02:33:51Z By Marjaan Dursma; collaboration of SNV Tanzania, Hivos and FACET. Poverty in East Africa - as in most other parts of the developing world - is mainly a rural phenomenon. With rural households comprising 80-90% of the poor, the importance of extending the frontier of sustainable microfinance beyond the urban areas is clear. The rural poor constitute both the greatest unmet need and the largest unserved market for financial services. However, to serve this market in a sustainable manner, barriers of costs and risks have to be overcome. This requires technological and methodological innovations. 2004-11-26T02:33:51+00:00 News and Resources http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/sme_finance_innovation_challenge_fund_-_round_one_winners_announced/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/sme_finance_innovation_challenge_fund_-_round_one_winners_announced/#When:14:04:04Z The results for Round One of SME Finance Innovation Challenge Fund (SME Finance - ICF) have just been announced, in which GO Finance Company Ltd through an independent Panel was selected as the sole winner of the challenge fund grant. News 2012-02-01T14:04:04+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/sme_finance_innovation_challenge_fund-_launch_event/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/sme_finance_innovation_challenge_fund-_launch_event/#When:07:01:31Z SME Finance Innovation Challenge Fund (SME Finance ICF) has issued this challenge to financial service providers (banks and non-banks) to test and develop innovative business models that will deliver new products and better services to underserved SME clients. News 2011-06-09T07:01:31+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/financial_literacy_strategy/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/financial_literacy_strategy/#When:14:10:15Z Financial Literacy Strategy for Tanzania - an initiative of the Bank of Tanzania, implemented through the FSDT. FSDT held a stakeholders’ awareness workshop on financial literacy strategy on the 9th of June at Dar es Salaam International Conference Centre. Events 2009-06-10T14:10:15+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/low_tech_is_the_reason_for_poor_financial_accessiblity_in_tanzania/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/low_tech_is_the_reason_for_poor_financial_accessiblity_in_tanzania/#When:01:43:08Z Poor or low technology level is one of the many factors that hinder people from accessing services from various financial institutions in Tanzania. This is because, today, the internet and mobile phone technology is expanding the potential for financial service customers more rapidly than any thing else; lack of it has a direct bearing on people's accessibility to financial services. Only 23% have access to the Internet and a very small 4% can access the Internet in rural areas. 2009-03-26T01:43:08+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/microfinance_for_tanzanian_farmers/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/microfinance_for_tanzanian_farmers/#When:01:22:27Z The Tanzania National Microfinance Bank (NMB) in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra) has unveiled a $6.1m farm input credit scheme to target poor Tanzanian farmers and improve the country's network of rural agro-dealers. A memorandum of understanding signed in Dodoma, Tanzania, between the two institutions says the scheme will boost subsistence farming in five pilot districts by providing access to farm inputs. 2008-04-30T01:22:27+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/being_a_saver_pays_off_in_tanzania/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/being_a_saver_pays_off_in_tanzania/#When:01:47:30Z Anna Lupanga at her thriving businessHandbags imported from London line up alongside shoes bought in China and dresses from Dubai at PHP Collection, a small shop in the back streets of Tanzania's capital, Dar es Salaam. This is a retail company run by Anna Lupanga, a hair salon owner turned international clothes and accessories importer. 2007-07-20T01:47:30+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/credit_where_its_due_growing_tanzanias_rural_economy/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/credit_where_its_due_growing_tanzanias_rural_economy/#When:02:09:55Z A market in rural Tanzania In Tanzania, a scheme supported by DFID and other donors is helping to build the economy in rural areas. The Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT) addresses the major problem of a lack of access to credit for those who live outside the cities, assisting small businesses to establish partnerships with banks and other financial institutions and so achieve growth and prosperity. 2007-05-16T02:09:55+00:00 http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/bot_governor_launches_financial_sector_deepening_trust/ http://www.fsdt.or.tz/index.php/news/bot_governor_launches_financial_sector_deepening_trust/#When:02:02:02Z The Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT), which was launched in Dar es Salaam by the Governor of the Bank of Tanzania (BoT), Daudi Ballali, on Tuesday, has 34bn/- available to be invested in local micro-finance institutions for a five-year period. 2005-10-13T02:02:02+00:00