Our Approach -

OUR APPROACH

The role of the Trust (FSDT) is to facilitate financial markets to work, evidenced by improved capacity and sustainability of the financial sector. We seek to galvanise change by:

Advocating for an improved policy, institutional, legal and regulatory framework
Promoting more relevant market infrastructure and ways to reduce transaction costs between FSPs and potential clients
Stimulating improved access to financial products and services that respond to the needs of MSMEs
Stimulating improved access to financial products and services that respond to the needs of households and individuals

We serve our market through:

Latest news

Youth barriers to financial inclusion

1st November 2021

Fostering Alternative Know Your Customer (KYC) for Younger Youth in Tanzania Contributing Authors: Irene Madeje Mlola (Interim Executive Director) and Anna Jubilate Mushi, (Head of Gender and Youth), FSDT “Younger youth offer a unique opportunity to be capitalized on, but at the same time they face unique challenges that need an exceptional eye and approach […]

Gender barriers to financial inclusion

17th May 2021

Addressing Gender Barriers in the ID Acquisition Process in Tanzania By Anna Jubilate Mushi, Head of Gender & Youth, FSDT “IDs represent a huge opportunity for low-income women to realize their full potential, and are enablers of bridging the existing gender gap in political, social and ecnomic spheres; however, if the ID acuisition process is […]

LittleFish – Solutions for SMEs

20th February 2021

LittleFish in a big pond- How technology is opening up small business owners in Tanzania and other regions to larger markets and ecosystems By Victor Kyando, Communications Officer, FSDT “LittleFish aims to impact over 1 million small businesses and 5 million people in the Eastern and Southern Africa region by 2025.” LittleFish, a unified mobile platform, […]