BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//FSD Tanzania - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:FSD Tanzania X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.fsdt.or.tz X-WR-CALDESC:Events for FSD Tanzania REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240919T080000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240930T170000 DTSTAMP:20260531T104639 CREATED:20240919T112956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T104844Z UID:6871-1726732800-1727715600@www.fsdt.or.tz SUMMARY:Event Sponsorship Opportunity: Mercy Corps AgriFin Learning Event DESCRIPTION:Financial Sector Deepening Tanzania (FSDT) is looking to sponsor one Agri-FinTech from Tanzania to attend the 8th AgriFin Learning Event (ALE) in Nairobi\, Kenya\, from October 15th to 16th\, 2024. This year’s event theme is “Enabling Rural Economy: Creating Lasting Impact for the Digital Ecosystem in Africa.” If you would like to be considered for this opportunity\, kindly fill out the form below. Please note\, for an organization/company to be considered for this opportunity\, it must meet the following minimum requirements by the time of submitting this request: Be in operation for at least 2 yearsDemonstrate market traction (paying customers/clients).Have more than one employee. \n \n \n \n \n The deadline for submission is Wednesday\, 30 September 2024 at 17h00 EAT. \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Organization/Company NameType of Organization/Companye.g.\, NGO\, Social Enterprise\, Cooperative\, Private Company\, etc.Organization/Company’s Contact PersonFull Name & TitleContact Person’s EmailContact Person’s Phone NumberAbout the Organization/CompanyOne to two lines to describe your organization/company's primary areas of work (e.g.\, Agricultural Development\, Financial Inclusion\, Technology\, etc.).When was the Organization/Company established?\n \n MM slash DD slash YYYY\n \n How many clients/customers is the organization/company currently serving?\n \n \n 0\n \n \n \n 1-10\n \n \n \n 11-50\n \n \n \n 51-100\n \n \n \n 100>\n In the last financial year\, the organization/company\n \n \n Made a profit\n \n \n \n Broke-even\n \n \n \n Made a loss\n \n \n \n Other\n Has the organization/company ever received funding or investment?\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n No\n If you answered yes to the previous question\, what was the source of the funds/investments the organization/company received\n \n \n Donor/Development Agency\n \n \n \n Angel Investor\n \n \n \n Venture Capital (VC) Fund\n \n \n \n Other\n What unique insights or perspectives can your organization/company bring to discussions around creating lasting impact in the digital ecosystem?Describe a project or initiative your organization/company has undertaken that demonstrates your commitment to the rural economy and digital transformation. Explain how your organization/company engages with stakeholders (e.g.\, farmers\, financial institutions\, government bodies) to foster digital transformation and financial inclusion.How will attending the Mercy Corps AgriFin Learning Event support your organization/company/product/service’s vision and mission?If selected\, who will represent the organization/company at the Learning Event in Nairobi? Why?Their full name\, title/position and an explanation of the relevance of their participation. Attach a Pitch Deck/Organization/Company Profile (maximum 10 pages)Please include a team/organization structure in one of the pages.Max. file size: 2 MB. CAPTCHA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n About FSDT: \n \n Established in 2004\, the Financial Sector Deepening Tanzania (FSDT) is a donor-funded financial sector market facilitator that aims to achieve poverty reduction through a transformative financial sector that offers inclusive and sustainable financial solutions to improve the livelihood\, wellbeing\, and empowerment of underserved Tanzanians. FSDT’s work is guided by the Market Systems Development (MSD) approach\, which aims to develop market systems that benefit the underserved\, offering them capacities and opportunities to improve their lives. Currently\, our main target markets are women and youth\, who have been identified as the most financially excluded market segments in the country. FSDT is dedicated to supporting the financial sector in delivering inclusive\, quality and sustainable financial solutions that meet the financial needs of women and youth. Through FSDT facilitation\, we hope to achieve the following changes in the market: Improved policies\, legal and regulatory frameworks that promote gender equality as well as economic and financial opportunities for women and youth.Improved availability of relevant financial sector infrastructures that will equip the financial sector players and other stakeholders with the ability to meet the needs and aspirations of women and youth.Financial service providers developing and scaling innovative and responsive financial solutions/tools for women and youth to promote equality\, empowerment\, and wellbeing.Improved confidence and capability of women and youth to demand and use financial solutions.  About Mercy Corp AgriFin:Mercy Corps AgriFin programming works with a network of more than 150 partners across Africa to support the development of digitally enabled products and services for smallholder farmers (SHFs) in order to increase their productivity\, incomes\, and resilience by 50% while reaching at least 40% women. AgriFin helps its partners to design\, test\, and scale digitally enabled services\, derisking innovation and supporting inclusive service delivery. Since 2015\, AgriFin has completed more than 200 engagements with partners now reaching more than 16 million smallholders. URL:https://www.fsdt.or.tz/event/event-sponsorship-opportunity-mercy-corps-agrifin-learning-event/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fsdt.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BU8A6711-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR