SIMBA (Skills & Innovation for Micro Banking in Africa)
Description
Increased access to sustainable, affordable financial services for poor people through the formal financial systemThe Skills and Innovation for Micro Banking in Africa (SIMBA) programme aims to provide 3 million poor people in sub-Saharan Africa with access to finance by 2019. This will include a 2.3 million increase in the number of adults actively using savings accounts and a 750,000 increase in the number of adults receiving loans from formal financial institutions supported by the SIMBA programme. SIMBA will also provide 5,000 people in the financial services sector with training to increase the pool of skilled labour available in the region.
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