To support a Digital South African bank in its development in the SME segment, the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) has granted it a guarantee facility under the NASIRA program, to guarantee a share of the amount of credits granted to small and medium-sized enterprises. This guarantee facility targets women and young entrepreneurs.

In order to support the success of the use of this guarantee facility and the development of SME financing activity of the Bank, FMO took over the financing of technical assistance for this bank, to which AMEF Consulting contributed to support of a European partner.

The objectives of this mission are:

• Develop and strengthen the internal capacity of the Bank to effectively provide funding to the Nasira target groups in South Africa through the introduction of new products and funding processes or enhancement of existing ones
• Support the Bank in the development of sustainable non-financial services for target client groups
• Develop the skills of the Bank’s teams in several areas through training and coaching, both in technical skills and soft skills