Countries
Malawi, Zambia, Namibia
Local project partners:
Malawi: Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agribusiness Management (LUANAR), Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM)
Namibia: Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade (MIT)
Sambia: Bank of Zambia (BoZ)
German project partners:
Malawi: --
Namibia: Kreissparkasse Saarlouis
Zambia: Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen
Donor
BMZ
Duration
01.08.2020 - 31.07.2026
Common to all project countries is a significantly unequal distribution of income, and, in some places, an explicit poverty challenge. MSMEs suffer from a lack of access to financial services, also due to a lack of commercial knowledge and management skills. As a result, their contribution to growth and employment suffers.
The regional project contributes to strengthening the role of small agricultural and non-agricultural enterprises in terms of economic development and employment. To this end, the project aims to improve the skills and entrepreneurial abilities of entrepreneurs and thus improve their access to financial services. In the financial sector, including the supervisory bodies, educational opportunities in previously neglected areas of micro- and SME financing will be improved. Special focus is placed on strengthening the project partners as direct education providers and the sustainability of the offer.
Project Tasks
- Tasks of the project are the improvement of commercial skills and entrepreneurial abilities in small enterprises.
- For this, local intermediaries, institutions and trainers, will be developed who teach these topics.
- In addition, training courses will be developed for employees of financial and microfinance institutions to improve their understanding of the target group.
- To strengthen sustainability, the institutional and educational quality of the respective project partners is a cross-cutting theme of the project. Regional networking and the exchange of resources and knowledge also strengthens the sustainability of the project developments.
