FSDT NANCAL STOR ONIN TLS Pe sia aaa FOR THE BIASHARA FINANCING INNOVATION FUND (BFIF) 1. ntropucTion ‘The Financial Sector Deepening Twst ¢FSOT) was incorporated In Tanzania on let July 2004." The FSDT's over aim isto mae 9 contribution to All Tanzanian to (derive val) fom regular use of inane services welch are delivered with dignty and famess FSDT' objective are 1. Advocating for animpeoved policy insttutions egal and regulary frameworl at natonsl and sub-natona levels of nancial erviese 2. Promoting more relevant marke inrastracture and ways to reice 5 Stimulating imoroved access to financial products and services that respond othe needs of MSMES «4, Stimulating imoroved aceasta financial products and vervcss tat 2, OBJECTIVE OF THE FUND. FSOT sea to suppor projects that wilincease penetration af Financ Products, Services and uiness Modesto serve SME= This document isan initaton for Financia Service Providers. and 100.000, We ite fms le. Financial Serves Providers and FinTeche to propose they mast Innovative ideas to deploy promising financial ‘ovutionsargotng SMEr, ‘3. ABOUT BIASHARA FINANCING INNOVATION FUND (BFIF) ‘he BFIF sa challenge fund that alms to cantrbute to the acceleration the development of an inclusive SME Finance ecosystem nTonzansa Trough the prowson of nancial assistance, BF supports rlrout of Innovative and customer centre products targeting Small and Medium Enterries (SMEs) that ae afordabe.acceesble and rerpansive to Finance products n Tanzania ‘The BFF intends to contiute to inerease penetration of products BIF aims to help Financal Service Providers (FSP) and FinTechs to * Deploy and scale up products and sorvicos tat increase options for SME to access and ute financial series and products + Improve offerings of existing financial products services and business ‘modes trough imoroverents in scale efclency and cen vue Stengthen vable nancial products, services ane busness mode trough rescarchand development. testing ploting ang deployment phases Bula the capacty of FSP and FinTechs developing ans deoloying Products targeting SMES 4 SUBMISSION DEADLINE. “The deadline or submission of the tender document is July Sth 2018 For more detalls on application requirements vst: ww tsdt.ort2/ ‘opportunites. We wil only consider applications that adhere 19 proposal requirements.