Tamfi calls for microfinance reforms

TAASISI ya Wakfu ya Citi kwa kushirikiana na Shirikisho la Asasi zinazotoa huduma za fedha kwa wajasiriamali wadogo (TAMFI), imezindua shindano la kuwania tuzo ya wakfu huo kwa wajasirimali wadogo jijini Dar es Salaam.

Tuzo hizo zimelenga kuangalia mchango usio wa kawaida kwa wajasiriamali wadogo katika kuimarisha uchumi wao binafsi katika ngazi ya familia na kijamii nchini kote.

Akizindua shindano hilo mwishoni mwa wiki, Ofisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Citibank Tanzania, Geofrey Mchangila, alisema...

The microfinance sector is largely unregulated even as data shows that a good number of Tanzania’s rural population depends on such services for their financial needs.

Yetu Microfinance Bank Plc formerly known as YOSEFO is a Microfinance Bank in Tanzania with operations in 6 regions, namely  Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Pwani, Lindi, Mtwara and Tanga and the Island of Zanzibar. Before becoming a Microfinance Bank in 2017, it Yetu Microfinance Bank Plc  has been a pioneer in Microfinance industry for the past  20 years with the  flagship name of “YOSEFO” group lending being their major business.

 Microfinance institutions are still operating in difficult conditions for lack of laws to guide their operations. Stakeholders are now urging the government to come up with a microfinance law that will help regulate them and protect borrowers.

WAFANYABIASHARA ndogo wakiwemo wauza miwa , mboga, matunda na wakulima wadogo hususani akina mama, wamefurahia kuanzishwa kwa benki itakayotoa mikopo kwao kwa masharti nafuu na wao kuwa wanufaika wa kwanza.

Hapa uzinduzi rasmi wa Finca Microfinance Bank ukifanyika leo jijini Dar es Salaam.

Ofisa Mtendaji Mkuu (C.E.O) wa Benki hiyo, Ed Greenwood (katikati), akizungumza katika hafla ya uzinduzi wa benki hiyo. Kushoto ni Zulpha Semboja na Kulia ni Rahmathi Damac warembo wa benki hiyo waliokuwa wakitoa huduma wakati wa uzinduzi huo.

Ofisa Mtendaji Mkuu (C.E.O) wa Benki hiyo, Ed Greenwood (katikati), akiwa meza kuu na viongozi wengine. Kutoka kulia ni Meneja Rasilimali Watu (HRM), Mary...

 Naibu Waziri wa Fedha Mwigulu Nchemba akiwa katika picha ya pamoja na watendaji wakuu wa Taasisi ya kifedha ya UTT Microfinance, baada ya kukata utepe kuzindua taasisi hiyo, Dar es Salaam jana. Naibu Waziri wa Fedha na Uchumi, Bw. Mwigulu Nchemba (wa pili kushoto), akikata utepe kuzindua rasmi Taasisi ya huduma za Kifedha ya UTT Microfinance, Dar es Salaam jana. Wa pili Kulia ni Mwenyekiti wa Bodi Balozi Fadhili Mbaga na Mtendaji Mkuu wa UTT, Bw. James Washima (kushoto).Naibu ...

 Hapa uznduzi rasmi wa Finca Microfinance Bank ukifanyika leo jijini Dar es SalaamOfisa Mtendaji Mkuu (C.E.O) wa Benki hiyo, Ed Greenwood (katikati), akizungumza katika hafla ya uzinduzi wa benki hiyo. Kushoto ni Zulpha Semboja na Kulia ni Rahmathi Damac warembo wa benki hiyo waliokuwa wakitoa huduma wakati wa uzinduzi huo. Ofisa Mtendaji Mkuu (C.E.O) wa Benki hiyo, Ed Greenwood (katikati), akiwa meza kuu na viongozi wengine. Kutoka kulia ni Meneja Rasilimali Watu (HRM), Mary Magoire, Ofisa...