The first EIB Eastern Africa SME and Microfinance Banking Forum was organized in the framework of the East Africa Technical Assistance (TA) Programme funded by the European Investment Bank and successfully implemented since 2014 by the consortium of AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants, the Academy of German Cooperatives (ADG), and INTEGRATION. The current project countries include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda, with a total of 30 participating financial institutions (FIs). The main objective of this TA Programme is to support the establishment and growth of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across all economic sectors by providing global loan facilities called Private Enterprise Finance Facilities (PEFF) and
Microfinance Facilities (MFF), as well as providing TA measures to participating FIs.
