Access to Finance

With the cooperation of the Central Bank of Nigeria, following the issuance of the new national Microfinance Policy December 15, 2005 several workshops have been conducted as follows:

- First Roundtable on Technical Service Provision for MSME June 2006.

- Workshop on External Audit for Microfinance March 23, 2009

- Workshop on Portfolio Quality and Governance

- Commercial Microfinance and Savings Mobilization.

- Savings Mobilization for Microfinance Institutions, August 31 in Lagos; September 2 in Kaduna

- Results Reporting for Microfinance Institutions - TBD

Business Development Services

- BDS Fairs in Abia, Lagos and Kaduna States

- Value Chain Workshop - jointly organised by the MSME Project and DFID

- Training on BDS and Value Chain for BDS Providers

Investment Climate

- Workshop on Credit Bureau for CBN Staff

- Study Tour to Egypt and United States on Credit Bureau

- Signing of Protocol on ADR by Abia State

- Creating of ADR Centres in Abia and Kaduna States