GIS Map of Financial Access
The Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT) has completed the second round of the GIS Census of Financial
Access Points in Tanzania. This census maps and shows the proximity of basic cash in and cash out points
to where people live and transact. The availability of points where one can exchange cash for transferable or
storable electronic value is a key driver of financial access.
MSME National Baseline Survey Report
This report of the first nationally representative baseline survey of micro, small, and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) in Tanzania includes a discussion of the survey design and development,
an exposition of the data collected from owners of both currently operating and recently closed
enterprises, an estimate of the contribution of MSMEs to Tanzania’s GDP, and an example of the use
of the data for segmentation and more detailed characterization of MSMEs.
The next digital finance frontier, filling the accounts
It is commonly accepted that poor people find value in remote digital payments propositions. A large number of Tanzanians have flocked to emerging mobile payment solutions, whether it is to send money home, facilitate informal business transactions, pay for bills, or buy pre-paid electricity. This has created tantalizing prospects for such solutions to be the spearhead for financial inclusion in a massive scale.
Strategy Brief
The overall aim of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust is to support the development of a deeper
financial system that can provide greater access to finance to more Tanzanians.
FSDT Our Work 2013 – 2014
Financial services in Tanzania are provided by several institutional types – which can broadly be grouped into formal, semi-formal, and informal.
FSDT Our Work 2005 – 2012
Financial services in Tanzania are provided by several institutional types – which can broadly be grouped into formal, semi-formal, and informal.
National Financial Inclusion Framework (NFIF)
The National Financial Inclusion Framework sets the stage for the Financial Inclusion vision based on the concrete improvements that the country would like to see in the lives of all Tanzanians through the use of financial services. It galvanizes all relevant stakeholders in financial services under one common vision of success and provides strategic direction for all initiatives for Financial Inclusion in the country. The working definition of Financial Inclusion for Tanzania entails the “regular use of financial services, through payment infrastructures to manage cash flows and mitigate shocks, which are delivered by formal providers through a range of appropriate services with dignity and fairness”.
Financial Capability Tanzania Baseline Survey Findings 2014 (Full Report)
A National Financial Education Framework was developed and approved by the Government of Tanzania in 2011. The development of the Framework was commissioned by the Bank of Tanzania with support from the Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT), Tanzania. The Framework comprised several components, namely: an organisational structure and stakeholder strategy; a high-level public financial education consumer strategy; an implementation plan and a monitoring and evaluation framework. It also identified the need for setting a national financial capability baseline against which progress in the levels of financial capability could be measured over time.
Financial Capability Tanzania Baseline Survey Findings 2014 (Brochure)
The National Financial Education Framework was developed and approved by the Government of Tanzania in 2011. The Framework identified the need for conducting a National Financial Capability Baseline with the following objectives:
Where is the Cash?
This is the geography of financial access points in Tanzania. In keeping with its mission of tracking and promoting financial inclusion, more specifically the proximity of financial services, the FSDT in partnership with the Bank of Tanzania, has completed the second census of financial access points in the country