Overview
Leasing can provide businesses with access to productive assets when conventional bank lending is difficult to obtain.
IFC's Africa Leasing Facility sought to strengthen leasing markets through regulatory development, market building, institutional capacity and private-sector engagement.
Our Role
Experience included serving as M&E lead and country coordinator for Anglophone markets.
The work covered Tanzania, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia, with regional coordination from Senegal.
Key Activities
In Tanzania, work included collaboration with the Central Bank on leasing regulations.
In post-conflict Liberia and Sierra Leone, the focus included establishing the foundations for functioning leasing markets.
- Market diagnostics
- Regulatory development
- Stakeholder engagement
- National leasing conferences
- Public-private dialogue
- Training for banks and leasing institutions
- Regulatory capacity development
- Monitoring & Evaluation systems