RUFEP

RUFEP RUFEP aims to increase access to and use of sustainable financial services by poor rural men, women and youth in Zambia.

28/07/2023

On the 22nd June, 2023, GIZ in partnership with the Ministry of Finance's Rural Finance Unit and the Rural Finance Expansion Programme (RUFEP) organised a Conference on Accelerating Access to Financial Services by Smallholder Farmers. The Conference was attended by various stakeholders and the Ministry of Agriculture.

A glimpse of the Marketplace for the Accelerating Access to Agricultural Finance for Smallholders in Zambia Conference h...
22/06/2023

A glimpse of the Marketplace for the Accelerating Access to Agricultural Finance for Smallholders in Zambia Conference held today at Radisson Blu Hotel.
It was a successful conference and a giant leap towards providing access to financial services and financial inclusion for smallholder farmers.

RUFEP Programme Coordinator gives highlights of RUFEP's implementation strategy for smallholder financial inclusion ...
22/06/2023

RUFEP Programme Coordinator gives highlights of RUFEP's implementation strategy for smallholder financial inclusion

IFAD highlights partnership with the Government of Republic of Zambia and commitment to rural transformation ...
22/06/2023

IFAD highlights partnership with the Government of Republic of Zambia and commitment to rural transformation

"According to available Data more needs to be done to bridge the financing gap for small-holder farmers in Zambia." ...
22/06/2023

"According to available Data more needs to be done to bridge the financing gap for small-holder farmers in Zambia."

The Accelerating Access to Agricultural Finance for Smallholders in Zambia Conference is underway at Radisson Blu Hotel ...
22/06/2023

The Accelerating Access to Agricultural Finance for Smallholders in Zambia Conference is underway at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka. The conference is aimed at addressing the financing gap faced by small-holder farmers in Zambia

Acting Permanent Secretary for Budget and Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance, Ms Mwaka C Mukubesa reiterates th...
22/06/2023

Acting Permanent Secretary for Budget and Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance, Ms Mwaka C Mukubesa reiterates the Government of Zambia's commitment to creating an equitable financial landscape that will benefit small-holder farmers"

"Jonathan Gatzer, Deputy Head of Development Corporation at the German Embassy reiterates the importance of financial ed...
22/06/2023

"Jonathan Gatzer, Deputy Head of Development Corporation at the German Embassy reiterates the importance of financial education for smallholder farmers in Zambia."

18/09/2022

RUFEP PROMOTES FINANCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH AGENCY AND MOBILE BANKING
Financial Service Providers (FSPs) face a challenge to extend their services to rural areas due to the high cost of setting up physical infrastructure.To extend financial services to the underserved population, financial service providers engage Third Parties such as banking agents to process financial transactions on behalf of the Principal. For Digital Financial Services such as Mobile Money, the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) as Principles also engage Mobile Money Agents as intermediaries to transact on their behalf.
From 2014-2022, the Rural Finance Expansion Programme (RUFEP) signed about 30 grant agreements with implementing partners under the Agency and Mobile Banking Window of the Innovation and Outreach Facility (IOF) to promote agency banking.

18/09/2022

RUFEP SUPPORTS DIGITIZATION OF CHOMA SAVINGS AND CREDIT COPERATIVES SOCIETY (CHOMA SACCOS)
RUFEP partnered with Pearl Systems Limited to pilot the digitization of the operations of Choma SACCOS and to computerize the membership database to avert the challenge of manual record keeping and paper work.

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