Terimbere MSME Facility
ABOUT TERIMBERE MSME FACILITY
Terimbere MSME Facility supports Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the backbone of Rwanda’s economy. The Facility works with businesses to address the challenges they face in accessing finance, growing, becoming more profitable, and creating work opportunities. This is achieved through initiatives that contribute to building an efficient, inclusive, innovative, and sustainable entrepreneurship and MSME financing ecosystem.
The Facility facilitates the provision of tailor-made business growth services, information, and appropriate financing, while working towards improving policies and regulations affecting business growth. This is done through collaboration with business development service providers, technical experts, financial institutions, and policymakers.
Terimbere MSME Facility is designed and implemented with an intentional gender and social inclusion lens to ensure women (especially young women), refugees, persons with disabilities, and those in rural areas are not left behind.
This is an initiative by Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) with the support of its partners: Mastercard Foundation, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA).
WHAT WE OFFER
1. Business Growth Services
Terimbere MSME Facility partners with business and technical experts to provide practical, affordable, and tailored business growth services to MSMEs. These services include:
• Financial management
• Operational efficiency
• Marketing
• Technical sector-specific support
• Investment advisory
3. Policy and Regulations
Through research, Terimbere MSME Facility engages policymakers and regulators to advocate for changes to strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem and MSME Finance enabling environment.
2. MSME Finance Solutions
Terimbere MSME Facility partners with financial institutions to develop financial products and solutions tailored to the specific needs of MSMEs. These include:
• MSME-centric loans
• SME Portfolio Credit Guarantee Facility
• Interest Rate Subsidy Facility
• Credit-Linked Subsidy Facility
• Targeted Women Entrepreneur Financial Solutions
WHO DO WE SERVE
Currently, Terimbere MSME Facility serve businesses across Rwanda, focusing especially on rural and peri-urban areas, in four main sectors: