EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FSD AFRICA – FINANCIAL FRONTIERS CHALLENGE FUND

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
FSD AFRICA – FINANCIAL FRONTIERS CHALLENGE FUND

FSD Africa (FSDA), a financial sector deepening trust, aims to support financial sector development across the African continent by encouraging skills development, transfer of knowledge (e.g. research, business models, policy approaches etc.) across borders, and by building the capacity of financial systems. FSDA’s largest single budgetary allocation in its strategic plan is for change management projects to strengthen organisational capacity in banks and other FSPs.

 

FSDA wishes to identify and contract a consultancy or advisory firm to design and manage an FSDA-funded challenge fund (‘’Challenge Fund’’) that will attract competitive proposals from financial service providers (FSPs) in sub- Saharan Africa (‘’SSA’’) aimed at increasing access to financial services in SSA.

 

The Challenge Fund will seek to:

• provide FSPs with resources to allow them to carry out a diagnostic of their core capabilities and capacity building needs
• incentivise FSPs in SSA to develop compelling proposals and implement strategies that will have an impact on financial inclusion
• encourage FSPs to partner with competent consultants and advisory firms across SSA on both proposal – writing and subsequent project implementations
• stimulate markets in at least three service industries that are important for FSPs : data analytics, e-learning and executive coaching
• build a pipeline of projects for FSDA that are in alignment with its strategic objectives
• build FSDA’s brand and project its role as a catalyst for financial sector development in SSA 

EOIs should contain:

• names, CVs and location of key individuals
• an outline of team structure
• a short statement of why you believe your firm has the right experience and blend of expertise for this assignment
• a short description of anticipated risks and how you would expect to deal with these
• confirmation of your firm’s availability to carry out this work, giving details of any prior calls on your firm’s time
• any other information that you believe should be taken into account in the shortlisting process

Please note – a fully costed proposal and/or detailed work plan is not required at this stage. 

 

Your EOI should not exceed 3 sides of A4 (font size 11), excluding CVs, company brochures etc. EOIs should be sent to info@fsdafrica.org under a subject line reading ‘’Expression of interest: Financial Frontiers Challenge Fund”. Detailed EOI can be obtained from FSD Africa’s websitewww.fsdafrica.org (opportunities section)

 

Expressions of interest must be received by FSD Africa no later than 1200 (EAT), Tuesday 19th May, 2015