NMB Bank PLC - NASIRA PORTFOLIO (FMO-62093)

Countries
  • Tanzania
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Feb 22, 2023
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
NMB Bank Plc
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Finance
  • Industry and Trade
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 11.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Dec 8, 2023

Disclosed by Bank Mar 13, 2023

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Project Description
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WHO IS OUR CUSTOMER

NMB Bank Plc. ("NMB") is one of the largest commercial banks in Tanzania, providing banking services to individuals, MSMEs, agribusinesses and corporates. NMB has an extensive network of agents, branches and ATMs spread across Tanzania and is enabling access to finance to end clients across the country.

WHAT IS OUR FUNDING OBJECTIVE?

FMO is providing a USD 11 mln NASIRA Risk Sharing Facility (with a possibility to top-up to USD25million within 1 year of effectiveness). The facility will be geared towards NMB's loans to MSMEs with a specific focus on the agriculture value chain being a key driver of the Tanzanian economy.

WHY DO WE FUND THIS INVESTMENT?

NMB plays an important role in contributing to financial inclusion by serving the MSME segment that has difficulties in getting loans from financial institutions. The Risk Sharing Facility (RSF) will help the bank expand its business with MSMEs with a particular focus on MSMEs led by women, youth and operating in the agriculture sector. These clients often have a higher risk profile and have limited access to collateral and credit histories, which limits their ability to access financing. By sharing in the credit risk for the underlying loan portfolio, FMO will be helping NMB to offset the increased risk and enable them to further grow their loan portfolio and increase the financing for MSMEs.

WHAT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION RATIONALE?

The client is categorised as E&S Category A in accordance with FMO's Sustainability Policy and based on the overall loan portfolio for NMB and their increasing exposure in the corporate sector. To tackle the increased E&S risks, an E&S Action Plan has been developed and agreed upon as part of the recent senior loan facility. Although, the underlying portfolio covered by this NASIRA facility will have lower E&S risk given the focus on MSMEs and low loan sizes to end-clients, the overall categorization and the same requirements will apply to the client.

Investment Description
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Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
Private Actor Relationship
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

MASSIF

FMO is providing a USD 11 mln NASIRA Risk Sharing Facility (with a possibility to top-up to USD25million within 1 year of effectiveness). The facility will be geared towards NMB’s loans to MSMEs with a specific focus on the agriculture value chain being a key driver of the Tanzanian economy.

Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

NMB Bank Plc. (“NMB”) is one of the largest commercial banks in Tanzania, providing banking services to individuals, MSMEs, agribusinesses and corporates. NMB has an extensive network of agents, branches and ATMs spread across Tanzania and is enabling access to finance to end clients across the country.


Contact Information
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION

As part of FMO's ex-ante disclosure (disclosure of transactions before contracting), you can send requests or questions for additional information to: disclosure@fmo.nl

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF FMO

Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW). A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism

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