SITEMBELE MASE CEO samaf PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS Time:10h00 -13h00 Venue: Parliament, Committee Room S26, First Floor, NCOP Wing first floor, block b (entirweni), mapungubwe – the dti group campus 77 meintjies street, sunnyside tel: fax:

1.MISSION To provide competitive and customized micro-finance services by going deeper and broader to the target market samaf seeks to be a leader in the field of developmental micro-finance and provide best practice models in South Africa 2.VISION

3. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES From R to R10m, at interest rate of between 5 to 6% per annum. The loan amount is based on evaluation of risk exposure, capital adequacy and available capacity to manage the fund The allocation of poverty & micro- enterprise loans to FSCs is on an 80:20 basis and for the MFIs on a 20:80 basis This leads to a calculation of interest on a simple- weighted average basis of 4.4% for FSCs and 5.6% for MFIs per annum Micro- enterprise and survivalists entrepreneurs generating an income above R1500 per month. End-user loan between R2000 – R Households earning below R1500 per month and utilizing the funds for home improvements and education. End-user loan between R100 – R3000. Interest on all above loans is capped as per NCA. Financial Services Co- ops (FSCs) Corporative Banks Micro-Finance Intermediaries (MFIs) On- Lending Fund Micro enterprise development loan Poverty alleviation loan Max. loan amount for Financial Intermediary (Primary Target Market) Capacity Building & Support Fund Secondary Target Market (end-users) Primary Target Market (Financial Intermediaries) Product

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (cont.) Maximum R , specifically to harness and grow existing saving schemes and initiatives. Asset enhancement fund to a maximum of R per entity, specifically to reward good performing financial intermediaries to acquire buildings Development of savings products and policies; Training of Board, Management and staff; Acquisition of equipment and IT systems Subsidization of direct costs Savings Mobilization Fund From R to R5m, depending on the capacity gaps, including acquisition of a robust reporting system Training for staff, Management and Board; Acquisition and development of IT systems (MIS); Development of savings and credit policies; Once-off working capital (for office equipment, computers and furniture). Subsidization of Operational Costs; Asset enhancement based on performance Capacity Building

4.Infrastructure Network a.Eight (8) offices are operational, except the Northern Cape which is not completely operational. We are still recruiting a Provincial Manager there; b.Thirty-four (34) Financial Service Co-operatives (FSC’s) and four (4) micro-finance institutions (MFI’s) have already been approved for funding to the amount of R69.6m. Four MFI’s conditionally approved. This includes funding for technical and capacity building support; c.A total of R13m has already been disbursed to these organizations to be used for on- lending, capacity building, technical support and subsidization of operational costs; d.Each provincial office has four (4) staff members with two (2) officers deployed to implement outreach programs; e.The website is fully functional with all the information about products and services, including the funding criteria. Please visit ( f.All brochures have been revised with new and up to date information and are disseminated through the provincial offices; g.New banners have been developed with the approved samaf logo and colours, to be utilised when necessary at functions and exhibitions; h.Our first newsletter Inkanyezi (meaning the STAR) has been released and distributed to the provincial offices to be distributed to the partner organisations..

5.Outreach as at March 2007 PROVINCE DELIVERY NETWORK INVESTMENTS ON-LENDING DISBURSEMEN TS ONLY BORROWERS NO. OF SAVERS AMOUNT SAVED North West 4 R 6,450,000 R 753, R5,807,663 Easter Cape 3 R17,400,000 R 457, R 66,335 Free State 2 R 2,600,000 R 659, R 472,519 Gauteng 6 R 7,950,000 R3,048, R 221,589 Kwa-Zulu Natal 4 R 5,200,000 R 463, R 160,818 Limpopo 4 R 5,200,000 R 693, R 169,769 Mpumalanga 4 R 5,200,000 R1, 897, R 220, 857 Western Cape 4 R 5,200,000 R 740, R 124,643 Norther Cape SUB-TOTAL 31 R55,200,000 R 9,059, R7,244,193 Disbursements- Capacity Building R11,301,000 TOTAL R20,360, 000 An additional 7 Financial Intermediaries were added during April and May 2007, thus increasing The funds allocated to R65.6million.

6.PARTNERSHIPS a.We have a proposal for integrated service delivery and roll-out with MAFISA (the agricultural fund) for implementation during 2007/8; b.We have established good strategic relationship with the BANKSETA in order to ensure that we make use of qualified and accredited service providers; c.Our relationships with SACCOL have been improved at strategic and operational levels, especially in the area of capacity building and technical support. The funding of the SACCO’s has been discussed and a model agreed to in order to provide this funding at arms length from SACCOL; d.We have developed a strategic relationship with the microfinance industry (AMFISA) a strategic policy lobby group of micro-finance practitioners with high level expertise in development micro-finance; e.We have conducted our first consultative workshop with the FSC funded under samaf. This project was extremely helpful in terms of clarifying responsibilities, setting ground rules and building principled relations helps going forward.

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