FSD Kenya

The Kenya Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) programme, FSD Kenya, was established in early 2005 to support the development of financial markets in Kenya as a means to stimulate wealth creation and reduce poverty. Working in partnership with the financial services industry the programme’s goal is to significantly expand access to services among lower income households and smaller scale enterprises. FSD operates as an independent Trust under the supervision of professional trustees, with policy guidance from a programme investment committee (PIC). Finance is provided by a number of development partners working with the Government of Kenya (GoK). Current committed funders are the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Kenya Ministry of Trade and Industry through the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Competitiveness project funded by the World Bank and the Kenya Ministry of Finance under the Micro-Finance Sector Support Credit Programme (MFSSC), financed by Agence Française de Développement (AFD).