Integral to SDG philosophy and operations is collaboration with a wide range of partners in order to achieve economic growth and development impact in Africa. SDG will build on strategic relationships to add value to investee FIs and to realize sustainable impact on financial inclusion, SME development and affordable housing. Learn more about How We Work.

•  We recruit high calibre professionals with extensive banking experience in Africa to build strong local management teams and boards.
  
  
•  We draw on technical experts to build FI capacity in product development, strategic use of ICT, human resource and systems development, marketing, branding, transformation of corporate culture and governance strengthening.
  
  
•  We also link our investee banks to SME support agencies to strengthen their underlying client base of SMEs who may require business development services, linkages to market information, mentoring opportunities and access to other forms of finance.
  
  
•  We work with international financial institutions to help our investees secure short and long-term debt funding, debt guarantees, and other risk mitigation instruments (e.g. currency hedging).
  
  
•  We partner with telecommunications and technology companies so that unbanked markets can be reached with innovative services through alternative distribution channels.
  
  
•  Because the absence of available housing stock is a major barrier to the development of housing finance markets, we partner with low and middle income housing developers and other NGOs to create homes for investee housing finance clients.

CFE is niche global boutique in the Trade Finance specializing in the emerging market. Established in 2001, with key offices in Geneva, Paris and Frankfurt. CFE is also an advisor of three Alternative Funds who invest in Trade Finance Asset. CFE's aims are to provide long term, sustainable financing and advice to the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) operating in these markets, providing alternative sources of financing to SME's who lack access to traditional financing, promote and create new trade opportunities, promote a sustainable economy and support entrepreneurial spirit to improve the living standards in society. Since 2001, CFE has successfully arranged transactions in excess of 600 Mil USD.

Creative Metier is a leading edge consultancy specialising in the delivery of remote coaching. Creative Metier has extensive experience working to support HR Strategy and Change in NGOs globally, and has pioneered the use of Remote International Coaching Delivery (RICD) to support their innovative Senior Leadership and Management Development Programmes. Their work has applications in employee engagement, leadership development, culture change, diversity, strategic development and organisational development. Creative Metier works internationally with clients across many sectors, including the financial sector, FMCG, not for profit and education.

Creative Metier is delighted to be supporting the SDG team to build institutions with strong leadership and governance, to deliver profitable and efficient operations that service the Missing Middle. The aim of the SDG/Creative Metier partnership is to develop a distinctive organisational culture within and across SDG institutions based on strong HR systems that support the fulfilment of potential for all staff, a strong succession pipeline, the delivery of exemplary performance, and development of a performance culture.

Creative Metier has deep understanding of the microfinance sector. Creative Metier and the Aresty Institute of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania are founding partners in the Women's World Banking Center for Microfinance Leadership, based in New York.

Headquartered in the UK, Creative Metier works globally and is currently delivering remote coaching in 17 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

By assessing an entrepreneur's fundamental intellectual and psychological characteristics, EFL is able to predict credit risk and upside potential of entrepreneurs with the same accuracy as traditional credit scoring models, but without requiring any credit history or collateral. The EFL tool is statistically validated and makes a large portfolio of small SME bank loans economically viable. EFL has worked in Latin America (Peru, Colombia, Chile) and Africa (South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana). The cross-country results are remarkably consistent, showing that this is truly a global solution that requires only minor customization for new regions. In brief EFL has created an automated, scalable, and proven psychometric risk measurement tool for SMEs.

The Law & Development Partnership provides high level strategic advice and support to developing country governments and donors in the areas of justice & security, private sector development, governance & institutional development and regional economic integration. They are committed to empowering people throughout the developing world to access justice, economic opportunities and good governance.

They provide advice in policy and strategy development and implementation. They work with our clients to develop practical, value for money, locally owned, solutions that work. Their core team of lawyers, economists, governance and international development specialists are based in offices in London and Nairobi and are supported by our global network of associates.

nelsonspirit is an independent, private sector funded, leadership initiative designed to grow leaders. Their focus is on close engagement of leaders. Through helping others, they grow themselves, their businesses and grow the wider community. They work at 2 levels. They bring today's leaders together (CEOs and MDs of both businesses and charities) and help them engage with their peers. They also have a non commercial arm, which encourages the growth and development of young people, by engaging them with the leaders of today. By improving the performance of leaders, they can together deliver improved wealth, employment and build better communities around the world.

Since 1988, SBI has delivered services and solutions that extend access to capital, information, and services to un(der)served individuals, households and entrepreneurs globally.

Many SBI current engagements focus on moving beyond access to credit to expanding the range of financial services and products for the un(der) banked, including designing and delivering savings products for low to moderate income people; tapping new technologies to extend access to financial services and products; exploring financial services to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency; expanding access to housing finance, including traditional mortgages and housing microfinance; and building successful small business banking units in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, as well as in other parts of Asia, Eastern/Central Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Triodos Ventures BV, the innovative arm of Triodos Bank, is the anchor shareholder of SBI. Triodos Bank is one of the world's leading sustainable banks with a mission to make money work for positive social, environmental and cultural change.

SOFGEN is an IT consulting group specialized in private, commercial and retail banking. Founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1999, SOFGEN serves banks from its principal offices in Geneva, Chennai, Singapore, London and New York. The SOFGEN group provides solutions and products that cover every aspect of IT development, from requirements definition and system selection to system implementation and ongoing support. For more information please visit www.sofgen.com.