The Microfinance Investment and Technical Assistance Facility (MITAF) was established in 2004 as five-year multi-donor facility to develop a competitive, sustainable and inclusive financial sector providing access to financial services to low income people throughout Sierra Leone. A joint initiative of KfW, UNCDF, UNDP, MITAF works in partnership with the BoSL and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) to develop a competitive, sustainable and inclusive financial sector that provides access to financial services to poor and low-income people by supporting the development of an inclusive pro-poor financial sector in Sierra Leone. MITAF played a significant role in the development of the inclusive financial sector in Sierra Leone, moving the financial sector from a “government project” led sector to a (largely) privately owned, market driven sector. MITAF did this through a coordinated donor sector development platform that introduced microfinance best practice and attracted commercial banks to the sector (retail and wholesale).

MITAF is seeking investors committed to the provision of high-quality financial services to the people of Sierra Leone to join in its efforts to support the microfinance sector.