ShoreBank International Ltd. (SBI) are our key knowledge partners. The ShoreBank team comes with rich international consulting and training experience to design and deliver the asfa curriculum.

ShoreBank International works to offer a broad range of advisory and financial services in core market segments of small business finance, microfinance and housing finance.

SBI advises financial institutions in economies around the world in its core communities of practice: small business finance, housing finance and microfinance. SBI has provided consulting services to diverse formal and informal institutions in best practice lending for over two decades. SBI has helped commercial banks and non-profit financial institutions across a range of African countries achieve success in developing market leading small business lending operations. SBI has trained over 5,000 MSME staff, provided technical assistance in over 50 countries and disbursed over 65,000 loans for over $600 million. SBI’s previous experience and current roster of highly qualified trainers makes it an ideal provider of SME training.

ShoreCap Exchange, our key financial partner, is a non-profit capacity building organization that supports financial institutions in the development finance field. They also undertake knowledge exchange and peer to peer learning services for the broader field.