Regulatory Alerts2024-01-01
Programme for the MSME Finance Survey Report Dissemination Workshop
The Bank of Zambia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and National Planning and ZamStats, hosted a dissemination workshop to present the MSME Finance Survey Report and its inspection findings. The agenda details the survey methodology, highlights regulatory insights from financial conduct supervision, and facilitates a high-level panel discussion to align policy responses with empirical data. Senior officials delivered concluding directives that mandate improved financial service delivery and enhanced credit accessibility for micro, small, and medium enterprises based on the reported evidence.
` Programme for the Dissemination Workshop of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Survey Report Inter-Continental Hotel - Lusaka 23 February 2024 Director of Ceremony – Ms. Besnat Mwanza (Bank of Zambia) Time Description Responsibility 08:00 – 09:00 Arrival/Registration/Tea Secretariat – BoZ / MoFNP 09:00 – 09:10 National Anthem & Prayer Moderator - (Ms. Besnat Mwanza) 09:10 – 09:30 Remarks • Dr. Denny Kalyalya - (Governor - BoZ) • Mrs. Subeta Mutelo - (Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise Development) 09:30 – 09:40 Keynote Address Mr. Felix Nkulukusa - (Secretary to the Treasury – MoFNP) 09:40 – 10:10 Presentation – MSME Finance Survey Methodology Ms. Chola Nakazwe – Chief Statistician (ZamStats) 10:10 – 10:50 Presentation - Summary of Inspection Findings Ms. Freda Tamba – Director - Financial Conduct Supervision (BoZ) 10:50 – 11:20 11:20 – 12:00 Panel Discussion Question & Answer session High table comprising: • Governor – Dr. Denny Kalyalya • Secretary to the Treasury – Mr. Felix Nkulukusa • Permanent Secretary MoSMED – Mrs. Subeta Mutelo • Statistician General – Mr. Mulenga JJ. Musepa • Regional Director Southern Africa – DSIK – Mr. Markus Tack 12:00 – 12:05 Closing Remarks Mr. Mulele M. Mulele - Director – Economic Management Department (MoFNP) 12:05 End of programme / Lunch