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Overview

 

Wasasa's mission is to emerge as a full scale financial services provider for the Ethiopian subprime sector. The sector includes the rural and urban poor and all those who have difficulty in accessing the services of the mainstream Banking.

Those in the subprime sector have to make do with informal credit (from money lenders, pawn brokers etc.), paying interest rates as high as 10% per day. They have poor savings instruments and minimal coverage of other financial products like insurance and integrated services.

Wasasa has built a suite of financial products encompassing Savings, Credit and Micro Insurance for the needs of our customers.

 
1. Deposits / Savings Products:
1.1 Loan Linked Savings
   
1.1.1. Compulsory Savings
   
1.1.2. Voluntary Savings
  1.2 Non Loan Linked Savings
1.2.1. Passbook Savings Account (PSA):
    1.2.2. Youth and Child Savings
    1.2.3. Flexible Planned Time Deposits (FPTD)
    1.2.4. Time Deposits (TD)
    1.2.5. Tatafata
2. Loans / Credit products
  2.1 Agriculture Loan
  2.2 Energy Loans:
  2.3 Value chain Loans
  2.4 Service and Business  Loans:
  2.5 Employee Loans:

 

1. Deposits / Savings Products

 
No Savings' Product Type Full Descriptions
1. LOAN LNKED SAVINGS All depositors are borrowers
 

a.  Compulsory Savings

  • It is the minimum amount of saving, which conditions borrowers` access to loans, and can be seen as a collateral substitute imposing a positive inducement for repayment.
  • Compulsory saving is the minimum amount of saving, which conditions borrowers` access to loans, and can be seen as a collateral substitute imposing a positive inducement for repayment.
  • Its interest rate is 7% per annum and compounded monthly..
 

b.  Voluntary Savings

  • Deposited by all borrowers.
  • Minimum amount is 20 br.
  • Its interest rate is 7% per annum and compounded monthly.
  • Possible to withdraw or adjust to loan repayment/closing.
2. NON LOAN LINKED SAVINGS Everybody can have it (borrowers and non borrowers)
  a.  Passbook Saving Account (PSA)
  • This is a normal saving with attractive interest rate for any clients.
  • Possible to deposit and withdraw at any time at office and Agent doors.
  • Its interest rate is 8% per annum and compounded monthly.
  b.  Youth and Child Savings
  • Minimum amount to open an account is 20 Birr.
  • This type of saving started to support childeren or youths under 18 years old.
  • Its interest rate is 8% per annum and compounded monthly..
  c.  Flexible Planned Time Deposit (FPTD)
  • Its amount deposited periodically is at least the agreed amount. i.e. possible to deposit greater than the agreed amount.
  • It is deposited periodically; daily, weekly, biweekly or monthly.
  • Its interest rate is 8% per annum and compounded monthly.
  d.  Time Deposit (TD)
  • This is a term based saving that individuals or groups should save their money for a predefined period time and earn an attractive interest up to 17% per annum and compounded monthly.
  e.  Tatafata
  • This is an individual saving type that customers should save for a predefined purose.
  • It is expected to be deposited periodivally; daily, weekly, or monthly for atleast six months.
  • Its interest rate is 8% per annum and compounded monthly.

 

2. Loan / Credit Products

2.1. Agriculture Loans

Agricultural Loan include the following products

  1. Large Group Rural Loan
  2. Big installment Loan
  3. Term Loan
  4. Micro irrigation loan
  5. ILFAT /individual loan for agricultural transformation/ loan
No Description Agricultural Loans
1 Target Rural and semi rural people involved in agriculture activity
Individual farmers those who have second level land certificate (SLLC) and
development of agricultural sector in rural areas.
2 Loan Purpose For agriculture and agriculture related activities to increase productivity (Crop
production, animal husbandry, purchase of seed and fertilizer, agricultural labor,
agricultural equipment, bee keeping, cultivating irrigation crop, livestock and
agricultural processing equipment).
3 Lending Methodology Individual and Group
 

2.2. Energy Loans

Energy Loan include the following products
  1. Biogas Loan
  2. Solar Energy Loan
  3. Cook Stove Loan
No Description Energy Loans
1 Targets

Off grid populations, Rural households and Micro and Small enterprises

2 Loan Purpose To finance solar energy solutions (for lighting, mobile phone charging, running
radio and Tv),
Biogas (cooking and lighting) and Cook stove (for production and purchase).
3 Lending Methodology Individual and Group
 

2.3.  Value Chain Loans

Value chain Loan include the following products
  1. Coffee value chain loan
  2. Malt Barley value chain loan
  3. Honey value chain loan
No Description Value chain loan
1 Target Rural and semi rural people involved in agriculture and agricultural related activities.
2 Loan Purpose To  increase productivity of (Coffee, Honey and Malt Barley)
3 Lending Methodology Group
 

2.4.  Service and Business  Loans

Service and Business Loan include the following products
  1. Individual loan
  2. Enterprise loan
  3. WEDP (Women Entrepreneurs Development Program) loan
  4. Association loan
  5. Cooperative loan
  6. Large Group Urban Loan
No Description Service and business Loans
1 Target for urban and semi-urban clients(Groups, Individuals, associations,
organizations involved in small and medium business activities)
2 Loan Purpose For creating new business and expanding the existing business activities,
mainly in the urban areas
3 Lending Methodology Individual and Group
 
 

2.5Employee  Loans

 
 
No Description Employee Loans
1 Target Permanent employees both in public and private organizations
2 Loan Purpose For consumption, asset creation, and productive purposes
3 Lending Methodology Individual and Group
 

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