BFC and Bankakademie (today Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) have made SELP (Small Enterprise Lending Programme) a success by:

• Achieving continuous portfolio growth in existing outlets of two partner banks while maintaining its quality;
• Greatly improving staff productivity through training;
• Training the middle management of partner banks;
• Providing strategic advice to top management;
• Increasing the number of micro-lending outlets from six to fifteen;
• Launching an innovative agricultural product pilot project.

Within a year, BFC and Bankakademie guided an expansion from six to fifteen outlets, and raised loan officer productivity by a further 50%. Since BFC together with Bankakademie took over SELP, portfolio size has grown at an annual rate of 189%.