TAMFI is the not-for-profit umbrella body for Tanzania's microfinance industry — uniting commercial banks, MFIs, SACCOS, VICOBA apex bodies and service providers behind one credible voice. 160+ institutions. 1.2 million micro-entrepreneurs. The Bank of Tanzania's recognised self-regulator.
For twenty-five years TAMFI has been the platform where every microfinance stakeholder — institution, regulator, donor, client — meets, dialogues, voices concerns, networks and collaborates to develop the sector.
Our mission is to act as Network and Voice for Tanzania Microfinance Institutions, providing useful linkages and networking services to members and promoting responsible financial services.
In August 2025 the Bank of Tanzania formally elevated us to Guided Self-Regulator for the microfinance sector — recognition of two decades of advocacy, code-of-conduct stewardship, and institutional capacity-building. When you join TAMFI, you do not buy a service. You join a voice.
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In August 2025 the Bank of Tanzania elevated TAMFI to Guided Self-Regulatory status — a decisive moment for the sector. We shape the National Microfinance Policy, run regulatory reporting workshops, and steward the Code of Conduct every member signs.
Every TAMFI member signs a responsible-finance code of conduct. Search by district, product type, language served, or institution tier — from commercial banks to VICOBA apex bodies.
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A small sample of TAMFI's 160+ members — each one signed to the same Code of Conduct, each one part of the same voice.
The institutions whose credibility, capital and conviction stand behind ours.
MFIs, SACCOS, VICOBA apex bodies, insurers, BDS providers — if you work in Tanzanian microfinance, TAMFI is your platform. General members, Associate members and Honoraria membership categories available.
