Madagascar - SME Business Linkages Program

The Madagascar SME Business Linkages Program (BLP) is a transformative and integrated program that links SMEs to new business contracts, provides finance and skills. The Madagascar SME BLP, through multidimensional support, addresses the three main constraints faced by MSMEs in Africa, and particularly in fragile and low-income environments. The program provides capacity building to strengthen MSMEs productivity. A wide range of business-related training and coaching sessions will be provided. It will include entrepreneurship, core business functions and management training (e.g. business strategy, management information systems, marketing and human resources). Its interventions will (i) strengthen the capacities of MSME managers, (ii) facilitate their access to finance as well as (iii) enhance local and foreign market opportunities for MSMEs. In addition, a study, scoping the business environment for SMEs will be conducted in order to undertake policy reforms in the future. The implementation period of the Madagascar SME BLP is 3 years with expected start in the second quarter of 2020.